“She was indicted, yes, but——”
“But never arraigned for trial. Then the indictment is still in force against her?”
“I suppose it is—unless the statute of limitations——”
“The statute of limitations does not apply after an indictment has once been found.”
“Oh.”
“Well, I was thinking the matter over the other day—confronting that difficulty I have mentioned, and wondering how the mischief it was to be surmounted—when it occurred to me that it might be possible to interest the authorities in our behalf, and so get Mrs. Peixada under lock and key.”
“Splendid!”
“I went over to the district-attorney’s office, and saw Mr. Romer, the senior assistant, who happens to be a good friend of mine, and told him the sum and substance of our case. Then I asked him whether for the sake of justice he wouldn’t lend us the machinery of the law—that is, upon our finding out her whereabouts, cause her extradition and imprisonment under the indictment in re Bolen. I promised that you would assume the entire expense.”
“And he replied?”
“That it was a rather irregular proposition, but that he would think it over and let me know his conclusion.”