"I suppose you've seen the afternoon editions," said he, with a smile at the corners of his mouth.
"Not yet," said Scanlon. "It's a bit early."
"I had Stumph get me some of them," said the investigator, "and it's just as I expected it would be. My plan of last night worked perfectly."
"You mean what you gave Osborne at headquarters."
"Yes. One of the first things he did was to call in the reporters and tell them of the new clues. He neglected to state, evidently, by whom they had been found, and the reporters naturally took it for granted that he was the person."
"Of course," criticized Bat, "that's the regular way for 'bulls' to work. They grab off everything they can."
"Listen to this!" Ashton-Kirk took up one of the newspapers and turned to the first page. "The head-lines read: