“Well, who else knew?”
Toby considered.
“Mr. Holbrook, of course. The night I took Mrs. Ritchie to see him she said there was currency to the amount of several thousand dollars in the box, besides a lot of bonds.”
“Was that before the box was stolen?” asked Phoebe.
“I don’t know. I haven’t seen the inside of the cupboard since a few days before Judge Ferguson died. I can’t tell when the box was stolen.”
“But the loss wasn’t discovered until after Mr. Holbrook had talked with Mrs. Ritchie?”
“No. I think Mr. Spaythe discovered that the box was missing some days afterward.”
“Tell me who else knew.”
“I can’t. Mrs. Ritchie might have told some one, of course; but she’s usually too shrewd to do that. Judge Ferguson didn’t talk about his business.”
Phoebe referred to her list. The interview with Toby had netted just one addition—Griggs the carpenter.