“I wish we could solve this mystery that surrounds Frazer,” put in Dick. “He had a good deal of gold hidden here, corporal. First we discover the place where he had it concealed in the basement, now we find the secret compartment in the little room. Of course, it is stolen gold. But from whom did he steal it?”
“Gold in the basement!” the policeman stared at Dick. “You didn’t mention that. So he had it there too?”
Dick nodded. “Very cleverly concealed just like it was in the office. Only in the cellar, instead of having a secret niche in the wall, he took up a portion of the plank flooring, dug a pit and hid it in there in burlap sacks.”
“Burlap sacks!” Rand looked incredulous. “That is very unusual. How do you know he had it in burlap sacks?”
“Because I saw them,” and Dick narrated the incidents of the night the Mekewai brothers broke into the trading room and descended to the cellar.
“You are really sure that they carried this gold in burlap sacks?”
“Yes, Corporal.”
“And you say the sacks were nearly full?”
“Why, yes,” Dick looked puzzled, wondering what the policeman was driving at.
“But how do you know it was gold they carried in those burlap sacks?”