“That you shall be made to suffer for her detention.”
“That is cheerful,” said Nick. “Has she been searched?”
“Yes. Mrs. Knight left her not long ago.”
“She found the money?”
“Certainly.”
“I am sorry for the woman,” mused Nick. “She is in bad shape just now.”
Although Hughart had been suspected, without cause, by his companions in the syndicate, under Nick Carter’s third degree he confessed everything, with the result that the detective was able to make a strong case against the gang.
“The small fry,” as Nick called them, it was proven had nothing to do with the murder, and all escaped with sentences ranging from ten to twenty years.
Bernice escaped the penalty of the law by committing suicide in her cell.