“You heard nothing said regarding the contents of the package they put in the trunk?” asked the detective.
“I heard one of the men say that they would be fools to give up so much without getting their money down.”
“Ah!”
So Hartley had already arranged for the diamonds to be delivered to him. The third man was Hartley’s agent.
“Where did this third man come from?” asked Nick.
“I don’t know. He must have come in from some of the burgs where the morning train does not stop, and carried his trunk with him.”
“Was it a large trunk?”
“No. A small one.”
“What did they finally do with it?”
“They gave it in charge of the baggageman when the train came, after getting it checked by the station agent.”