“In my opinion, Chick, the woman was standing on something, possibly a rock, with her skirts lengthened to conceal it. Obviously the whole was done to give her the appearance of being very tall.”
“And with what object?”
“With a design to thus blind the police to the real looks of the woman operating with this gang of crooks.”
“You think they aimed to send the police searching after some very tall woman?”
“Exactly.”
“I’ll wager you are right.”
“Furthermore,” added Nick, “these discoveries conclusively prove that the picture was deliberately taken, with the several persons calmly posing to make it effective, and that the two women said to have been held up and robbed were not robbed at all.”
“And the design of the photograph?”
“It was taken purposely to be offered as evidence to corroborate the story told to the police.”