“Yes, it was.”
“Were the crooks aware of it?”
“No, indeed.”
“How was the trick pulled off?” demanded Nick curiously. “It’s not often that such a clever dodge is played upon professional crooks.”
“The woman who did it is clever, just as I tell you.”
“Tell me how it happened.”
“I will give you the facts as they were given to me.”
“By whom?”
“By Amos Badger and his wife,” replied Chief Weston. “He notified me by telephone of the robbery, and called here with his wife the next morning to report the details of the hold-up. Two days later, as soon as it could be finished and mounted, Badger brought me the photograph.”
“What about the hold-up?”