I became convinced that I knew the very individual who had committed the bloody deed, but I delayed arresting him, as by this time I had gained an inkling of greater work to be done at the same time.
I was ambitious of entrapping the whole gang, instead of this solitary member of it.
I laid my plans accordingly.
Disguise was always a forte of mine, and I proceeded now to conceal my identity as thoroughly as possible.
My next step was to ingratiate myself with a member of the gang.
I picked my man, and proved an apt student of human nature when I did so, for perhaps of all the gang he was the only one who could have been so easily gulled.
His confidence gained, I knew the rest would be easy enough.
By him I was made acquainted with several others belonging to the same gang, and on his guarantee of my trustworthiness, they talked freely before me.
One day Shadow was brought forcibly to my mind by a chance remark dropped by one of my new friends.
"Have you seen the young chap we've got in the Black Hole?"