“To what end?” Bernard’s tone was slightly irritable. “If we failed to discover such a fund, nothing would be accomplished. It would simply mean that we had not tackled the right bank. If we did find it, the fund would merely confirm a theory of which I was already certain. It wouldn’t help convict Graham. You may be sure there will be nothing connected with that fund to indicate that back of it lies Graham’s fine, Italian hand. Until he made the mistake of shooting at himself, and later at me, he pulled off a really perfect crime!”
“But left his finger-prints in those gloves!”
Bernard gave a bark of laughter.
“My dear Landis! There were no finger-prints in those gloves!”
Landis started and stared.
“And—no expert?”
“And no expert,” admitted Bernard. “There was no proof to convict Graham!”
“Well I’ll be—darned!”
Bernard chuckled.