"Well, what next?"
"Stairs, you know, lead directly from the apartments occupied by Mrs. Ernst to those occupied by the Webbers."
"Yes, I remember."
"Well, Monday night Mr. Webber called on the murdered woman and informed her that he was going to leave her house, but had found another tenant for her."
"I know he did."
"He admits now that he stayed in the saloon for some time, and drank liquor with the old lady; but he claims that she was in the best of spirits when he left her, which, he says, was before ten o'clock."
"Does Bollmann, or any of the regular force suspect Webber?"
"Yes."
"Have they let him find it out?"
"Yes."