"At any rate he is a most important witness," emphasized the coroner.
"North took the Chicago express as he had planned," said Gilmore quietly. "The bus driver for the United States Hotel, where I breakfasted, told me that he saw him at the depot last night."
"I think we'd better wire North's description to the Chicago police; I see no other way to reach him." As he spoke, Moxlow turned to the sheriff. "You get ready to start West, Mr. Conklin. And don't let there be any hitch about it, either."
CHAPTER TEN
HUSBAND AND WIFE
Marshall Langham paused on the court-house steps; he was shaking as with an ague. He passed a tremulous hand again and again across his eyes, as though to shut out something, a memory—a fantasy he wanted to forget; but he well knew that at no time could he forget. Gilmore, coming from the building, stepped to his side.
"Well, Marsh, what do you think?" he said.
"What do I think?" the lawyer, repeated dully.
"Doesn't it seem to you that Jack North has been rather unlucky in his movements?"