He's an obstacle to the progress of the investigation, if not the actual murderer." Again Manning studied the newspaper account of the crime.
"Confound it!" he exploded, crumpling the paper.

"I've read every line printed about the case.

I've talked with the Coroner and discussed the case with Greig for half an hour this morning.

If it meant a seat in heaven for me, I couldn't offer a guess as to how the assassin got to Whitmore.

That man came down to his office yesterday morning, greeting his employes with a smile, distributing the most kindly remarks.