The two events, so far apart in their nature, thus become indissolubly connected." "And is that why we are to have the pleasure of seeing Monsieur de Courtois ?" "Yes." "Perhaps, before he comes, you will be good enough to give us some idea, informally of course, as to the statement,--or, shall I say revelation ?--he may make." "It is asking a good deal of a police official," said Steingall, smiling pleasantly, "but if I am assured that the discussion will really be regarded as informal, I am ready to speak quite openly." "It is a characteristic of yours, Mr.Steingall, which has often commanded the admiration of the New York bar," said Schmidt.
"Then," said the detective, "I must begin by telling you that Mr.
Clancy and I were in Morris Siegelman's saloon in East Broadway shortly after midnight last night." A curious click issued from the throat of that distinguished Hungarian magnate, Count Ladislas Vassilan, and everyone present noticed it except the chief of the Detective Bureau.

He, it would appear, was busy marshaling his thoughts.
"For all practical purposes, our inquiry began there," he continued.
"We intercepted a note written by a certain gentleman, and intended to be conveyed to a Pole named Peter Balusky.

He, and a Hungarian, Franz Viviadi, together with a French chauffeur, whose real name is Lamotte, but who has been passing recently as Anatole Labergerie, are now under arrest.

Mr.Curtis has recognized Lamotte as the driver of the automobile out of which Mr.Hunter stepped to meet his death, and Lamotte himself has confessed his share in the crime.

The precise connection of Balusky and Viviadi with it remains yet to be determined.
They undoubtedly visited the Central Hotel last night.