Carriers of Death by John Creasey
Author:John Creasey [Creasey, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ipso Books
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Mark Potterâs version
There were twenty armed policemen in the five black cars which arrived from Preston exactly twelve minutes after Kerr and Davidson had barricaded themselves in. They found none of the gunmen on the premisesâbut they did find other things.
Inspector Moor, shot three times through the chest and mortally wounded, was in the kitchen, where he had been talking with Oakwood. The butler had been cracked over the head but not shotâobviously the attackers had not considered him much danger. The five women-servants were crammed together in a locked pantry, four of them barely conscious by the time a policeman opened the door to have the nearest fall out at his feet. The other three menservants were missing.
Kerr swore as he guessed why: they must have been expecting Kelly to arriveâas that woman had. Obviously, they had gone with him.
âOf course,â Davidson suggested, âthey might have been forced?â
Kerr shook his head: âHeâd have shot them out of hand, if theyâd been in his way. They must have been his own men, working withâor againstâPotter. Weâve a lot to learn about Potter yet.â
âIf they were Kellyâs men,â objected Davidson, âwhy did they stay here as long as they did?â
Kerr laughed, without humour.
âBecause they werenât worried about the police; the police would inquire about the murder, and that was normal enough. They were waiting for us to return: as soon as we did, their boss was told and he came for us. Kelly obviously doesnât like Craigieâs men.â
His theories were not far wrong. Benson was indeed concerned with Craigieâs men. Heâand Marlin, at Putney, where he had been informed by telephoneâhad been shocked by Kerrâs appearance at The Larches. They could have understood it had he arrived after the Potter murder was known: they were baffled by his arrival soonerâand very glad that Jeremy Potter was dead. He might have told Kerr a great deal...
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