009-The Great Airport Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon

Author:Franklin W. Dixon [Dixon, Franklin W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-08-07T14:27:30+00:00

CHAPTER XIII

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circumstantial evidence the Hardy boys were absolutely dumbfounded. The charge of theft seemed so absurd that they were at first tempted to laugh. But they saw that Chief Collig was in deadly earnest.

His face was serious and his eyes regarded them sternly.

"The postal people have evidence against you lads," he said. "A mail sack with about twenty thousand dollars' worth of mail was stolen. They took out a warrant against you this morning."

"Why, this is the craziest thing I ever heard of!" declared Frank hotly. "Us? Mixed up in that mail robbery? Why, we weren't even near Bayport when it happened."

"How do you know so much about when it happened?" asked the chief quickly.

"We were away down the bay all last night and we heard it over the telephone this morning."

"Pretty good alibi," said the chief. "And 106

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what time do you think the robbery occurred?"

"Last night."

"Well, it didn't happen last night. It happened yesterday afternoon, early. And you boys didn't leave here in your motorboat until late in the afternoon. The robbery wasn't discovered until last night. Where were you yesterday afternoon?"

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