Adventures of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison

Author:Arthur Morrison [Morrison, Arthur]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Crime, Short Stories
Publisher: Roy Glashan's Library
Published: 2014-12-24T23:00:00+00:00

But it was too late. Before Truscott could reach him Roofe had swallowed the contents of the small bottle and, swaying once, dropped to the floor as though shot.

Hewitt stooped over the man. “Dead,” he said, “dead as Abel Pullin. It is prussic acid. He had arranged for instant action if by any chance the game went against him.”

But Inspector Truscott was troubled. “This is a nice thing,” he said, “to have a prisoner commit suicide in front of my eyes. But you can testify that I hadn’t time to get near him, can’t you? Indeed he wasn’t a prisoner at the time, for I hadn’t arrested him, in fact.”

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