Grant, Maxwell - The Shadow 168 - The Lone Tiger by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Detective, Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Adventure, Thriller
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

COMMISSIONER WESTON gestured to indicate that the discussion no longer interested him. He had wanted to learn if Erwig had actually completed a call at the time when he was murdered, since a listener, across the telephone, could be classed as a witness. There was something else that interested Weston: the matter of the topaz necklace.

He had the gems with him, and spread them on the desk for Mileson’s identification. The best that Mileson could do was offer the topaz earrings, to see if they matched, which they did. Earrings and necklace appeared to be parts of one set.

Cardona, meanwhile, was carrying on a side conversation with Treefe, which The Shadow overheard.

“They tell me you’ve been bossing a lot of agency boys,” said Joe, in an affable tone. “Been chasing them around to see what they could pick up on Erwig?”

“Yeah,” returned Treefe. “I’ve been chasing around myself, too.”

“Get anything?”

“Nothing worth while. Nobody seemed to know the guy. Here. Take these along and look ‘em over.”

Treefe handed Cardona some duplicate copies of reports filed by private operatives. While Joe was glancing at them, Treefe began to hint at what he wanted in return for his generosity.

“I stopped in to see old Cadbury,” remarked the private dick, “to find out if Kremp had ever mentioned Erwig. He’s an old sourpuss, Cadbury is. He told me to talk to Miss Delmar, and she was out. All I got out of Cadbury was that he expected you later.”

“I saw him,” responded Cardona, catching Treefe’s hint. “He said you’d been bothering him. He’d never heard of Erwig. He had a call yesterday, though, from Kremp’s aunt, and sent the Delmar girl to see the old lady last night.”

“Did she learn anything?”

“No. The aunt gave her some letters that Kremp had written. Cadbury turned them over to me today, but there’s nothing in them. Crooks don’t usually tell their aunts much.”

The Shadow had already received copies of the letters that Cardona mentioned; for Marion had relayed them. She had called Burbank on her way back to Cadbury’s, at nine o’clock last night. Cardona was giving Treefe straight facts; the letters mentioned nothing that pertained to crime.

Treefe took Cardona’s word for it, and changed the subject.

“Been hitting the night spots?” queried the dick. “Like you said you were going to?”

“Yeah,” returned Cardona. “My job is still what it was. I’m looking for Goofer Shayne. For all we know, he may be the guy that murdered Erwig, as well as Kremp.”

“Which would make him the Lone Tiger.”

“Suit yourself on that. I’ve got a line out on some bozos that used to work with Goofer, but weren’t along that night he croaked Kremp. Looking those birds up is enough to keep me busy.”

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