Shadow 107 - The Sledge-hammer Crimes 08-01-36, The by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street and Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A DOUBLE click interrupted Greel. The sound was thrice repeated, in quick succession. The inventor stopped the motor. He pulled the disk from the slab. The tile was cracked; the edges of the breaks were powdery.

“The process is slower from the exterior,” stated Greel. “But it brings rapid results at the finish. Did you notice how the clicks came in such sudden progression.”

The Shadow nodded. He examined the cracked tile; then glanced at his watch.

“I have an appointment,” he remarked. “Will you be here tomorrow, Mr. Greel?”

“I am always here,” chortled the inventor, “except when I go to collect my royalty payments. You are welcome to call at any time, Mr. Cranston.”

The Shadow departed. His lips formed a thin smile as he descended in the elevator. He had solved the riddle of two robberies. The Mayan Museum had been cracked by an internal electro-vibrator, installed with the burglary alarm. Clayborne’s strong room had been reached by an external device, placed behind the book case in the empty office.

Crooks had figured in the robberies. Possibly Sledge Ringo, for strong-arm tactics would be necessary to complete the clearing of the ruined walls. The sledge hammer, nevertheless, had been left at Clayborne’s as a false clue. For The Shadow had formed his own conclusions regarding that broken mallet.

The handle had been snapped by laying the hammer across two objects; then striking it in the center with a much smaller mallet. The indentations and the splinters were proof of that particular process. Crooks wanted the law to think of mallets; not of electrical machines.

Through these conclusions, The Shadow had seen the necessity of the connection between the burglary equipment and the mining supplies. Quimble had covered that connection; but The Shadow had gained the truth.

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