Shadow 127 - Brothers of Doom 06-01-37, 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

JOE could not forget that surprise response that had come when he called Deprew. Joe knew from past experience that when The Shadow foresaw crime, it was actually due. Some time during this very evening, a criminal thrust would occur within this very suite.

Rotherwelt’s diamonds were the logical stake.

Fine swag for a master thief, those diamonds. The set-up made Cardona think of recent thrusts; ones that had failed and would therefore spur their perpetrator to greater effort.

Joe was remembering the foiled attempt to steal Lason’s paintings; the broken effort to steal the contents of Froyd’s vault. The law still considered those attacks as unsuccessful tries at robbery. In recollecting them, Cardona also pictured the descriptions of the masked Brothers; but he thought in terms of one, not more.

Nevertheless, Cardona pictured others besides a lone attacker. He remembered the cover-up crew that had figured in previous crimes. That did not worry Cardona. He was posted. He could handle anything that happened here. There would be no murder tonight; nor robbery, either.

Best of all, Joe could count on The Shadow. Fifteen minutes more, the cloaked battler would be near at hand. Cardona preferred The Shadow over a whole squad of headquarters detectives. Crime was due for a bad fall.

Rotherwelt’s guests were anxious to see the uncut diamonds. Deprew was opening the account books for Rotherwelt; but they decided mutually to postpone their own business until afterward. Rotherwelt reached for the bag of diamonds. Cardona stopped him.

“Just a minute, Mr. Rotherwelt,” suggested the ace. “I want to make sure that everything is all right before you begin.”

Rotherwelt nodded obligingly. So did Deprew. Cardona tried a door that led into another suite. He found it locked. He entered Rotherwelt’s bedroom, which was lighted. He found it empty; and inspected the bathroom, where rows of Rotherwelt’s medicine bottles stood upon a shelf.

Joe noticed a half-filled glass containing a pinkish liquid. It was covered with a small plate.

Cardona had seen Rotherwelt mix that compound earlier and drink half of it. It was a digestive medicine that Rotherwelt took in separate doses, an hour or so apart.

The bedroom, like the living room, had a door that led into an adjoining suite. That door was also locked. Nevertheless, those connecting doorways were a bad factor. They made Cardona decide that his own post should be the corridor, where he could watch for any one who might arrive on this floor.

Joe planned a simple procedure. He would open the door of Rotherwelt’s living room and stand outside. Then he could cover the corridor and also view the inside scene.

“All ready, inspector?”

Rotherwelt put the query when Cardona returned to the living room. Joe shook his head.

“Just a minute, Mr. Rotherwelt,” he replied. “I want to open the door to the corridor -“

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