"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 007 - The Silent Seven" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

"This is Rodney, Junior, eh? He has good connections, but I don't think he inherited much wealth. What's
his connection with Marchand?"

"Paget is connected with a brokerage house. He handled stocks and bonds for Marchand. He came here
to-night to see the old man."

"All right. Who's the fourth?"

"Doctor George Lukens."

"Of the Telman Hospital," grunted the inspector.

"He was Marchand's physician," explained the detective. "He came here to-night after receiving a
telegram from Marchand. The old man was not well. He wanted the doctor to be here when he arrived."

"A good group of witnesses," commented Klein.

"More than that," declared Cardona. "They were instrumental in bringing the police immediately upon
Marchand's death.

"This case puzzles them as much as it does me. If there are clews to Marchand's deathтАФwhatever may
have caused itтАФthey have supplied important items of information that will prove valuable."
"For instance?"

"Lukens, to begin with."

"Marchand had a weak heart. He had returned from a long trip. Lukens, as his physician, thought at first
that heart failure was the cause of Marchand's death.

"With another doctor, that would probably have ended the matter. But Lukens is so thorough that he
looked for something else.

"He conferred with the police surgeon. They brought in a toxicologist. They are convinced that
Marchand's death was caused by some unusual poison. They have not yet discovered the mode of
application."

INSPECTOR KLEIN looked around the room as though seeking some spot in which a concealed
person might be present. The detective smiled.

"We've searched this place thoroughly," he said. "Willis and Oscar helped us. It's lucky that they did. See
that closet door?"

The inspector nodded.

"Unless you turn the knob twice before you pull the door," said Cardona, "you will get a face full of tear
gas. Just a little idea of Marchand's. He has an alarm wired to the knob of the safe."

"This desk?"