Tossing down the note, Kent lighted his pipe, tilted back in his
swivel chair, and reviewed the facts which implicated Rochester in
Jimmie Turnbull's murder. Rochester's quarrels with Jimmie, his
persistent assertion that his friend had died from angina pectoris,
his unexplained disappearance on Tuesday night, the fake telegram
from Cleveland stating he was there, the withdrawal of his bank
deposits, the forged checks, his mysterious visits to his own
apartment, when considered together, presented a chain of
circumstantial evidence connecting him with the crime. But in the
light of Dr. Stone's testimony, the poison "could not have been
administered in the glass of water Rochester had given Jimmie in
the police court.
Four hours at least had to elapse before the fatal dose of aconitine
could take effect - four hours! Kent told them off on his fingers;
it placed the crime in the McIntyre house. Which one of its inmates
administered the poison to Jimmie and how had it been done? What
motive had prompted the cashier's murder?
It was preposterous to think that either of the twins was guilty of
the crime.
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