The Chase of the Golden Plate

es to see what made it tick, lined up in front of Detective Mallory, in his private office, at police headquarters, early Saturda

owney?"

eported Downey. "Then I started out to find its owner, or someone who knew it. It didn't

permitted himself

is Blake-William Blake. His auto was in the shed a hundred feet or so from h

arked Detec

at the Burglar went out from the city to Merton by train, stole the auto and ran it on to Seven Oaks

igence chewed his

her machine

entlemen sort of voice. "I found the car late this afternoon at a garage in Pleasantville. We knew, of course, that it belonged to Nelson Sharp, a guest at the ma

handed to him. Several dark brown stains told the st

m fired at least one of the persons in the car was hit, and we may make our search accordingly

p it long. Autos of that size and power are too easily traced. I asked Mr.

hile his satellites studied his face, seeking some

id Detective Mallory at

ningham in shame an

anything at all a

room where the wraps were checked. I searched all around the place and found a dent in the ground under the smoking-room win

footprints," said the Supr

was part of the deference they

Mallory. "What did you do wi

ave been able to see possibly thirty. It's worse than making a city directory. I won't be through for a month. Randolph a

ul for uncounted minutes. Finally D

tains w

as wounded. I readily see how the theft could have been committed by a man as bold as this fellow. Now we must concentrate all our efforts to running down the invited guests a

tch was worried. He knew a whole lot of things, but they didn't do him any good. He felt that he could print nothing as it stood, yet he would not te

will tell you that we have not been able to learn anything-at least anything that can be given out. You know,

nodded col

gold plate will never be found. It has probably been melted up. The cleverness of the

ssage from Stuyvesant Randolph to the effect that the gold plate had been returned by express to Seven Oaks. This mystified the police beyond descriptio

ave the plate,"