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"I know that, I think!" exclaimed Allerdyke. "I daresay we all three know what we think," observed the chief. "Schmall seems to have had a genius for putting his tools out of the way when he had done with them.
"Anny one what kin droive two dacently should be able enough to handle four; 't is not the number of horses, but the sinse at the other ind av the reins." "Is that so? I thought it needed a strong man to drive so many." "Indade, no; it does not that. I've seen a schmall, little man, hardly bigger than yerself, takin' six along with the turn av his hand."
Ebers had easy access to Mr. Fullaway's room at all hours, and was often in them when both Mr. Fullaway and I were out. Mr. Fullaway is notoriously careless in leaving papers and documents, letters and telegrams lying around. Ebers had abundant opportunities of reading lots of documents relating to the Pinkie Pell pearls, and the proposed Nastirsevitch deal. "Second. Ebers was a friend of Schmall.
"In Denver," said Jimmie, "I once heard a conductor call out 'The gents will please step forward and the ladies set closter. If I knew where that man was I would try to get him a position with the Metropolitan, for most of them feel as a conductor said here in New York when I jumped on him for not obeying my signal, 'Schmall bit do I care!"
Each packet bore the name of Otto Schmall, and an address in a street which runs off Mile End Road. "Now, when the private inquiry agent made his reports to Mr. Rayner and myself about Van Koon, and told us where he had been tracked to more than once, I, of course, remembered the name of Schmall, and Mr. Rayner and I began to put certain facts together. They were these: "First.
He renewed his acquaintance with Schmall when he came over this time with Delkin met him accidentally, and got going it with him again and they both resumed dealings with Van Koon who, I may say, was wanted by Chilverton on a quite different charge.
It was undoubtedly Schmall who took Lisette Beaurepaire to that hotel in Paddington and poisoned her; it was just as undoubtedly Schmall who took Ebers to the hotel in London Docks and got rid of him. But, I tell you, Merrifield swears that neither he nor Van Koon knew of these things, and did not connive at them." "Did they know of them afterwards?" asked Fullaway. "Ah!" replied the chief.
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