CHAPTER XXII

THE SHADOWY FIGURE (_Friday, December 3; 6 p. m._) At six o’clock that evening Markham called another informal conference at the Stuyvesant Club. Not only were Inspector Moran and Heath present, but Chief Inspector O’Brien[25] dropped in on his way home from the office. The afternoon papers had been merciless in their criticism of the police for its unsuccessful handling of the investigation. Markham, after consulting with Heath and Doremus, had explained the death of Mrs. Greene to the reporter…