CHAPTER IX

THE MAN WITH TWO BAGS “My first Coroner’s Inquest,” Jennerton, the amateur, whispered to his companion, Detective Hewson, during a momentary pause in the proceedings. “What do you think of it?” “Miserably inadequate,” was the disappointed reply. “It’s the story of a murder told at secondhand. No thrill about it—no sense of drama.” The professional detective smiled. He, too, was a man of ideas. “I’ll tell you why that is,” he explained. “It’s because the human element is lacking. There’s no criminal, there’s no one …