CHAPTER XV

“PFYFE—PERSONAL” (_Tuesday, June 18; 9 a.m._) The next day—the fourth of the investigation—was an important and, in some ways, a momentous one in the solution of the problem posed by Alvin Benson’s murder. Nothing of a definite nature came to light, but a new element was injected into the case; and this new element eventually led to the guilty person. Before we parted from Markham after our dinner with Major Benson, Vance had made the request that he be permitted to call at the District Attorn…