Wernberg said when he burst into the room?"
"He said, 'they tried to blow me up,'" quoted Mr. Cook.
"Exactly," exclaimed Bob. "Doesn't that seem queer to you?"
"He was probably left there by mistake, as the sergeant says,"
said Mr. Cook.
"But," Bob insisted, "the door was locked."
The men looked at one another blankly.
"I had forgotten that," said Sergeant Riley.
"Well," insisted Bob, "I'd like to have that part of it explained to
me. You don't suppose for a minute that Mr. Wernberg locked himself
in, do you?"
"I shouldn't think he would," Mr. Cook admitted. "But if he didn't do it,
who did? That's what I'd like to know."
"Mr. Wernberg wasn't the only man in the house, you know," said Bob.
"Who else was there?"
"Didn't Hugh and two of the detectives chase another man?"
"Yez mean the fake detective?" asked Sergeant Riley.
"I do."
"But wasn't he in the same gang? What use would it be to him to blow up
one of his own men?"
"I don't know," said Bob. "Still I don't believe that Mr.
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