Kennedy turned to Norton. But just then the door to the den opened
and we saw our friend Dr. Leslie. He saw us, too, and took a few
steps in our direction.
"What--you here, Kennedy?" he greeted in surprise as Craig shook
hands and introduced Norton. "And Jameson, too? Well, I think
you've found a case at last that will baffle you."
As we talked he led the way across the living room and into the
den from which he had just come.
"It is very strange," he said, telling at once all that he had
been able to discover. "Senor Mendoza was discovered here about
midnight last night by his partner, Mr. Lockwood. There seem to be
no clues to how or by whom he was murdered. No locks had been
broken. I have examined the hall-boy who was here last night. He
seems to be off his post a good deal when it is late. He saw Mr.
Lockwood come in, and took him in the elevator up to the sixth
floor. After that we can find nothing but the open door into the
apartment. It is not at all impossible that some one might have
come in when the boy was off his post, have walked up, even have
walked down, the stairs again. In fact, it must have been that
way. No windows, not even on the fire-escape, have been tampered
with.
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