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Missus Orson Wells, speaking from London. Here in the Grimstone structure on the

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Thames, which houses Scotland Yard,
is a warehouse of homicide for everyday objects.

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A woman's purse, a man's glove, a child's shoe, all are

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touched by murder. That is silent. He made to fit an army rifle,

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made for a killer, for striking, unseen and unheard in the dark.

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Perhaps interesting little instruments of scientific gadget
to absorb sound. A change's sharp

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cracking report into a muffled gasp.
I suppose I am being rather subjective about

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this, Sergeant, but I find
myself hating that's silence on here. I

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understand how you feel, inspector a
science here, Well, it's it's filth,

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he says me. It's something like
a rattles snake. No, Sergeant,

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you're similarly is wrong. The rattlesnake
gives warning before he strikes. He

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plays fair today That silencer can be
seen here in the Black Museum. From

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the annals of the Criminal Investigation Department
of the London Police, we bring you

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the dramatic stories of the crimes recorded
by the objects in Scotland Yards. Gallery

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of Death the Black Museum. From
you. We are in the Black Museum,

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Scotland Yards, Museum of Murder,
ellis death, violent death and many

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guises, the long history of a
great number of very murderous deeds on the

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shelves, on the tables, in
the very air itself. This elephant come

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here. This was once used for
hunting by a sportsman bread in the very

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best tradition, later used to shoot
a friend in the back. Uh.

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Here we are a silencer, metal
tubes within tubes, small and stubby,

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designed to swallow sound. There was
a weapon too, of course, but

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no unthought of a weapon or of
a silencer. The Knight Herbert and Josie

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Martin, who turned from a party
to their new home in the equally new

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residential development in the suburbs of London. Oh it was a fine party,

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Joseph. But I don't mind telling
you. I'm gad for sleeping. Oh.

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I like the new neighbors. But
business, there's no time perhause warmings.

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The great these new houses are renting, will be going to house parties

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for weeks on end. Might as
well make up our minds to it.

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A man and his wife tired in
a pleasant sort of way pleased a meeting

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their new neighbors and preparing for sleep. Normal, quiet, nice people in

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a new hole. Nothing spectacular,
no hint of headlines, no thought of

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death. Show the doors are locked
herbit. Yes, oh dear, please

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pull down the blind because if he
blows up during the night, didn't flap

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out the window A wakeners like last
night? All right? If you didn't

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insist on opening the window some the
top, Josh, the blinds wouldn't blow.

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What is it? What is it? What's taking you? Oh?

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A man reaches up to pull down
a window blind. The lighted lamp is

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behind him. A bullet stars the
window pane. The man is dead.

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A short while later, a telephone
rings in an office in Scotland, Yard

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Inspector Foster. Here Sonty william speaking, Sir, does a call come through

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from himpstad Oble Herbert Martin short as
he was pulling down the blind in his

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bedroom. Anyone with him? Why? Said any other witnesses up at the

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moment? Oh, well, Williams, bring a car, run and we'll

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have a look at the situation.
I realized this has been a terrible shock,

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missus Martin, but we need your
help at once anything insteact, anything

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at all. Did your husband have
any enemies that you love? Oh no,

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no one, no one. Any
trouble in his business, no nothing,

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No what was his business? Insurance
accident? Mostly he was going on

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so well, that's how we could
have thought to move out here. Then

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you've only come here recently, few
months ago. We were one of the

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first tenants. It seemed such a
nice place. Everything so new questions and

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more questions. There was obviously nothing
missus Martin could tell the inspector. All

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she knew was what she'd seen one
point. Puzzlive. The inspector came back

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to it several times. And you're
certain, Missus Martin, that you heard

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no shot, nothing, just the
sort of noise of the glass. Well,

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it's possible, certain extreme range,
the sound of a shot might have

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followed the arrival of the bullet.
Missus Martin. Now I'm sure i'd have

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noticed, as only seemed so strange. There wasn't any sound, just the

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hole in the window and my husband's
sort of crumpling up and falling. Well,

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that's not much to go on.
Perhaps the bullet will tell us something.

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Meanwhile, we'll do our bet.
Misters Martin, we'll try to do

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our bet. There was very little
for the police to start on. The

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close scrutiny of Herbert Martin's life brought
nothing to light. Martin's manner of living,

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the conduct of his business were exemplary. His friends, his business associates,

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his new neighbors all had nothing but
praise for Herbert Martin. Death had

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come out of the dark. This
alone was ground for speculation, particularly among

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the neighbors. Sydney and Elizabeth.
Davis brother and sister were no exceptions.

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I can't help, thinks Sydney.
It's so peaceful here that poor man,

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barely in his grave real it is
present. It would be a fit.

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Only Do you suppose his poor wife
will keep the house now? I doubt

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it, but perhaps if you offered
to help Elizabeth I have it'll take her

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quite a while to make up in
mind, since she's all alone. For

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Sir Sydney, I can't help Randa, and I can't what oh I had

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the strangest strangers, what it shoped, Sydney. Death had come to Hamstead

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Over once again? And you're absolutely
sure you had no shot, mister Davis,

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absolutely, inspector. My moment,
my sister was speaking to me about

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missus Martin. The next moment she
was dying in my arms. There's no

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sound, only the blood I see. Mister Davis. Do you know the

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people who live in this development?
Nearly all of them. We well,

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we felt rather like pioneers. I
suppose we've been developing. Being so new,

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we all became friendly. And perhaps
you can tell me. Are there

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any ex servicemen living here? Yes? There are two nice chaps, wives

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and children, you know. And
I asked why you inquire because the bullet

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which killed mister Martin came from an
early issue rifle, and I suspect the

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same thing will be found true in
your sister's case. If it is true,

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we'll love that much at least to
go more. The markings on both

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bullets were identical. The same weapon
had been used. Inspector Foster sent Detective

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Sergeant William's visiting. Yes, and
are you Thomas? I am excuse me

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saying I'm a detective of Sergeant Williams. The idea HAIRMC credentials. Oh coming,

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will you coming to the living room? I don't keep your moments,

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Larkin. I want to speak about
the Martin and Davis murders. Yes,

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yes, of course. Do you
happen to have a rifle in your possession,

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sir? No, I gave all
that would. I was discharged.

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If I never see a weapon again, it will be too soon. I

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believe your husband is an ex serviceman, missus Goodson. Yes, he is

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five years of service Eighth Army and
the General Montgomery I see, and tell

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me. Did he buy any chance
to retain any weapon when he left the

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service? No? Is there any
weapon in your house that you know of?

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Yeah? Probably, Well, Frankie, my husband insists we keep it.

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He's got a license for it.
It frightens me after death just to

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have it in the house, work
with the children around in all. Oh,

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sergeant, are all of us in
danger here? I needn't worry.

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Don't you have any idea who or
what may be behind these dreadful shootings?

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Nothing except I drew a complete blank. I rather thought you would. Incidentally,

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a pathology found the Davis bullet and
ballistic reports it's identical with the one

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that recovered from Martin's body. Well
where he is. He's a fabulous shot,

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sir, and he uses a silence
up. That's the only explanation I

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have for the absence of sound.
It's not very much to go on,

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Inspector Foster, help. This is
missus Thomas Larkin, Inspector. My husband

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and I live on Hempstead Over.
Yes, Missus Larkin, I know what

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can I do for you? Well, mister Larkin and I have a meeting

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at our house for this evening.
We hoped you and Sergeant Williams could be

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with us. What's the purpose of
your meeting, ma'am? Oh? The

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entire development is living in fear,
Inspector. We want to try to find

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some way to protect ourselves. We
thought you might have some advice to offer.

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I'm somewhat doubtful about the advice,
Missus Larkin, but Sergeant Williams and

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I will be at your meeting.
Have you set a time for it?

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As yet? They came that evening
to the Lark in the living room.

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Inspector Foster waited in the hallway with
the larkins Is everyone here, mister Larkin?

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I think so, sir. Mister
Maundy said he'd be over. His

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wife wanted to stay with her little
boy. Well he's the only one missing

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then, Yes, that's right.
How did you reach these people by telephone?

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It's not much trouble to do that. We're all on party lines.

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I see someone's at the back door. Tom must be Monday, and I'll

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get it if you excuse me,
Missus Larkin, Yes, of course,

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go ahead, Inspector funny coming to
the back door. I told his wife,

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particularly about the front door precaution.
No matter at least, I don't

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believe it will matter here we are
hell on, Mandy, Yeah, you

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can make it. Sorry, I'm
late, Larkin. I rather thought the

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back way would present less opportunity for
this unknown marksman to it. Mandon.

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Good grief. Up that door,
Larkin, you're a perfect target yourself standing

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up today. That silencer can be
seen here in the Black Museum. Neighbor

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London was dead, the rifle bullet
neatly placed in the back of his head.

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The silent marksman was another story entirely. Who he was, where he

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was, why he struck With the
unanswered questions which Inspector Foster had to face

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as he stood before the terror stricken
residence of Hempstead Ov. All I can

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say is the police are doing anything
and everything. They'll find this killer.

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In the meantime, Inspector, I'll
answer that in the meantime, it can

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all get picked up as my sister
was, or Martin or Monday. He's

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write, Inspector, I for one
won't leave my children open at the risk

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of being orphaned or worse. No, moving away, giving up your homes

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won't find a murderer. I'm asking
you, all of you, to do

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something quite difficult under present circumstances.
I want you to stay here for another

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few days. He fashions, remain
indoors at night, stay away from doors

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and windows. If it's possible to
find him, then that is always possible.

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We'll do it. I promise you
that the entire machinery of the London

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they watched him, the good neighbors
who henced it over with doubt and fear

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in their eyes. What they did
is Inspector Foster ask. They stayed in

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their homes and waited the welcome light
of morning found the Inspector and his sergeant

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with tom Arkin in the kitchen of
his home. You're about the same height

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as Mandon, aren't you, Larkin? Just about? Good? Targeant set

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up the transit here where Mandon was
standing when he was hit, and adjusted

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height to mister Larkins. Some byers
changed it in my kitchen. I don't

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understand and stick that you will shortly
almost ready as harden ef. The men

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work quickly methodically. The transit was
set up the lens of its telescope,

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placing the open backyorder. Inspector Forster
adjusted the eyepiece and then slowly scan from

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Lindall to Lindell through the open doorway
back. He moved the instant, adjusting

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it vertically as well as horizont returning
the brass thumbscrewed carefully precisely stepped away from

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the transit. That seemed to be
the best possibilities, Ardant, pleavor yourself.

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Yes, it lines up well.
The angle seemed to be right,

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so we have a look at it. Yes, yes, care to come

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with us? Ka, Yes,
I was a three with a clear line

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of fire right through your back door. The distance seems to be about five

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hundred yards. So that's what the
transit was for. Exactly. Let's go,

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shall we? Two? Bad as
beings of dryer light Later there might

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have been footprints marks on the tree
trunk, sir. Well here here notices

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are straight in on this box,
sir, as if someone in heavy brute

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had climbed the tree. That's wheat
and too, you know for a boost

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up charging here? Said, there
are marks up here? Is there quite

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a comfortable perch? He? Hello? The lim faults here, scratches on

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the bark could have been a rifle
rested here. Very good, Come on

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down, sargant, All right,
instead done. I may have found something

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over here under this branch. Don't
touch anything. Markin right, Yeah,

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in the weeds. Looks like a
rifle corpage to me. Brass. The

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sun caught it, good man,
good eyesight. Take care of that,

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sergeant. Once we find the rifle
and the owner that bit of brass,

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may well send him up thirteen steps
early one morning, starting from nothing,

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the facts were coming together one by
one in the quiet office of the yard,

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the bootmarks and the tree trunk.
Sergeants that were rather close to the

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ground. I noticed your first jump
was at least two feet higher. Yes,

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I wasn't caring a rifle, sir, No, but a man of

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average weight in good condition would have
made markings closer to yours. I'd say

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this fellow was either very heavy or
not exactly young past middle age, at

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least the beginnings of a description either
military or hunting experience. To be able

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to shoot like that at night the
beginnings of the background. Whoever it was,

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must have lived in that area for
some time to know the position of

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that tree relation to Larkin's back door. Start a quiet house to house check

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Williams. Have the men watch for
anyone who fits these points. Yes,

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then find me a detailed ordnance map
of Hempstead Oval. The builder of the

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renting agent will have one. We
find one sniper's touch. I'm curious about

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the other interesting layout Architecturally, according
to the contour of the land, the

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main line of the houses seemed to
curve around this rise just off center.

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It must have been quite a place
in the old age in the building tell

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me and estates so for Texas family
named was the Wardman old line. The

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grant went back nearer to the first
Queen Elizabeths history. Fascinating anymore, here's

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quite atyp seems the land was soul
on condition that the soul survivor of the

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family be given a house rent free
for the rest of his life. And

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this person is still there. It
seems to be he's an elderly gentlemen,

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keeps very much to himself. This
is Hou's here on the end of the

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main line. I see now,
then this would be the Martin place and

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this is the David Yeah, that's
right there. The Martin bedroom and the

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Davis porch faced the same way along
that curve of the hill. Yes,

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that's it. It seems they didn't
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but they they've started a new house
right here. They fella stitched in for

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me. The demands being very high. They wouldn't mind them with them after

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we get this killer. Oh yes, I have to ask me that ruler

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will in all right? Thank you. Here, Williams, the Martin window

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and the Davis porch are in direct
clear line with the new building. I

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wonder now, I assume the contractor
isn't working his men at night. I

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wonder now this is the top floor, inspective. Hard wood isn't in here,

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but that floor will take your weight. That's the dorm the window you

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asked about. Look around, Willis
Addams. It's about the progress of this

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building. Here said how long has
this top floor been in this half finished?

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Their a fortnight, sir, crazy
is a due end of this week.

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Carpenters will get the flooring right after
that. Anyone here at night.

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She's a watchman for the old development. One of these stations is just across

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the road. You can see it
through the window. There, I see

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I have them saying here. They
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Now, oh go this tenpany nails
in the window sill. Someone will

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catch it for this, no doubt
someone will. Someone put those nails in

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to help steady a rifle, the
same someone who left those two brass cottage

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cases behind him. How do you
catch a killer who strikes silently in the

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darkness. How do you match his
craftiness? Perhaps you say to Tom Larkin

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that may be dangerous. Larkin,
will you cooperate? We'll have you under

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five before now, inspector very well. No, then, I believe someone

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told me the telephones hereabouts are on
party lines. A telephone call is made

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on the party lines. I want
to talk to you, goodson about this

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killer. I think I know who
it is. I'll walk over in half

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hour with a friend of mine and
I'm picking up Sit Davis on the way.

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No mention, of course, that
the friend is search at Williams c

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ID. Will walk alongside Tom Larkin, staying between him and the files on

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the hill. No mention of the
inspector, crouched on the hillside in the

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dark shadow of the half built house. Sorry, you are certain the men

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are the orders mission? Yesip paid
anyone into the cordon, but no one

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gets out. He kept the watch
the god. Now let's see. Yes,

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time, Williams and Larkin were starting
on the wall. Let me have

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the glassy massion through the night glasses. The inspector watch almost tif a mile

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away. Two men left the Larkin
house started slowly along the road on the

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hillside. The shadow slipped quietly toward
the half finished house. The inspector whispered,

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yeah, that not a sound.
Now, unsuspecting, a shadow moved

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through the line of police, past
the hidden and space into the building.

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Come along, Mason, He's gone
into the house, into the empty building,

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empty except for a killer climbing steadily, no lights, only the vague

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outline of the unpainted banister and the
clean smell of new wood. Suddenly,

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the footsteps ahead stop. The inspector
and his companion pause. At the head

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of the stairway, the glassless window
shows the night sky right with stars.

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Her black shadow kneels at the sill, places a long, heavy object between

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the two tendeny nails. Alright,
Mason take him, ok, No,

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you shall take me. No.
I have a right here than anyone.

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I have a right in charge,
but not much. Warn you, but

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anything you say may be taken down
in writing on my mind. Mession.

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He doesn't understand. Yes, sir, you're a Philip Wardman, aren't you.

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Who are you? He seemed to
be a gentleman. My name's Foster.

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Why are you here in this empty
building, mister Wardman. I'm the

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rights. Was in my land.
Family's lad and told me when I sold

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it for the money, I could
go on living here. The houses brought

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strangers and driving them out and hunting
them out as in Africa. And you

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were a boy, had my right. I came to live on my land.

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Christmas is a law. There's a
law to mister Warmer about rifles like

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this and silencers. Silences have a
good shot, pick them up like crail

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hand me the silencer supposed to spoil
the accuracy of a rifle, and not

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mine. I'm good and trophies when
I'm younger, I never knew. I

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never knew you were an excellent short
mister Wardman, even with a silenter.

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And today that silencer can be seen
in its place here in the Black Museum.

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It's true, of course, that
in many countries men have loved their

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land to the point of desperation.
Philip Wardman loved his to the point of

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madness and murdered the rifle belonged to
his grandson, a veteran living far away

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in Canada. Where the old man
bought the silencer was never learned. The

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secret of that went with Philip Wardman
to the place where his bitter, lonely

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life drew to its close. The
silencer itself remains in its usual place in

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the Black Museum. Now to me. Next time, I'll tell you another

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story about the Black Museum. I
remain as all as obedient, free us