Godwin.
As yet nothing had been done to put the house in order again and,
as we walked about, we noticed a pile of old tins in the yard
which had not been removed.
Kennedy turned them over with his stick. Then he picked one up and
examined it attentively.
"H-m--a blown can," he remarked.
"Blown?" I repeated.
"Yes. When the contents of a tin begin to deteriorate they
sometimes give off gases which press out the ends of the tin. You
can see how these ends bulge."
Our next visit was to the district attorney, a young man, Gordon
Kilgore, who seemed not unwilling to discuss the case frankly.
"I want to make arrangements for disinterring the body," explained
Kennedy. "Would you fight such a move?"
"Not at all, not at all," he answered brusquely. "Simply make the
arrangements through Kahn. I shall interpose no objection. It is
the strongest, most impregnable part of the case, the discovery of
the poison. If you can break that down you will do more than any
one else has dared to hope. But it can't be done.
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