Hollins was one of the prominent attorneys of East Point, and
before the election of Kilgore as prosecutor had been his partner.
Unlike Kilgore, we found him especially uncommunicative and
inclined to resent our presence in the case as intruders.
The interview did not seem to me to be productive of anything. In
fact, it seemed as if Craig were giving Hollins much more than he
was getting.
"I shall be in town over night," remarked Craig. "In fact, I am
thinking of going over the library up at the Godwin house soon,
very carefully." He spoke casually. "There may be, you know, some
finger-prints on the walls around that closet which might prove
interesting."
A quick look from Hollins was the only answer. In fact, it was
seldom that he uttered more than a monosyllable as we talked over
the various aspects of the case.
A half-hour later, when he had left and had gone to the hotel, I
asked Kennedy suspiciously, "Why did you expose your hand to
Hollins, Craig?"
He laughed. "Oh, Walter," he remonstrated, "don't you know that it
is nearly always useless to look for finger-prints, except under
some circumstances, even a few days afterward? This is months, not
days.
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