I have photographed the last page of the will with its
signatures, and here it is. What the eye itself can not see, the
invisible light reveals."
He was holding the document and the copy, just an instant, as if
considering how to announce with best effect what he had
discovered.
"In order to unravel this mystery," he resumed, looking up and
facing the Elmores, Kilgore, and Hollins squarely, "I decided to
find out whether any one had had access to that closet where the
will was hidden. It was long ago, and there seemed to be little
that I could do. I knew it was useless to look for fingerprints.
"So I used what we detectives now call the law of suggestion. I
questioned closely one who was in touch with all those who might
have had such access. I hinted broadly at seeking fingerprints
which might lead to the identity of one who had entered the house
unknown to the Godwins, and placed a document where private
detectives would subsequently find it under suspicious
circumstances.
"Naturally, it would seem to one who was guilty of such an act, or
knew of it, that there might, after all, be finger-prints.
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