eened by some
bushes, expecting to see him again. This watch was continued until
daylight.

"Paul did not appear upon the following day. The employe returned to
London and reported. About same hour the watcher assigned to duty in
neighborhood of the Lanier room saw Paul go down the basement stairs.
This was after four in the morning. Neither Lanier left the room that
day or the following night.

"Charles did not report to the office, and we could not locate him
anywhere in London. It was thought that Paul had been at Northfield, but
attempted no violence, and that moved by some insane influence he had
returned to London.

"Awaiting Northfield advices and Charles' appearance, the agency was
dumfounded at news that both Laniers had been arrested. It occurred
about eight o'clock this morning. We are not yet advised as to the
causes for this unexpected move. The matter is being investigated.

"Because of Charles' disappearance without notice, and these
unaccountable arrests, we believed that you were in league with other
parties to bring about Lanier accounting for their many crimes.

"It was known that a veiled woman called upon Charles the night he left
London. After the arrests it had been rumored that Charles left London
for Northfield on the night of this mysterious call and did not return.
This female stranger and a middle-aged man were often together, and
shadowed the Laniers. Our agency employes kept close watch of that spy
who witnessed Paul's Thames crazes, and from his alley window overlooked
the basement entrance. He had been followed and repeatedly seen with
this male companion. That both the man and woman boarded at the same
hotel where Charles stopped had been discovered. This spy sometimes
called there. Charles had said nothing about these circumstances, and,
we suspected, did not care to confide in the agency.

"The manner of Lanier arrests strongly confirmed our suspicions that
some independent procedure was being pressed, with your knowledge and
approval.

"I was indignant at such supposed double-dealing. Strenuous, untiring
efforts for years have been made to unravel this Lanier web. The agency
dealt frankly with you, and is entitled to like treatment. You always
insisted on caution and against premature action. The trials and
convictions of these villains for double murder of Alice Webster and
Oswald Langdon were not to be hampered by any other criminal issue.
Taking into consideration all of t