The Railway Detective Collection: the Railway Detective, the Excursion Train, the Railway Viaduct (The Railway Detective Series)
“There were some heated arguments in the third-class carriages and a few minor scuffles but the railway policemen soon brought them under control. Most of the passengers were still too numbed by the defeat of their hero, the Bargeman, to cause any mayhem themselves and they were noticeably quieter on their way back. Those in the second-class carriage that had brought Jacob Bransby to Twyford were quite unaware of the fact a murder had taken place there. When he interviewed Felix Pritchard earlie...r, Inspector Colbeck had been careful to say nothing about the crime, explaining that he was simply making routine inquiries about a missing person. Unbeknown to the excursionists, a corpse travelled back to London in the guard’s van with two detectives from the Metropolitan Police and an irate Tod Galway.
‘It ain’t decent, Inspector,’ asserted the guard.
‘The body could hardly be left where it was,’ said Colbeck.
‘You should ’ave sent it back by other means.’ ‘What other means?’ ‘Any way but on my train.’ ‘Mr Bransby had a return ticket in his pocket.MoreLess
‘It ain’t decent, Inspector,’ asserted the guard.
‘The body could hardly be left where it was,’ said Colbeck.
‘You should ’ave sent it back by other means.’ ‘What other means?’ ‘Any way but on my train.’ ‘Mr Bransby had a return ticket in his pocket.MoreLess
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