The Toff And the Deadly Priest (2014)
“asked Rollison, “Lack of evidence,” said Chumley.
“I thought his knife was used.”
“It was – but it had been stolen. We caught the man who stole it,” Chumley added. “We heard a whisper and went to see him. He denied it, but broke down under questioning. He told us that you had been talking to him – in fact, even allowing for exaggeration, what he said you said is enough to make us reprimand you!”
Rollison sat on the corner of the inspector’s desk and lit a cigarette.
“Spike Adams or Harris?” he asked.
“Harris.”
“And he admits having picked Craik’s pocket?”
“Yes.”
“Well, well! He wasn’t at the scene of the murder, was he?”
“No,” said Chumley, regretfully. “We can’t get him for that. He tells a fantastic story of being told that someone else owned the knife, which Craik had stolen – I don’t believe a word of it, but I’ve got to believe the confession, and without evidence that Craik used the knife, I’ve got nothing on which to hold him.”
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