Nick stopped and looked at Macrane. What he had been saying was purely guesswork, but he saw that he had hit home. “You called at Mrs. Constant’s home at eight o’clock on the night of the murder, giving the name of Masson. You were told that Mrs. Constant had gone out to the dressmaker’s. “You knew that wasn’t so—you knew it was Ethel who had gone out, but thereby you found out where she had gone to. “You went to the dressmaker’s and waited till she came. You tried to speak to her as she went in. Then you went into the coach and waited. “When she came to enter it she saw you and screamed, but you pulled her in and shut the door. “The coach drove rapidly up the avenue, and during that drive you shot her, for she had told you that she was done with you forever, and meant to live with her sister. “When the coach was checked, at Fifty-eighth Street, you stepped out, crossed the street, and, going down Fifty-eighth Street, you bowed to a man at nine o’clock, who spoke to you as Masson. “Half an hour later, on the corner of Fifty-seventh Street and Fifth Avenue, you talked for a few minutes with a man who stopped you and called you Masson. “You made yourself conspicuous in other places when you thought suspicion could be thrown on Masson. “Then, when you thought you had done enough you started back to Philadelphia, but one of my aides was on the train. We were on your track. We were bound to land you as we have landed you.” Turning to the officers, Nick said: “Take us to the lockhouse. Chick, have you hand-cuffs?” Chick had not, but one of the officers had, and Macrane was ironed. It was daylight when Nick and Chick returned to their hotel to snatch a brief sleep. Early in the morning they were out, making the proof strong that Macrane had been in New York. They wired for Patsy to come on, with Moran and the storekeeper of Sixth Avenue that Chick had dug up, by an early train. On their arrival they positively identified Macrane as the man seen entering and leaving the coach. Patsy, on his arrival, reported his experiences with Masson and the rescue of Mrs. Constant and Edith. Though Patsy told it with all modesty, Nick knew that Patsy had performed a most gallant and heroic deed, and so said, but it was not until he returned to New York that he learned how gallant and brave the deed was. Speaking of the curious development of the case, Nick said: “From the first I felt that Mrs. Constant’s natural bitterness toward Masson had misled her judgment. I never did believe that he did the murder. “The strange thing is that Mrs. Constant did not give greater importance to the feeling of Macrane toward Ethel. “However, she has a hold on Masson now, and if she will follow my advice, Masson will see the inside of a prison for his evil deeds. He deserves it.” But he did not.