“Viola Granger appears to have come into considerable money lately. At least I was told in confidence at the bank that she made large deposits during the last week.”
“Do you know the amounts?”
“Yes, I made it a point to find out. On the twelfth she deposited ten thousand dollars in a savings account and on the fourteenth something over five thousand.”
“The twelfth you say. That was only two days after the robbery.”
“Precisely.”
“Oh, dear, this complicates everything,” Nancy sighed. “Honestly, it seems as though everyone in River Heights is coming into money suddenly.”
“It’s a complicated case, Nancy; but really I thought this clue might simplify things a trifle.”
Nancy shook her head.
“It seems to me it only makes it worse than before.” She remained silent for a minute and then said slowly: “Dad, doesn’t it strike you that if Viola Granger were really guilty she would be afraid to make bank deposits so openly?”
“Yes,” Carson Drew admitted. “I thought of that.”
“Do the police know about her money?”
“Not to my knowledge. Of course they questioned her perfunctorily along with the others, but I don’t believe they learned anything of interest.”
“You haven’t told them about the bank deposits?”