"
"Well, maybe Olsen, or his boss, can explain why Gresham threw those
record-cards in the fire," Rand contributed. "You know why Olsen says
Gresham had it in for Rivers? Rivers sold Gresham a fake antique, a flint
lock navy pistol that had been worked over into something else. Gresham
was going to subpoena those records, when he brought suit against
Rivers," Rand lied. "But I can explain why Cecil Gillis might have
destroyed them, after killing Rivers, if he'd been cheating Rivers and
Rivers caught him at it."
"Yeah, and that might explain why Gillis was in such a hurry to sic us
onto Gresham, too," McKenna added. "I thought of something like that. And
this high-brown girl that works for Rivers says that Gillis and Mrs.
Rivers played all kinds of games together, when Rivers was away."
"Well, who's in charge of the investigation?" Rand wanted to know. "I
heard, on the radio ..."
"You're liable to hear anything on the radio, including slanders on
Bing Crosby's horses. But for the record, I am in charge of this
investigation. And don't anybody forget it, either," he added, in
the direction of the rear seat.
"That's what I thought. Well, Stephen Gresham has just retained me to
make an independent investigation," Rand said.
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