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"I thought he knew a lot about it," said the girl. "That's why I sent for you. You

haven't got any love for Murray, have you?"

"No," replied the Lizard; "not so you could notice it."

"I think Murray knows a lot about that job. If you want to help Jimmy I know

where you can get the dope that will start something, anyway."

What is it?" asked the Lizard.

This fellow Bince, who is assistant general manager for Compton, got a letter

from Murray two or three weeks before Compton was killed. Murray enclosed a

threat signed I.W.W., and his letter instructed Bince to show the threat to

Compton. I haven't got all the dope on it, but I've got a hunch that in some way it

is connected with this job. Anyway, I've got both Murray's letter and the threat he

enclosed. They're hidden in my desk at the plant. I can't get them, of course; they

wouldn't let me in the place now, and Murray's so strong with the police that I

wouldn't trust them, so I haven't told any one. What I want is for you to go there

to-night and get them."

The Lizard was thinking fast. The girl knew nothing of his connection with the

job. She did not know that he had entered Compton's office and had been first to

find his dead body; in fact, no one knew that. Even Murray did not know that the

Lizard had succeeded in entering the plant, as the latter had told him that he was

delayed, and that when he reached there a patrol and ambulance were already

backed up in front of the building. He felt that he had enough knowledge,

however, to make the conviction of Jimmy a very difficult proposition, but if he

divulged the knowledge he had and explained how he came by it he could readily

see that suspicion would be at once transferred from Jimmy to himself.

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