"What do you make of it?" asked Garrick, evidently now enjoying
the puzzled look on my face.
I could merely shrug my shoulders.
"Well," he drawled, "that is a weapon they hinted at last night.
The possibilities of it are terrifying. Why, it could easily be
plunged through a fur coat, without breaking."
He took the needle and made an imaginary lunge at me.
"When people tell you that the hypodermic needle cannot be
employed in a case like this that they are planning," he
continued, "they are thinking of ordinary hypodermics. Those
things wouldn't be very successful usually, anyhow, under such
circumstances. But this is different. The very form of this needle
makes it particularly effective for anyone who wishes to use it
for crime. For instance--take it on a railroad or steamship or in
a hotel. Draw back the plunger--so--one quick jab--then drop it on
the floor and grind it under your heel. The glass is splintered
into a thousand bits. All evidence of guilt is destroyed, unless
someone is looking for it practically with a microscope.
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