He pointed also to the wound in the
head of Collins.
"It is apparent to all present," he began in his flat voice, "that death
has been caused in each case by a shot in the head. That the two men were
killed similarly is something in the nature of a coincidence. The
revolver that killed them was not the same in both cases. In that of Mr.
Wynne we have a bullet wound of an extremely small calibre. We have,
indeed, the actual bullet. We also have, so we think, the revolver that
fired the shot. In the case of James Collins there has been no proof
and no evidence of any one whom we know being concerned. Therefore we
will take the case of the man Dacre Wynne first. He was killed by a
revolver-shot in the temple, and death was--or should have
been--instantaneous. We will call the prisoner to speak first."
He lifted a revolver from the table and held it in the hollow of his big
palm.
"This revolver is yours?" he said, peering up under his shaggy eyebrows
into Merriton's face.
"It is."
"Very good. There has been, as you see, one shot fired from it.
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