"I suggest," said Hastings with heavy sarcasm, "you ask them that."
Stevenson shook his head. "It wouldn't do any good. They aren't talking
about anything. I don't suppose they'll ever tell us." He looked at the
trunk lid again. "It's the nuttiest thing," he said thoughtfully....
That was on Wednesday.
The Friday afternoon mail delivery to the _Daily News_ brought a crank
letter. It was in the crank letter's most obvious form; that is,
the address had been clipped, a letter or a word at a time, from a
newspaper and glued to the envelope. There was no return address.
The letter itself was in the same format. It was brief and to the point:
Dear Mr. Editor:
The Scorpion has struck. The bank robbers were captured. The
Scorpion fights crime. Crooks and robbers are not safe from
the avenging Scorpion. WARN YOUR READERS!
Sincerely yours,
THE SCORPION
The warning was duly noted, and the letter filed in the wastebasket. It
didn't rate a line in the paper.