CHAPTER 14
They spent a long afternoon at the Sheriff’s Station It had been getting toward lunchtime as they had come into town, and Maschen was feeling so happy that he had bought lunch for everyone. By the time they had gotten to the Station, Stoneham had already been taken into custody and was awaiting questioning in one of the cells. Howard Willsey, the DA, was also there, looking as nervous as a chicken in a weasel cage. Maschen excused himself and talked to the prosecutor in private.
“What are you trying to do?” Willsey asked hysterically. “Ruin us all?”
“Stoneham’s a murderer,” Maschen said. “It was him who killed his wife. I’m dropping the charges against Polaski.”
“Do you have proof?”
“Yes, I’ll show it to you shortly. Right now, I’d like to question Stoneham personally. Care
