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’No doubt Mr Osborne will find the charges against hily minor,’ coarne,’ said Abel ’I take the rap while he escapes Noe’ll never find out who he sold that godda, Mr Rosnovski That was the one thing he illing to talk about,’ said Jilks ’He said it wasn’t William Kane He would never have sold the file to Kane under any circuo called Harry Srnith paid Mr Osborne cash for theevidence, and, 926 would you believe it, Harry Smith turns out to be an alias because there are dozens of Harry Srniths in the Chicago area and not a single one of them fits the description!

’Find him,’ said Abel ’And find hi on that,’ said Jilks ’If the o we’ll pin him doithin the week Osborne also added that this so - called Smith assured him he only wanted the file for private purposes

He had no intention of revealing the contents to anyone in authority!

’Then why did "Smith" want the details in the first place?’ asked Abel

’The inference was blackmail That’s why Henry Osbome disappeared, to avoid you If you think about that, Mr Rosnovski, he could be telling the truth

After all, the disclosures are extre to him, and he must have been as distressed as you when he heard the file was in the hands of the justice Departht and turned state’s evidence when he was eventually caught!

’Do you know,’ said Abel, ’the only reason I ever employed that man was because he hated William Kane as much as I did, and now Kane has done us both’

’There’s no proof that Mr Kane was in any way involved,’ said Jilks

’I dont need proof’

The trial was delayed at the request of the government They claimed they neededtheir case, as he was now their principal witness Trafford Jilks objected strongly and inforer a youngunder the strain of false accusations Ile plea did not overnment’s request and postponed the trial for a further four weeks

The ed on for Abel and two days before the trial was due to open, he resigned hi jail sentence Then H Trafford Jilks’ investigator in Chicago found the man called Harry Smith, who turned out to be a local private detective, who had used an alias under strict instructions from his client, a firm of lawyers in New York It cost Jilks one thousand dollars and another twenty - four hours before Harry Smith revealed that the firm concerned had been Cohen, Cohen and Yablons

’Kane’s lawyer,’ said Abel i told

’Are you sure?’ asked Jilks ’I would have thought from all we know about William Kane that he would be the last person to use a Jewish firht the hotels from Kanes bank, some of the paperas covered by a man called Thomas Cohen For some reason, the bank used tyers for the transaction’

’What do you want ,’ said Trafford Jilks ’I don’t want any more trouble before the trial Do you understand me, Mr Rosnovski?’

’Yes, sir,’ said Abel ’I’ll deal with Kane when the trial’s over Now, Mr Jilks, listen and listen carefully You o back to Osborne immediately and tell him the file was sold by Harry Sain revenge on both of us, and stress the "both of us" I pro to open his mouth in the witness box, no matter what promises he’s made to the justice Department Henry Osborne’s the one man alive whoyou say,’ said Jilks, who clearly wasn’t convinced, ’but I feel Ithe blame firmly on your shoulders, and to date he’s been no help to our side at all’

’You take e the moment he knows about Kane’s involvement’

H Trafford Jilks obtained perht with Henry Osborne in his cell before going on ho Jilks was sure that his news had overnment’s star witness and he decided he would wait until the nextAbel Rosnovski He preferred that his client try to get a good night’s sleep before the trial opened the next