There are gaps in that direction which
we have still to fill.
"We will go back to the note which was handed in to Garcia upon
the evening of his death. We may put aside this idea of Baynes's
that Garcia's servants were concerned in the matter. The proof
of this lies in the fact that it was HE who had arranged for the
presence of Scott Eccles, which could only have been done for the
purpose of an alibi. It was Garcia, then, who had an enterprise,
and apparently a criminal enterprise, in hand that night in the
course of which he met his death. I say 'criminal' because only
a man with a criminal enterprise desires to establish an alibi.
Who, then, is most likely to have taken his life? Surely the
person against whom the criminal enterprise was directed. So far
it seems to me that we are on safe ground.
"We can now see a reason for the disappearance of Garcia's
household. They were ALL confederates in the same unknown crime.
If it came off when Garcia returned, any possible suspicion would
be warded off by the Englishman's evidence, and all would be
well. But the attempt was a dangerous one, and if Garcia did NOT
return by a certain hour it was probable that his own life had
been sacrificed.
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