But you can hang me if Ferris knew Fritz Braun.

You see," coolly said the crafty boy, "Ferris wanted the girl, the money, and the old man's favor.
Braun only wanted the company's money, and used the Hungarian lady to draw Clayton on.

I fancy, from all I could see, that Mr.Clayton really loved that lady; and Braun could only use her to fool him over there; then he took the chances to kill him to get the money.
No! Ferris is only a snake in the grass, a coward, and a cur! He fastened on Clayton as a friend, and got in between him and Mr.
Worthington; but, he never saw Fritz Braun!" The boy's tone was convincing.

"Then you let Braun know how easily he could steal a fortune by getting hold of Clayton on his way to the bank!" roughly accused McNerney.
"Not me; never, on your life," defiantly answered Emil.

"It may have been Lilienthal, for Mr.Wade was often in that 'back room' of his.