As he dropped the last grisly fragment of the dismembered and mutilated body into the smallvat of nitric acid that was to devour every trace of the horrid evidence which might easily sendhim to the gallows, the man sank weakly into a chair and throwing his body forward upon hisgreat, teak desk buried his face in his arms, breaking into dry, moaning sobs.Beads of perspiration followed the seams of his high, wrinkled forehead, replacing the tearswhich...