The Man Called Gilray by Fred M. White

But the coroner appeared to have no more questions to ask, and so far as the witnesses were concerned the more they said the more it became apparent that the police were merely on the fringe of a most puzzling and intricate problem. It was quite plain up to now that the dead man had gone deliberately out of his way to conceal his identity and baffle local curiosity. It was quite clear, too, that he had taken extraordinary pains to prevent anyone, even the bank manager, from learning whence he obtained his money.

"It is certainly very puzzling," the coroner said. "One more question, postman, and I have done. Do you mean to say that you never delivered a single letter for eighteen months at 2 Ponder-avenue--nothing whatever?"