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The last and most daring exploit on the part of the audacious river thieves excited wide comment just at a time when there was not much going on, and therefore the press accorded it a large measure of publicity. Strangely enough, with the exception of the _Telephone,_ which had very little to say in the matter. But this policy was largely dictated by Ellis, who promised his people plenty of sensational detail in the near future.
He had much to go on now, and he lost no time in placing his information in the hands of Inspector Lock.