“Russia certainly values the prestige of that coach,” Scuddamore said. “Why? Is it the Tsar’s personal property?”
“Maybe,” Watters said. “Vlasov must have wanted the coach as well.”
Shaw looked puzzled. “How did Vlasov know Cox had the coach?”
“The papers were full of it,” Scuddamore said. “It was no secret that Cox had bought it.”
“We either have a stray Russian radical or two different Russian groups who want that carriage,” Watters tried to keep the discussion on course. “And we have two probably related murders. I will ask the County police to watch Cauldneb farm. They don’t have the manpower to do much else. Duff, research the carriage and who owned it, these Narodnik fellows, and Strathmore distillery. Wallace mentioned the Strathmore, and we found three barrels of their whisky i
