“Ben Price investigated the scene of the robberies and was heard to remark.” – Who was Ben Price? What did he say? What did he know of Jimmy’s habits?

“Ben Price investigated the scene of the robberies and was heard to remark.” – Who was Ben Price? What did he say? What did he know of Jimmy’s habits?

Ans : Ben Price was a famous detective who previously arrested Jimmy Valentine. He had taken up the trail of the elusive cracksman.

Ben Price visited the sites of burglaries and there he noticed a remarkable similarity in the methods of the burglaries. By investigating the method of burglaries, Ben Price was heard to remark that they were all done by Dandy Jimmy Valentine. 

While working on the Springfield case, he learned a lot of things about Jimmy’s habits. Long jumps, quick getaway, no confederates and a taste for good society were his characteristic features. These habits had helped Jimmy Valentine to become noted as a successful dodger of retribution.

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