Problem Of The Opera Box Author:Jacques Futrelle First the police acted on the general ground of exclusive opportunity," the reporter explained. "Then Knight was arrested. The stiletto used was not an ordinary one. It had a blade of about seven inches and was very slender, but instead of a guard on it there was only a gold band. The handle is a straight, highly polished piece of wood. Around i... more »t, below the gold band where the guard should have been, there were threads as if it had been screwed into something.« less