The Trap
Written by
R. T. M. Scott
Copyright 1922
Published in The Black Mask, April 1922, then in The Detective Magazine, UK October 26, 1923. Reprinted in the collection .
Aurelius Smith learns that there is a price on his head for his activities with the CID. On a train trip to Calcutta, an attempt is made to kill him, all because of his interference with jewel thefts.