Did Horace get the jewels from the Grange safe? If not, why did the
police arrest him?
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Explanation:
Horace Danby was arrested although he failed to profit from the robbery at Shotover Grange, because he broke open the safe to give the lady in red the jewels, thinking her to be the wife of the owner who had forgotten the number combination to open the safe.
No Horace did not actually gey the jewels from Grange safe. It was another robber, a lady, whom Horace thought to be the wife of the owner of the house.
The lady made Horace to open the safe in which jewels were kept. Horace too broke open the safe but he forgot to put on his gloves. As a result of his carelessness, the finger prints of him were left on the safe.
The police arrested him as they thought that Horace has commited theft because of his finger impressions left on the safe. However, the real culprit was the lady whom Horace never got to know about.