1.
“Our sender also sent a, ‘good night nurse,’ which everyone seems to have missed, including our man Clegg
2.
What to do? Go to bed and think about it? No, go to bed and forget it and think about the case and the Clegg chronicles that were still unravelling after four days
3.
As would be expected the digit was one of ten removed from the corpse of Anton Clegg
4.
Rudolph was casting a wide net when involving the administration of Sir Alex Clegg with the inquiry with the killing of his brother, but his gut told him the connection was no coincidence
5.
He’d been asking himself over his bacon and eggs if this was the first threat received by Sir Alex and had Anton Clegg suffered a threat in any way?
6.
The last to be interviewed was again Yvonne Barns who apart from here association with the Salvation Army had little reason to spend time away from the farm other than the week with her sister in the Bay of Islands during Clegg’s absence
7.
’ Further to that was a typed script proclaiming the steed as three times winner of the Auckland Trotting Cup, the sire of two Auckland cup winners, three New Zealand cup winners and an inter-dominion winner; seen with Lou Strong stud groom where he stands at his Clevedon home The Stables, the birth place of champions, owned by Sir Alexander Clegg
8.
Clegg’s doctor wasn’t available for any comment last night, but I spoke to him this morning on the phone
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Clegg is stable, but unable to speak
10.
“We must ask who other than Clegg and Tripp had access to the safe,” said Rudolph
11.
Who other than you and Anton Clegg has access?”
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Jazz - “And what of the other deceased, Lionel Bates? He was, shall we say ‘friends’ with Anton Clegg
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Would Clegg have given him access?”
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Jazz - “And when did you first learn about the large amount of money Clegg had placed there?”
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“Heaps of good stuff, like, for instance, the last will and testament of Anton Clegg
16.
That in itself is very interesting; as are the two insurance policies on Anton Clegg’s life which were established less than two years ago
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Clegg’s lawyer wasn’t too happy about us having our noses in there
18.
“Which Clegg didn’t have
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Would a man like Anton Clegg pay extortion?”
20.
“Sale and purchase agreements for properties owned by Clegg, his companies, thirty seven of them make interesting reading
21.
Lease agreements and share certificates, trust account and cash ledgers, all equally boring; bank statements for several accounts, but more interesting perhaps, two New Zealand passports in the name of Anton Clegg and his known associate Larry Beckett
22.
They were in an envelope with a recent smear of blood that matches Anton Clegg’s blood group
23.
So with Clegg’s blood in a locked safe and Clegg dead, or very much that way, it bears very much to reason that Clegg’s assailant is number contender for the action at The Stables
24.
Clegg was one of these and when he stopped running he obviously sprayed a fair amount of the stuff around
25.
“I see it the original target was one man, Anton Clegg, for a motive that has yet to be determined
26.
Anton Clegg and Bates are linked by place of employment and from what we have gathered by their sexuality
27.
Anton Clegg and the third deceased Lou Strong are linked by Strong’s position of employment with Sir Alex having been the subject of a sinister threat of death, extortion, blackmail, or any combination of the three
28.
We can find no evidence that Anton Clegg had been the subject of any such threat
29.
He came from Australia twelve months ago to work to work for Clegg
30.
It would seem the idea was to get Clegg into a restricted situation without incurring the wrath of Mighty Joe Young and to that extent they were successful
31.
Then to the job in hand which was the torment of Anton Clegg
32.
It had become a habit of Greg to embark on random pilgrimages to Anton Clegg’s neighbourhood to seek him out, stalk him and then allow himself to fester over the many conceived destinies he could wish upon the man
33.
Never once did they meet, nor did Clegg ever become aware of his presence, but just the sight of the man in a public place or passing close in one of the Mercedes vehicles he owned released an almost uncontrollable rage within Greg
34.
A new car can only be a good thing and Clegg dead, even better
35.
A massive blaze in Mt Eden, where an entire block of professional rooms was razed to the ground, took second billing to historic footage of the Clegg Empire, depicting each brother at various functions throughout their illustrious careers
36.
The likeness of one to the other was incredible with Anton being a trifle bigger around the waist line and having maybe more hair than his sibling; or was it a rug? A perfect set of dentures fashioned the smile of Sir Alex Clegg whereas the perpetual sneer of his brother did little to conceal the same strong features
37.
It seemed everyone wanted to talk to Sir Alex Clegg and he was talking to no one
38.
A strong change of her personality was noted by the inspector as she guided the visitors to Clegg’s study which was no longer a crime scene
39.
“Is it in Scully’s power to take such action? Is that what Clegg wants?”
40.
It was a silent procession that filed through the main hallway of Sir Alex Clegg’s palatial home, joined by Evans who appeared from a side room
41.
Clegg lay propped on pillows in a white surgical gown in the centre of the bed, the coverlet raised to his armpits
42.
“So tell me Ken, where did you appear from while we were in Clegg’s study?”
43.
“So Strong was talking to Alex Clegg the day before his death,” mused Rudolph, “although that could be normal when you consider the nature of their business
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“He certainly would be the one with reason to call and it’s a vital question he needs to be asked since we can’t ask Clegg,” said the inspector
45.
He was a package deal courtesy of Anton Clegg
46.
Clegg was laid out in state like he was ready for the morgue, dead centre with three feet of bed on each side of him
47.
I made myself scarce while you were talking to Delmage and had a casual nosey around in Clegg’s dressing room
48.
Alone, was a fallacy for Phil Rudolph, for the Clegg brothers had never been far removed from his psyche during every waking hour of this past week and the pressure would remain until the whole business was resolved
49.
“I’ve been Cape Reinga to Bluff and with a little help from the local uniforms interviewed over fifty groups of people, most of whom hate Clegg’s guts
50.
Most were unhappy enough to accept something like fourteen cents in the dollar, but all still spitting blue flames these years down the track and all pointing the finger at Clegg
51.
“So they aren’t involved in the Clegg business?”
52.
Sun through the bi-fold windows cut across the floor in glaring panels, not reaching the bed, yet providing sufficient light to show Clegg’s recumbent form lying as it was before
53.
Following an expectant silence Sir Alex Clegg’s blank stare was broken by his eye movement as the lids came together one time then froze in their previous position
54.
He thanked Clegg and withdrew with Jazz, as the man closed his eyes in acknowledgement and resignation
55.
Tripp went with Anton Clegg to the bank to collect the money
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“Tripp said Clegg and Vatavai were inseparable
57.
“The one question I would have asked of Tripp was, ‘Where was Vatavai that day? Why didn’t he go to the bank with Clegg?’”
58.
What I need to know is why it was Anton Clegg’s aide, Matthau Vatavai, wasn’t with you on the trip to the bank to collect the money on that Monday
59.
“We need a paper trail on Matthau Vatavai for the week preceding his death and in particular the day when Anton Clegg was making his withdrawal of from the ASB
60.
Having taken possession of his wallet he gained much satisfaction from the cordiality of the afternoon; until just as he was ready to depart the convivial Sunday barbecue was transformed into an extraordinary general meeting of the Anti Anton Clegg Foundation, all by coincidence
61.
Sue always had a bag packed for such an occasion and when she retired to her room for a private moment it was a good opportunity for the two men to thrash out finer points of the whole Clegg debacle
62.
They got stitched by Anton Clegg
63.
‘Why would she quit her job in the middle of the night - where was her luggage – why was she returning to the property?’ He didn’t ask if his cousin’s disappearance was in any way connected to the mystery surrounding the Clegg brothers
64.
“And Anton Clegg, what was your arrangement there?”
65.
It also confirmed a private service funeral service for Anton Clegg was being held there at ten am followed by the cremation at Purewa Crematorium in Meadowbank
66.
“The Cleggs are Jewish and their custom calls for the deceased to be laid to rest as soon as possible after death
67.
For the detectives here was the confirmation of Clegg’s transportation to his appointment with death and it was clear he hadn’t journeyed alone
68.
“I’m wondering how Anton Clegg coped with the fact that his faithful servant Vatavai elected to change camps,” said Rudolph
69.
We’ve got to know what his movements were between then and the time he brought Clegg to the cold store
70.
“What was in it for him? Is there any record anywhere of what sort of a wage packet he was on with Clegg? I can only imagine it would have been something like ten times the average wage when you think of what he was and who he worked for
71.
Clegg, Sir Alexander Clegg
72.
Clegg didn’t have to be there
73.
“You are saying Anton Clegg sent Vatavai to collect the Hatfields? Why would he finance his own assassination?”
74.
Why would he? Because by my reckoning it was Anton Clegg who went to Malaysia and brother Alex who met his end in the cold store
75.
Until lunch time today I was satisfied it was Anton Clegg laid out in that bed in Clevedon playing doctors and nurses
76.
“On the Monday following Anton Clegg’s death I took his keys and went to his home in Parnell
77.
More important to Rudolph was the task to hand with the Clegg conundrum
78.
John Delmage had been the bearer of bad tidings announcing the death of Sir Alex Clegg at a half hour past midnight
79.
Two funerals in one week for the Cleggs kept things tidy
80.
Alex Clegg!! If guilty had all his criminal activities been in vain? Had he gone to his grave carrying the biggest secret of all and if so of what consistency was the residue of the gang of criminals he had left in his wake? It would be more than interesting to know if he were survived by family members and if not, who the next of kin was
81.
Rudolph was not about to go down that track, but on this wet winter morning, as he had done through the night, he had selected Sir Alex Clegg as his villain and in his mind systematically went back two weeks to before the killing of Anton Clegg
82.
Rudolph constructed the crime from his perspective; the way Sir Alex Clegg, as the guilty one, now himself deceased, would have planned it
83.
Strong would have led him to the Hatfields as the hit men and Vatavai’s involvement was for no other reason than to lead Anton Clegg up the wooden stair to his death
84.
With his job done in luring Clegg to his fate he became surplus to requirements, dispensable and was taken out leaving only three to talk about the event in the pub
85.
Loose lips sink ships and with Lou Strong cooking slowly on the back burner there would be nobody other than Clegg and the two Hatfields with any knowledge of what had happened on Quay Street on that damp Saturday night
86.
If Anton Clegg had placed it in the safe as would be expected why was it only fifty thousand dollars were removed when and if the safe were opened? There had been plenty of other cash on display and if Tripp were involved he would have been aware of the total amount and not settled for less
87.
So what had Clegg done with the second fifty? It could have been a pay-off for his Judas Vatavai
88.
Anton Clegg, pictured left, died in traumatic circumstances
89.
It has been revealed his considerable fortune passed to his twin brother Sir Alex Clegg, right, who himself died at his home in Clevedon days later following a brain seizure and heart attack
90.
Today the contents of his will were revealed to this correspondent showing the proceeds of the entire Sir Alex Clegg estate, which we are assured will be in excess of two hundred and fifty million dollars, will be used to establish a charitable trust to benefit cancer research
91.
The Cleggs celebrated their joint sixty third birthday on Christmas day last
92.
“Basically it erodes motive from the deaths of the Cleggs; and that throws this whole thing wide open
93.
“John Delmage was on the phone to the station looking for me with a personal invitation to Alex Clegg’s funeral
94.
If Alex Clegg were the one who had instigated this horrendous crime he hadn’t much to show for it; just a holiday in Brunei and eternal rest, or would it be unrest? With him now passed on, who was there remaining in line to capitalise on the Clegg estate? Dave Freeman’s column said no one other than the cancer society
95.
It greased the wheels no end when Alex Clegg finally popped his clogs and hurried things along nicely
96.
Wolf is confident that the Cleggs’ entire estate will be transferred into the new trust fund in a matter of days, a week at the most
97.
He and Delmage have full power of attorney over anything Clegg had and all of us have joint signing authority on the new trust
98.
We both know it’s too late for them to find her now and with both Cleggs gone all Rudolph and his crowd have got is supposition and suspicion and they need more than that and what is there? Nothing!” He picked up the laptop and headed for the door
99.
Clegg was my master criminal and has spoiled it all by coming up dead; but for what reason? Everyone he spoke to reckoned Clegg was a good bloke and it seemed likely that somewhere along the line someone was going to be either surprised or disappointed
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Out of uniform and into more feminine attire Clegg’s nurse looked more than presentable to the opposite sex