Hardware and the enco mart-have been robbed by a small
pure of tens over the last two months. the same gang has
hit stores in two other nearby to the four in the gang
are students from the b r ide and roton high schools, so
we've been running a joint investigation with the royston
police."
"who's in charge at the royston endr ked stanwick. matt
walker
"no. inspector martinez."
stanwick nodded. "she's very capable."
"anyway, we've identified the four. the baskerville students
are lisa janison and tony aronisl. fred wynant and joyce
bobbin are from royston. we have them under surveillance, but
we want to learn more about them before we make any arrests.
"we especially want to learn what nicknames they call each
other, and how they rank themselves within the group." the chief
went on. "one of them is called muscle the one in charge is of
course called leader. bobbin, we find, outranks wynant but is
not leader. aronisi is called driver (guess what his job is! ) the
one called weapons, who is not wynant, is ranked just below
leader. we also know that driver is not the lowest-ranked post.
tion. we need more than these bits and pieces, though, to sort
out who is who in what order of rank. only then will we be ready
to take them to court."
stanwick smiled and slowly filled his pipe.
"i've been up to my elbows in a geometry manuscript all day."
he remarked genially, and i thought your visit, no offense,
would give me a break from deductive reasoning. alas, noli
think i can prove, in fact, that the 'bits and pieces you cite are
enough to give you the information you want."
chief ryan pays a call
oh william ryan of the baskerville police was exchanging
clocal gossip with thomas p stanwick one afternoon in the
living room of stanwick's bungalow. stanwick's black labrador
rufus, slept peacefully in a patch of sunlight.
"i think the sherman lad will turn out all right," concluded
the chief, a taciturn man with thinning hair "i had a long talk
with him. he won't go wrong again."
"that's good to hear, chief," said stanwick. "the shermans
are a fine family. do you have any interesting investigations
going on these days? "
"actually, we do. three local stores--fine jewels, harrigan's
which gang member has what nickname and rank?
solution on page 92.