He estimates that the amount of Whitacre’s thefts may be anywhere from $150,000 to $250,000. The books show certain payments made on the land, and Ogburn learned that these payments had not been made. “Last week Ogburn discovered that his partner had been making false entries. Ogburn handles the sales end, while Whitacre looks after the rest of the business, including the bookkeeping. They have options on a large area of land in several of the new irrigation districts. Whitacre is one of the partners in the firm Ogburn & Whitacre, farm-development engineers. “Teal was shadowing a Herbert Whitacre-had been shadowing him for three days. Presently it stopped, and the Old Man went on: THE Old Man’s pencil began to tap the desk, its gentle clicking setting my nerves on edge. 32, which are not especially loud, anyway.” The rain and wind would have kept pedestrians off the street, and would have deadened the reports of a. Apparently no one either saw or heard the shooting. The gun was held close enough to him to singe the breast of his coat. He was lying behind the signboards, about thirty feet from the sidewalk, and his hands were empty. The rain last night wiped out any leads the ground may have held, but from the condition of Teal’s clothing and the position in which he was found, I would say that there was no struggle, and that he was shot where he was found, and not carried there afterward. ![]() I have seen him and I have gone over the ground myself. The gun was found about fifteen feet away. His body was found by a patrolman a little after eleven. He was shot behind a row of signboards on the vacant lot on the northwest corner of Hyde and Eddy Streets, at about ten last night. He was talking to the open window at his elbow. The Old Man didn’t look at me as he went on. I had an almost fatherly interest in him, since I had given him most of his early training. Two years is little enough time in which to pick up the first principles of sleuthing, but Bob Teal, with his quick eye, cool nerve, balanced head, and whole-hearted interest in the work, was already well along the way to expertness. He had come to the agency fresh from college two years before and if ever a man had the makings of a crack detective in him, this slender, broad-shouldered lad had. If I kept quiet, waiting for the Old Man to go on, it wasn’t because the news didn’t mean anything to me. His voice was as mild as his smile, and gave no indication of the turmoil that was seething in his mind. The Old Man-the Continental Detective Agency’s San Francisco manager- spoke without looking at me. The Continental Op -1924 contains 0 illustrations. He wrote thirty-six Continental Op stories in all. Hammett began writing the Continental Op stories in 1923 and continued writing them until 1930. Hammett is remembered for writing some of the seminal novels of crime fiction: Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Thin Man, and The Maltese Falcon. In his obituary in The New York Times, Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) was described as “the dean of the… ‘hard-boiled’ school of detective fiction.” Seven hours after Teal left his agency’s office, he was found-shot to death. Who Killed Bob Teal? – Operative Teal went out to shadow a thief, who didn’t even know he was suspected. We know you’ll enjoy it to the last word.” The story, herewith, is one of his best to date. He has created one of the most convincing and realistic characters in all detective fiction. The Golden Horseshoe – In our recent voting contest for favorite Black Mask authors, Dashiell Hammett received thousands of votes because of his series of stories of the adventures of his San Francisco detective. Hammett has written some lively and unusual tales about his realistic detective from the Continental Detective Agency, whose name has never been disclosed but for action, shrewd detective-work, sheer interest, and surprise, his latest, herewith, surpasses them all.” Hammett’s stories in it, and after you’ve read this tale, you’ll understand why. The House In Turk Street – We wouldn’t consider an issue complete without one of Mr. Zigzags of Treachery -A twelve chapter novella. So will you if you begin this entertaining novelette. He wanted faster action-and he got it in good measure. But solving a mystery in that length of time didn’t appeal to him. Hammett’s nameless detective a year or so of work. ![]() The Tenth Clew – There were enough clews in this crime to give Mr. The nine Continental Op stories written by Dashiell Hammett in 1924.
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