"By whom? of whom?" rapped Kerry.

"Two constables patrolling the Chinatown area arrested a man for
suspicious loitering. He turned out to be a well-known
criminal--Jim Poland, with a whole list of convictions against
him. They're holding him at Limehouse Station, and the theory is
that he was operating with------" He nodded in the direction of
the body.

"Then who's the smart with the swollen face?" inquired Kerry.
"He's a new one on me."

"Yes, but he's been identified by one of the K Division men. He
is an American crook with a clean slate, so far as this side is
concerned. Cohen is his name. And the idea seems to be that he
went in at some point between where he was found by the river
police and the point at which Jim Poland was arrested."

Kerry snapped his teeth together audibly, and:

"I'm open to learn," he said, "that the house of Huang Chow is
within that area."

"It is."

"I thought so. He died the same way the Chinaman died awhile
ago," snapped Kerry savagely.

"It looks very queer." He glanced aside at the local officer.