1960: My uncle is the FBI Director

Chapter 87 We still don't know what Eugene Harper's background is.
Bernie's long-awaited Senior Superintendent Daniel Flores had just arrived at the West Precinct.

He came looking for Theodore and Bernie, but they didn't show up.

After learning that the two had rejected his offer, he rushed over in a great hurry.

He was very anxious; he had already placed a heavy bet on these two people.

Is this the kind of rotten thing they should be involved in?

With that thought in mind, the senior police superintendent began to consider how to prevent this situation from happening in the future.

He also tried to call them through the police channel, but Wenner stopped him.

Wenner suggested he wait a little longer and explained their current situation to him.

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After having dinner with Bernie, Theodore went to the Black community again.

It was already dark when they arrived.

Bernie drove all the way to the hospital entrance, and almost everyone he saw along the way was a gangster.

Hundreds of people gathered at the hospital entrance, and more and more people continued to arrive.

Bernie used his walkie-talkie to call a Black police officer.

He arrived very quickly this time.

He told Theodore and Bernie that many people had listened to the news broadcast on the radio, and now the entire community was gripped by panic and anger.

Several major gangs are preparing to organize a protest.

Most gangs in Black communities were originally self-defense groups formed to protect the community from political violence, and they had a very strong appeal within the community.

Before the two men could even ask, the Black patrol officer brought up the topic of football equipment.

He told the two that Woodson Memorial High School's rugby equipment was purchased from a single store.

As he spoke, the black police officer pulled a brand-new set of football gear from his car and handed it to Bernie.

He pleaded with them to apprehend the murderer of Emos Williams as soon as possible.

He does not want a repeat of last night's conflict. He hopes to achieve equality through peaceful and non-violent means.

Theodore's gaze toward him began to turn strange.

After hesitating for a moment, he tentatively asked, "Is your surname Jin?"

Black police officer: "What?"

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The two men had just returned to the precinct with their new equipment when they were taken to the chief's office by a senior police inspector.

Chief Widke took the murder of Emos Williams very seriously and personally oversaw its progress.

When Chief Widke heard that they had determined the death was due to a personal grudge rather than a conflict between the police and the underworld, he appeared surprised but said nothing.

After the report, the two left the director's office and headed to the forensic lab with their brand-new rugby gear.

Gary hadn't left work yet; he had been waiting for a long time.

The equipment was compared immediately upon receipt.

Half an hour later, the comparison results came out.

The ligature marks on the deceased's neck matched the pattern of the knee braces they brought, indicating that the knee braces were the murder weapon.

The conclusion was confirmed, and the two did not bother Gary any further. They calculated the time and quickly set off for Rose Street.

It was already late at night, the time when the Rose Street girls were working.

With the help of the patrol officers, they quickly found a card reader.

The girl's name is Annie, and her daddy is CC, an old acquaintance of Theodore and Bernie.

Under Bernie's intimidation, CC obediently called Annie out and made her cooperate with the investigation.

Annie's expression changed when the deceased was mentioned.

She was deeply impressed by the deceased because he was the only Black person she had ever served.

Anne was a woman who could make a living on Rose Street and even print her own business cards; she was clearly doing quite well. If her other clients found out she had worked with Black men, her prices would plummet, and she'd soon be out of business on Rose Street.

After Bernie's repeated assurances, Anne told the two men about the deal she made with the dead man.

Besides doubling the price and acting furtively, the deceased was also unusually excited and specifically asked her for the card after the transaction was completed.

Anne also helped them identify the other card girls and led Theodore and Bernie to them.

The women recognized Theodore and Bernie, were very welcoming to them, and were happy to cooperate with the investigation.

Their situations were very similar to Anne's, and even their descriptions of the deceased were basically the same.

After visiting the last card reader, the two thanked the patrol officer for accompanying them throughout and left Rose Street.

Bernie lamented Emos's womanizing ways.

The deceased seemed to be collecting stamps, coming to Rose Street every now and then to find the best ones, and after the transaction, he would ask them for their cards.

Theodore, however, raised a question: does a middle-aged man who regularly goes to Rose Street count as a womanizer?

Bernie shook his head repeatedly: "I don't know... how would I know?!"

Theodore flipped through the cards of the girls, arranged them in a notebook, and asked Bernie if he could see any pattern.

Bernie glanced around and saw nothing but white. He quickly focused on driving and shook his head repeatedly.

Theodore answered, "They're all white."

Bernie suddenly realized: "So this is what quarterback Leroy meant when he called him a 'traitor, a liar, and someone who betrayed our trust'?"

His tone was somewhat complicated: "A man considered a Black hero is in love with a white woman."

Theodore neither confirmed nor denied this claim.

This explanation makes sense, but he felt that this alone was not enough to match Leroy's anger when he mentioned the dead.

Back at the branch office, before the two could even enter, they heard Kahor's loud voice.

"This is the West End! Go back to your East End, you East Ender! You have no law enforcement authority here!"

"What are you looking at? Your patrol area is being robbed, don't you know how shameful you are! Are you all pigs...?"

Kahor's insults were extremely offensive, and his loud voice echoed throughout the branch office, quickly attracting the attention of the bureau chief.

The bureau chief's assistant rushed over and took him to the bureau chief's office.

Theodore and Bernie returned to the main office, which had once again become a sea of ​​clouds and mist, with the busy figures of their colleagues appearing and disappearing among it, like a fairyland.

Bernie asked his colleagues what had happened at the patrol station, and everyone immediately started talking at once.

Eugene Harper, who made headlines, was preparing to bring in an action team from headquarters to bypass the West Precinct and go directly into the Black community to make arrests.

This capable person has confirmed that the murderer is among the Freedom Fighters members.

He believes this was a murder orchestrated by Black people themselves, with the aim of portraying them as victims and fueling the conflict between Black and Black communities.

Theodore hurriedly asked Eugene Harper for the basis of his judgment.

He reasoned that Eugene Harper possessed some important clue that he himself did not.

As a result, everyone told him that Eugene Harper had nothing in his hands.

He believed the killer was among the freedom fighters, so he did it.

Theodore looked at everyone, and after confirming that it wasn't a joke, he fell silent.

Bernie then brought up the old issue again, asking who exactly Eugene Harper was.

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

No one knows who this person is.

Theodore didn't want to waste time on idiots and steered the conversation back to the case.

He plans to share the findings with his colleagues.

Another chapter is in progress.

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