STROEBEL. Certainly ...
COMMISSIONER.... And the result?
STROEBEL. I ascertained that this woman was violating public decency.
COMMISSIONER. I am going to ask you, Assessor, as my inferior in office, to confine yourself to more direct answers, PLEASE. What did the investigation disclose?
STROEBEL. That she received questionable visits from gentlemen.
COMMISSIONER. Questionable? Then does Schmuttermaier know who these gentlemen were?
STROEBEL. He does not ...
COMMISSIONER. No? Didn't he investigate a matter which seemed so questionable to him?
STROEBEL. He just wanted to ascertain that these visits were meant for Hauteville.
COMMISSIONER. So—? I have some truly competent officials. And who and what it was did not bother the man at all?