But he couldn’t forget about Eddie and the revolver in the paper bag. Somehow he had a feeling that the threat had not been entirely bluff.
The stage now was flooded with blinding light. One at a time, six men walked into Dan’s range of vision.
The first three he had never seen before and resembled no one he had ever known. Dan gave them scarcely a second glance.
At sight of the fourth man in the line-up, he stiffened. Although the fellow tried to look unconcerned, Dan could see that he was worried. He knew him instantly as the sailor he had seen talking to Paper Bag Eddie.
Also, he was reasonably certain that the man was the same one who had operated the motorboat.
“He’s the one!” Dan whispered.
“Sure?”
“Almost positive.”
The men in the line-up were taken away and the stage darkened. Dan then was led to an adjoining room where he was questioned as to his identification and other information.
Dan told the entire story, including his suspicions that Jabowski might be supplying the river pirates with gasoline.