“I am listening!”
“Ina Holden is a prisoner in this house, with telephone Cartwright 872. Do you know who Ina Holden is?”
“You mean the kidnapped girl?”
“Yes. Now get me police headquarters at once. Then, while I am talking with them, you look up Cartwright 872 and phone the police station nearest this place. Quick, for God’s sake!”
Another agonizing wait; then—
“Police headquarters speaking.”
“Ina Holden is in a house with phone number Cartwright 872. Mark it down.”
He heard the voice of the officer dictating “Cartwright 872. Ina Holden.” Then, “What else, sir?”
“There are at least four armed men in the house, and one woman.”
“Where is the house?”