The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme 6)
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* Profile of incident sent to VICAP and NCIC.
* Murder in Amarillo, TX, five years ago. Similar M.O.--staged crime scene (apparently ritual killing, but real motive unknown).
* Murder in Ohio, three years ago. Similar M.O.--staged crime scene (apparently sexual assault, but real motive probably hired killing). Files missing.
PROFILE OF UNSUB 109
* White male.
* 6 feet tall, 180 lbs.
* Average voice.
* Used cell phone to get close to victim.
* Wears three-year-old, or older, size-11 Bass walkers, light brown. Right foot slightly outturned.
* Additional jasmine scent.
* Dark pants.
* Ski mask, dark.
* Will target innocents to help in killing victims and escaping.
* Most likely is a for-hire killer.
PROFILE OF PERSON HIRING UNSUB 109
* No information at this time.
PROFILE OF CHARLES SINGLETON
* Former slave, ancestor of G. Settle. Married, one son. Given orchard in New York state by master. Worked as teacher, as well. Instrumental in early civil rights movement.
* Charles allegedly committed theft in 1868, the subject of the article in stolen microfiche.
* Reportedly had a secret that could bear on case. Worried that tragedy would result if his secret was revealed.
* Attended meetings in Gallows Heights neighborhood of New York.
* Involved in some risky activities?
* The crime, as reported in Coloreds' Weekly Illustrated:
* Charles arrested by Det. William Simms for stealing large sum from Freedmen's Trust in NY. Broke into the trust's safe, witnesses saw him leave shortly after. His tools were found nearby. Most money was recovered. He was sentenced to five years in prison. No information about him after sentencing. Believed to have used his connections with early civil rights leaders to gain access to the trust.
* Charles's correspondence:
* Letter 1, to wife: Re: Draft Riots in 1863, great anti-black sentiment throughout NY state, lynchings, arson. Risk to property owned by blacks.
* Letter 2, to wife: Charles at Battle of Appomattox at end of Civil War.
* Letter 3, to wife: Involved in civil rights movement. Threatened for this work. Troubled by his secret.
Chapter Ten
In the 1920s the New Negro Movement, later called the Harlem Renaissance, erupted in New York City.