The Twelfth Card (Lincoln Rhyme 6)
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* Sent to Parker Kincaid in Washington, D.C., for document examination.
* Improvised explosive device, as part of booby trap. Fingerprints are those of convicted bomb maker Jon Earle Wilson. Presently searching for him.
POTTERS' FIELD SCENE (1868)
* Tavern in Gallows Heights--located in the Eighties on the Upper West Side, mixed neighborhood in the 1860s.
* Potters' Field was possible hangout for Boss Tweed and other corrupt New York politicians.
* Charles came here July 15, 1868.
* Burned down following explosion, presumably just after Charles's visit. To hide his secret?
* Body in basement, man, presumably killed by Charles Singleton.
* Shot in forehead by .36 Navy Colt loaded with .39-caliber ball (type of weapon Charles Singleton owned).
* Gold coins.
* Man was armed with Derringer.
* No identification.
* Had ring with name "Winskinskie" on it.
* Means "doorman" or "gatekeeper" in Delaware Indian language.
* Currently searching other meanings.
EAST HARLEM SCENE (GENEVA'S GREAT-AUNT'S APARTMENT) * Used cigarette and 9mm round as explosive device to distract officers. Merit brand, not traceable.
* Friction ridge prints: None. Glove-prints only.
* Poisonous gas device:
* Glass jar, foil, candleholder. Untraceable.
* Cyanide and sulfuric acid. Neither containing markers. Untraceable.
* Clear liquid similar to that found on Elizabeth Street.
* Determined to be Murine.
* Small flakes of orange paint. Posing as construction or highway worker?
ELIZABETH STREET SAFE HOUSE SCENE
* Used electrical booby trap.
* Fingerprints: None. Glove prints only.
* Security camera and monitor; no leads.
* Tarot deck, missing the twelfth card; no leads.
* Map with diagram of museum where G. Settle was attacked and buildings across the street.
* Trace: