“What’s his name?” asked Joe.

“Jackley. John Jackley⁠—commonly known as ‘Red.’ ”

“Because he has red hair?”

“No. Because he hasn’t red hair. That reverses the usual order of nicknames, I imagine. This fellow Jackley has a fondness for wearing red wigs.”

“And was he the man who stole Chet’s roadster?”

“It seems almost certain. I traced the wig, which had been originally stolen from an actor in New York. I traced it to Jackley because his habit of wearing red wigs is well known to the police, and by locating him and keeping a close watch on him and paying a call at his room one night when he was out, I managed to find some of the loot that he had taken when he robbed the actor. That seemed to connect everything up very well.”

“Where did you find him?” asked Frank.