POSSIBLE DATE: Summer 1930
DURATION: Charlie Chan's involvement is perhaps about five
days
LOCATIONS (DURING CHARLIE CHAN'S INVOLVEMENT): Honolulu,
Territory of Hawaii, and aboard the S.S. President Arthur en route to San Francisco, California
ACCORDING TO INSPECTOR DUFF, THE NAME OF THE CHANS' NEWEST
CHILD: Duff
THE NAME OF THE HOTEL IN LONDON, ENGLAND WHERE THE MEMBERS
OF THE LOFTON TOUR STAYED: Broome's Hotel
THE NUMBER OF THE ROOM AT BROOME'S HOTEL IN WHICH HUGH MORRIS
DRAKE WAS MURDERED: 28
THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT DR. LOFTON HAD MANAGED "LOFTON'S
ROUND-THE-WORLD TOURS": 15 years
THE ORIGINAL NUMBER OF TOURISTS
IN THE GROUP: 13
WALTER HONEYWOOD'S ROOM NUMBER AT BROOME'S HOTEL:
29
ACCORDING TO WALTER HONYWOOD, THE LENGTH OF TIME SINCE HE
AND HIS WIFE, SYBIL, HAD SEPARATED: "About two months..."
ACCORDING TO EBEN THE NIGHT WATCHMAN AT BROOME'S HOTEL, THE
TIME AS HE HAD MADE HIS ROUNDS: "...last night at two o'clock."
THE NUMBER OF THE ROOM IN FRONT OF WHICH EBEN HAD SEEN A
MAN STANDING DURING HIS ROUNDS: 27
THE TIME AS A MAN RAN INTO EBEN, KNOCKING HIM DOWN:
4 a.m.
THE SUBSTANCE USED BY MARK KENNAWAY TO REVIVE PATRICK TAIT:
Amyl nitrate
THE MILITARY BRANCH IN WHICH CAPTAIN TAIT HAD SUPPOSEDLY
SERVED: The British army (in India and South Africa)
THE NUMBER OF TRIPS AROUND THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO MRS. LUCE,
THAT SHE HAD TAKEN: "This is my fourth trip around the world."
MRS. LUCE'S ROOM NUMBER AT BROOME'S HOTEL: 27
JOHN ROSS' STATED PROFESSION AND HOME TOWN: "I am
a lumberman from Tacoma, Washington."
PATRICK TAIT'S ROOM NUMBER AT BROOME'S HOTEL: 30
THE TIME AS PATRICK TAIT HAD GONE TO SLEEP ON THE PREVIOUS
NIGHT, ACCORDING TO MARK KENNISON: "...about twelve..."
THE HOME TOWN OF MAX AND SADIE MINCHIN: Chicago, Illinois
THE HOME TOWN OF THE BENBOWS: Akron, Ohio
ACCORDING TO ELMER BENBOW, THE LATE HUGH MORRIS DRAKE'S TRADE:
"...an automobile manufacturer..."
ELMER BENBOW'S TRADE, AS STATED BY HIMSELF: "...I
make tires."
THE REMAINING ITINERARY OF THE LOFTON TOUR, ACCORDING TO
INSPECTOR HAYLEY: "...tonight they're in Paris, then Nice -- San Remo -- Egypt -- Singapore -- Honolulu -- around the
world."
THE AMOUNT PAID TO MARTIN BY WALTER HONYWOOD TO SILENCE HIM:
100 pounds (two 50-pound notes)
ACCORDING TO MARTIN, THE TIME AS HE DELIVERED A CABLEGRAM
TO WALTER HONYWOOD: "...ten o'clock last night..."
THE TIME, ACCORDING TO MARTIN, AS WALTER HONYWOOD GAVE
HIM THE MONEY: "...seven o'clock the next morning..."
THE CONVEYANCE USED BY INSPECTOR DUFF TO REACH THE CONTINENT:
"...the night boat to Dieppe."
THE TRAIN TAKEN BY INSPECTOR DUFF TO NICE, FRANCE:
"The Riviera Express"
ACCORDING TO HIS NOTE, THE RESIDENCE OF WALTER HONYWELL'S
ESTRANGED WIFE, SYBIL CONWAY: "Palace Hotel, San Remo"
THE NAME OF THE HOTEL WHERE THE LOFTON TOUR STAYED IN NICE,
FRANCE: Hotel Excelsior Grande
THE NUMBER OF BAGS OF DIAMONDS THAT SYBIL CONWAY AND WALTER
HONEYWOOD HAD STOLEN FROM JIM EVERHARD: Two
THE LOCATION WHERE THE THEFT TOOK PLACE: South Africa
THE LOCATION OF PATRICK TAIT'S ROOM AT THE HOTEL EXCELSIOR
GRANDE: Fourth floor
THE BIRTHPLACE OF PAMELA POTTER: Boston, Massachusetts
ACCORDING TO PAMELA POTTER, HER PLACE OF RESIDENCE:
"...Beacon Street, Boston..."
THE PRICE OF THE STRING OF JADE THAT PAMELA POTTER
LOOKED AT IN THE SHOP IN HONG KONG: $280
THE CITY WHERE INSPECTOR DUFF WAS HEADED WHEN HE RECEIVED
PAMELA POTTER'S CABLEGRAM: Tacoma, Washington
THE CITY WHERE INSPECTOR DUFF FLEW TO CATCH A BOAT TO HONOLULU:
San Francisco
THE SCHEDULED TIME OF DEPARTURE FOR THE LOFTON TOUR'S BOAT
TO SAN FRANCISCO FROM HONOLULU: 10 p.m.
THE TYPE OF CAR OWNED BY CHARLIE CHAN, ACCORDING TO
HIMSELF: "...a brand new, second-hand 1919 Model Y." ("Model why")
THE NAME OF THE SHIP TAKEN BY THE LOFTON TOUR: S.S.
President Arthur
THE APPROXIMATE TIME AT WHICH INSPECTOR DUFF WAS
SHOT BY THE MURDERER IN CHARLIE CHAN'S OFFICE: 9:30 p.m.
THE LABEL ADHERED TO THE SIDE OF ONE OF MARK KENNAWAY'S
TRAVEL BAGS: "Great Eastern Hotel" (Calcutta)
THE PROMINANT INITIALS ON THIS BAG: "M.K."