Re: Chapter 10: Murder in The Flat
Of course, Cole Trayne notices the professor helping Mr. Xu, and observes Rojas sit at Lottie Deno's table, and yet, he had dedicated himself to surveillance of the Chinaman that folks called Loco. As the professor performs his good deed, Loco gets up from the table, collecting a pile of checks that seems similar to the one with which he started. The game seems to end amicably.
Loco cashes in his checks at the iron-barred pit. It looks as if he is preparing to leave, but he stops to speak to Rojas. Cole overhears a single sentence.
"I would stay, but the Widow Chen will have me scrubbing shit stains all morning if I do not return soon." The two men share a brief laugh, and Loco exits the Beehive. As this is what the wrangler has been waiting for going on two hours now, Cole follows.
Not even a minute after his pards turn the corner at Second and Parson, Travis Sunday sees Loco step onto the saloon porch. The Chinaman heads down Griffin Avenue. Cole exits soon thereafter, continuing to follow. Travis takes up the rear, but in less than 30 seconds the Chinaman stops just past Third Street, stepping onto the immaculate porch of the Chinese laundry. Glancing both directions, he sees Cole Trayne, waves, and then enters the laundry.