 | Showing up earlier in the afternoon gave Vincent, Tommy, and Rosalie ample opportunity to conduct surveillance of the Penhew Foundation. An eight foot high wrought iron fence surrounded the compound in which the building was located, parted by a front and a rear gate. The rear gate provided easy access to the loading docks. The front gate admitted visitor vehicles and pedestrians, who seemed to check in at the gate house quickly before being admitted. During the day the loading area was fairly busy with activity, and late in the afternoon, all vehicles seemed to depart loaded with crates, leaving that area rather quiet during the remainder of the day. From the front entrance, visitors came at a slow but steady pace, reasonable for an academic foundation. Nearing 5:00 pm, a woman with cleaning equipment arrived. Around 5:30, both visitors and staff seemed to leave the building in something of an exodus. A half hour after closing a black Rolls Royce arrived, and a well dressed gentleman exited the building, having a seat in the rear of the car, which proceeded to depart. After that vehicle left, so did the guard at the front gate, locking the padlock on the gate behind him. Predictably the building was much quieter after hours, with no comings or goings. From the outside, they could make out the steady pacing of a guard inside from the way they could see the flashlight moving around the building. He made one round around the first floor, then one round around the second floor, and then returned to make a round around the first floor, moving in a clockwise rotation. The exterior of the building was not particularly well lit, save for the area near the front entrance. The neighborhood where the Penhew Foundation building was located was largely residential, and there was a police call box not a block away from the foundation building. They returned to the hotel, rested up, packed their supplies, and returned much later that night to attempt to get a...closer look at the Penhew Foundation building. |