▁was ▁done , ▁using ▁themselves ▁and ▁Sch mid lap ▁as ▁figur ines , ▁G abe ' s ▁super iors , ▁Mad ison ▁and ▁Jones , ▁enter ▁the ▁room ▁and ▁mistaken ly ▁believe ▁a ▁crime ▁is ▁happening ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁he ir ▁eyes . ▁After ▁some ▁explaining , ▁Thomas ▁returns ▁to ▁his ▁room , ▁and ▁since ▁it ▁can ' t ▁be ▁proved ▁that ▁something ▁has ▁actually ▁happened , ▁everyone ▁leaves . ▁ ▁Later , ▁S lip ▁helps ▁G abe ▁find ▁illegal ▁g amb ling ▁operations ▁by ▁collect ing ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁street . ▁The ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁operation ▁is ▁then ▁successfully ▁ra ided ▁by ▁the ▁police , ▁but ▁as ▁it ▁turns ▁out , ▁Thomas ▁is ▁the ▁one ▁in ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁g amb ling ▁operation . ▁Thomas ▁receives ▁information ▁from ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁go ons , ▁Fe athers , ▁that ▁G abe ▁probably ▁can ▁be ▁b rib ed ▁to ▁back ▁off , ▁but ▁when ▁he ▁tries ▁to ▁do ▁so , ▁G abe ▁threat ens ▁to ▁arrest ▁him . ▁ ▁While ▁reading ▁the ▁newspaper , ▁S lip ▁finds ▁out ▁that ▁a ▁man ▁named ▁Frederick ▁X . ▁Pres c ott ▁has ▁been ▁found ▁murder ed , ▁and ▁real izes ▁when ▁he ▁sees ▁the ▁pictures ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁man ▁he ▁saw ▁being ▁str ang led ▁in ▁the ▁hotel . ▁Pres c ott ' s ▁body ▁was ▁found ▁far ▁from ▁the ▁hotel , ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁sees ▁no ▁other ▁connection ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁events . ▁ ▁From ▁Pres c ott ' s ▁daughter , ▁Ann ,