Character details
- First Name
- General
- Last Name
- Carpenter
- Notes
- Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, head of G-2 (intelligence). Wolfe and Archie reported to him during World War II.
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Mentioned. Mrs. Boone is his cousin and asked him for advice after her husband's death.
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Archie calls on Carpenter to request a transfer overseas. He wants combat. Carpenter turns him down flat.
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Wolfe telephones him to ask for a favor: an entree to the Beck Products Corporation, which made the still-classified explosive that killed the victim.
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Dines at the brownstone.
Reserved notes for this caseAssigned Sergeant Dorothy Bruce to work undercover as confidential assistant to Colonel Ryder and directed her to mail out 30 anonymous letters to various individuals to gather information about the rumors of find secret selling.