Character details
- First Name
- Commissioner
- Last Name
- Hombert
- Notes
- Police commissioner. Unfriendly.
- Reserved Notes
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Character cases:
Ch. 9 - mentioned by Insp. Cramer during a late-night conversation in the office; Hombert is very interested in the case because the Marquis is involved. We also learn from Cramer that the marquis informed Hombert that Clara Fox had asked for money, the ancient debt to the Rubber Band. Cramer informs Wolfe that Hombert had ordered the "assault" (by two homicide detectives) on the brownstone and used Muir's accusations against Clara Fox to have her arrest warrant served (Archie thwarted his efforts by not allowing the men to enter).
Ch. 15 - arrives at the brownstone with District Attorney Skinner, Inspector Cramer, and Purley Stebbins unannounced.
Ch. 16 - lectures Wolfe regarding his apparent defiance of the law and shouts, "You are directly and legally responsible for his [Walsh's] death!"
Ch. 18 - comes to the office with Cramer and Skinner at Wolfe's invitation to wrap up the case.
Reserved notes for this case
Ch. 5 - mentioned by Cramer because Hombert is applying pressure to solve the Molly Lauck murder case. Wolfe replies that Hombert "is a disagreeable noise."
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Character quotations:
You'll talk or you'll rot!
Hombert responding to Wolfe that he will do no talking whatever if he is arrested as a material witness to the Walsh murder.