Wednesday, March 4
No Man's Land: Part 1 – Which Whitcher?
Hammer took photos of everything and uploaded them to the Blacknet database. Caprice, back at their temporary headquarters in New York, fed them data on the drive down.
“You’re sure this isn’t a joke, right?” asked Caprice, on speakerphone over the cistron.
“It’s not a joke, Hot Pants,” said Hammer tersely, speeding through traffic. “What did you find?”
“The social security number you gave me is the most misused number of all time,” explained Caprice. “In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree Company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company VP and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher.”
“Great, Whitcher’s not even real,” said Jim-Bean in the driver’s seat.
“I wouldn’t say that,” replied Caprice. “For someone who isn’t real we’ve got quite a bit of information on him.” [MORE]
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