They hurriedly hauled the prisoners out of the car, took them inside and bound them. Stimulants from a small case were used to revive them. As each opened his eyes, he was informed that he was in Doc Savage’s hands.
The way the captives reacted to this was a tribute to the bronze man’s reputation among evildoers. Their faces changed color, registering complete horror. They strained at the ropes which held them, or lay trembling.
Each of the prisoners was then taken alone into another room and given truth serum by hypodermic, after which they became stupefied and, theoretically, incapable of mumbling anything but the truth.
A number of facts were extricated.
First, these men were all American crooks hired for service in the United States.
Next, every one of them had served in a navy so
