This event brings the real Mrs. Evelyn Mulwray into his office, where she threatens to sue Jake for ruining her husband’s name. Jake attempts to find Hollis at his office but That night, Jake returns to the reservoir where the police found Hollis’s body. He hears two gunshots—the signal to open the sluice—and jumps into an empty run-off channel for cover. Jake nearly drowns when water comes coursing down the channel but manages to scramble to safety. He then comes across Mulvihill, who threatens Jake for trespassing. Mulvihill pins Jake’s arms back while an unnamed hoodlum slices Jake’s nostril open with a knife and warns him to stay off the case.