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The camera had caught Forbes in dress uniform standing beside what Pitt guessed to be a 1916
Cadillac touring car. He had the face of a greyhound, long, narrow nose, pale eyes whose color could not be determined from the black-and-white photograph. His face was clean-shaven, the eyebrows arched, and he had slightly protruding teeth.
"What sort of man was he?" asked Pitt.
"His naval record was unblemished until Worley put him under ship's arrest for insubordination."
"Reason?"
"Captain Worley altered course from one plotted by Lieutenant Forbes and almost wrecked the ship entering Rio. When Forbes demanded to know why, Worley blew up and confined him to quarters."
"Was Forbes still under arrest during the last voyage?"
"Yes."
"Who's next?"
"Lieutenant John Church, second officer."
The photo showed a small, almost frail-looking man in civilian clothes sitting at a table in a restaurant.
His face wore the tired look of a farmer after a long day in the fields, yet his dark eyes seemed to advertise a humorous disposition. The graying hair above a large forehead was brushed back over small ears.
"He seems older than the others," observed Pitt.
"Actually only twenty-nine," said Hope. "Joined the Navy when he was sixteen and worked his way up through the ranks."
"Did he have problems with Worley?"
"Nothing in the file."
The final photograph was of two men standing at attention in a courtroom. There was no sign of apprehension in their faces-- if anything, they appeared sullen and defiant. The one on the left was tall and rangy with heavily muscled arms. The other one had the size and shape of a grizzly bear.
"This picture was taken at the court-martial of Fireman First Class James Coker and Fireman Second Class Barney DeVoe for the murder of Fireman Third Class Oscar Stewart. All three men were stationed aboard the U.S. cruiser Pittsburgh. Coker, on the left, was sentenced to death by hanging, which was carried out in Brazil. DeVoe, on the right, was sentenced to fifty to ninety-nine years in the naval prison at Portsmouth, New Hampshire."
"What's their connection with the Cyclops?" Pitt inquired.
"The Pittsburgh was in Rio de Janeiro when the murder occurred. When Captain Worley reached port, he was instructed to transport DeVoe and four other prisoners in the Cyclops' brig to the United States."
"And they were on board at the end."
` Yes.'
"No other pictures of the crew?"
"They are probably available in family albums and other private sources, but this is all I have in my library."
"Tell me about the events leading to the disappearance."
"Verbal or print?"
"Can you print it out and talk at the same time?"
"Sorry, I can only perform such functions in sequence. Which do you prefer first?"
"Verbal."
"Very well. One moment while I assemble the data."
