The Burning Wire

bolts.
    —All untraceable.
    —Boot prints.
    —Albertson-Fenwick Model E-20 for electrical work, size 11.
    —Metal grating cut to allow access to substation, distinctive tool marks from bolt cutter.
    —Access door and frame from basement.
    —DNA obtained. Sent out for testing.
    —Greek food, taramasalata.
    —Blond hair, 1 inch long, natural, from someone 50 or under, discovered in coffee shop across the street from substation.
    —Sent out for tox-chem screening.
    —Mineral trace: volcanic ash.
    —Not naturally found in New York area.
    —Exhibits, museums, geology schools?
    —Algonquin Control Center software accessed by internal codes, not outside hackers.
    DEMAND NOTE
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    —Delivered to Andi Jessen at home.
    —No witnesses.
    —Handwritten.
    —Sent to Parker Kincaid for analysis.
    —Generic paper and ink.
    —Untraceable.
    —No friction ridge prints, other than A. Jessen, doorman, messenger.
    —No discernible trace discovered in paper.
    CRIME SCENE: BATTERY PARK
HOTEL AND SURROUNDINGS
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    —Victims (deceased):
    —Linda Kepler, Oklahoma City, tourist.
    —Morris Kepler, Oklahoma City, tourist.
    —Samuel Vetter, Scottsdale, businessman.
    —Ali Mamoud, New York City, waiter.
    —Gerhart Schiller, Frankfurt, Germany, advertising executive.
    —Remote control switch for turning on current.
    —Components not traceable.
    —Bennington cable and split bolts, identical to first attack.
    —Galt’s Algonquin uniform, hard hat and gear bag with his friction ridge prints, no others.
    —Wrench with tool marks that can be associated with tool marks on bolts at first crime scene.
    —Rat-tail file with glass dust that can be associated with glass from bottle found at substation scene in Harlem.
    —Probably working alone.
    —Trace from Algonquin worker Joey Barzan, assault victim of Galt.
    —Alternative jet fuel.
    —Attack at military base?
    CRIME SCENE: GALT’S APARTMENT,
227 SUFFOLK ST.,
LOWER EAST SIDE
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    —Bic SoftFeel fine-point pens, blue ink, associated with ink used in demand letter.
    —Generic 8 1 / 2 × 11 white computer paper, associated with demand letter.
    —Generic No. 10 size envelope, associated with envelope containing demand letter.
    —Bolt cutter, hacksaw with tool marks matching those at initial scene.
    —Computer printouts:
    —Articles about medical research on cancer linked to high-power electric lines.
    —Blog postings by Galt Re: same.
    —Albertson-Fenwick Model E-20 boots for electrical work, size 11, with treads the same as prints at initial scene.
    —Additional traces of alternative jet fuel.
    —Attack at military base?
    —No obvious leads as to where he might be hiding, or location of future attacks.
    CRIME SCENE: ALGONQUIN
SUBSTATION MH-7,
E. 119TH STREET, HARLEM
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    —Molotov cocktail: 750-ml wine bottle, no source.
    —BP gas used as accelerant.
    —Cotton cloth strips, probably white T-shirt, used as fuse, no source determined.
    SECOND DEMAND NOTE
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    —Delivered to Bernard Wahl, Algonquin security chief.
    —Assaulted by Galt.
    —No physical contact; no trace.
    —No indication of whereabouts or site of next attack.
    —Paper and ink associated with those found in Galt’s apartment.
    —Additional traces of alternative jet fuel embedded in paper.
    —Attack on military base?
    CRIME SCENE: OFFICE BUILDING AT
235 W. 54TH STREET
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    —Victims (deceased):
    —Larry Fishbein, New York City, accountant.
    —Robert Bodine, New York City, attorney.
    —Franklin Tucker, Paramus, New Jersey, salesman.
    —One friction ridge of Raymond Galt.
    —Bennington cable and split bolts, same as at other scenes.
    —Two handmade remote relay switches:
    —One to shut off power to elevator.
    —One to complete circuit and electrify elevator car.
    —Bolts and smaller wires connecting panel to elevator, not traceable.
    —Victims had water on shoes.
    —Trace:
    —Chinese herbs, ginseng and wolfberry.
    —Hairspring (planning on using timer, rather than remote for future attacks?).
    —Dark green cotton heavy-duty clothing fiber.
    —Containing trace of alternative jet fuel.
    —Attack on military base?
    —Dark brown cotton heavy-duty clothing fiber.
    —Containing trace of diesel fuel.
    —Containing additional Chinese herbs.
    CRIME SCENE: ABANDONED SCHOOL, CHINATOWN
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    —Bennington cable, identical to that at other scenes.
    —Generator, Power Plus by Williams-Jonas Manufacturing, stolen from job site in Manhattan.
    —Digital voice recorder, Sanoya brand,