Chapter 3 Summary

Returning to the courtroom, Nels Gudmundsson, Kabuo's attorney, cross-examines Art on the stand. After some establish questions, Nels asks Art whether he finds it strange that Carl's boat started right up that morning. As Art thinks about Nels' point, he agrees that it was pretty strange, since running lights pull a lot of power from the battery and it seems like the batteries should have been drained by the time that Art and Abel arrived on the scene.

After Nels has made his point, he asks Art about the batteries on Carl's boat, and Art explains that he found one battery on board that does not match the battery wells on board. In fact, Carl had to bang out a flange in order to make the battery into the well. However, the battery that was put into place was actually designed for Kabuo's...