A "Chief Inspector Damiot" mystery!

All the newspapers would be certain to make a big thing out of it tomorrow: Sadoyan escaping from a prison van in the courtyard of the Prefecture de Police. Young Officer Lorant was a fool to have turned his back even for a second, giving Sadoyan that instant he needed to bring the metal handcuffs down on his skull.

Now Chief Inspector Damiot of the French Police had to clean up the mess...