# Babe McCloor — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Babe McCloor in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Babe, McCloor

**First appearance:** 0004-bodies-piled-up

## Who they are

A hard-eyed gangster who'd rather throw a punch than take one, Babe McCloor keeps score in a world where grudges outlive the men who hold them.

## In the story

### [Zigzags of Treachery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/zigzags-of-treachery)

A criminal element involved in the underworld dealings.

### [Corkscrew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/corkscrew)

A hot-tempered miner who confronts the Op and is a prime suspect.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiv)

Referred to as Milk River; shoots Peery and later confronts Buck Small.

### [$106,000 Blood Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/106-000-blood-money)

A criminal figure involved in the violence and survival themes.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i)

A large, violent ex-convict who became Sue's companion after killing a speakeasy owner; they disappeared together.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as being with Sue Hambleton at the St. Martin.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv)

Suspect in a bank robbery; has a record for safe-burglary; missing after Sue's death.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v)

Shoots Joe Wales through the window and escapes via fire escape.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Escapes from Wales's apartment via fire escape; the Op chases him through San Francisco.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii)

Target of the police search; escapes after slugging a railroad bull.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii)

Suspected of murder; encountered and chased by the Op after a tip.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix)

Lying in the hospital bed, admits to killing Holy Joe for poisoning Sue Hambleton, but refuses to confess to Sue's murder.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x)

Target of the poisoning plot; later hanged for killing Holy Joe Wales.

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