# Slim Vogel — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Slim Vogel in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Slim Vogel, Vogel, Slim, poor old Slim

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

## Who they are

A criminal who meets a tragic end.

## In the story

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

The murder victim whose death sets the investigation in motion.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii)

Drunk cowboy playing poker, hostile toward Nisbet, tells story about the Jew.

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

Reported dead, shot by Mark Nisbet in front of Bardell's.

### [Chapter VI: The Killing of Slim Vogel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi)

Found dead with a bullet hole in his forehead; had been gambling with Nisbet.

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

His body has been stowed away pending the coroner's arrival.

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

Mentioned as the murder victim, killed by the Jew over a $1.10 debt.

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