# The Whosis Kid — Continental Op Stories character guide > The Whosis Kid in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** the Whosis Kid, The Kid, The Whosis Kid, Kid, the Kid **First appearance:** 0004-bodies-piled-up ## Snapshot A sallow young stickup man from Boston, the Whosis Kid moves through San Francisco with a gun and a habit of doubling back on his own trail. ## Who they are The Kid is a robbery specialist, which makes him worth the Continental's time, and the Op tails him from a fight through lunch rooms and streetcars to a dingy Golden Gate Avenue rooming house. He is cautious, alone, and clearly working toward something, though nobody at the agency has a file on him yet. His careful tradecraft and the coming war between gunmen give the Op a chance to hover on the fringes and profit. ## In the story ### [II: “That’s Something!”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii-that-s-something) Not present in this chapter. ### [The Whosis Kid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/the-whosis-kid) A dangerous gunman and antagonist who is after a stolen car and works with Mrs. Almad, ultimately leading to a violent confrontation in the desert. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i) A young stickup man and gunman with crinkled ears; first seen in Boston in 1917, then spotted again at the Dreamland Rink in San Francisco. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii) Emerges from his rooming house in the rain, makes a furtive back-door visit to an apartment building, and is ambushed by a black Cadillac, taking cover in a vestibule. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned in the Op's reflections; the Kid was shot at after visiting an apartment building. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv) Mentioned as the Op's initial target; believed to be eating at the Venetian Café. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v) Mentioned as having imprisoned the dog earlier; possibly watching from across the street. ### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii) Mentioned as a possible assailant in the earlier attack on Billie and the woman. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii) Appears in the doorway with two revolvers, interrupting the confrontation. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix) Arrives with guns drawn, reveals Inés's betrayal, and forms an alliance with Maurois to find the stolen goods. ### [The Whosis Kid's Brutal Search](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x) Brutally frisks Inés and stabs Billie to death with a spring-knife. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xi) Forces a division of the jewels at gunpoint, double-crossing his partners. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xii) Kills Big Chin in the sitting room, then enters the bedroom where he is shot dead by the Op. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiii) Killed; also known as Carey or Cory; insisted on killing Binder and was part of the scheme. ### [Corkscrew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/corkscrew) A mysterious figure involved in the town's underworld. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x) Referred to as 'Milk River' throughout the chapter; accompanies the Op and comments on his fighting. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii) Referred to as Dummy Uhl; the Op's stool-pigeon who shoots him with a blank cartridge. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v) Identified as Flippo, a parolee the Op had previously sent to San Quentin; captured and locked in a lumber-room. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as participating in the robbery. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv) The young Armenian boy delivering messages across the city, shadowed by the Op and Jack. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix) Referred to as 'Holy Joe,' the man McCloor killed for poisoning Sue Hambleton. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/characters/whosis_kid - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/characters