# Ezra Collig — The Tower Treasure character guide

> Ezra Collig in The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Chief Collig, Collig, IV The Holdup Chief Ezra Collig

**First appearance:** 0003-iv-the-holdup

## Snapshot

Bayport's grumbling chief of police, more interested in squeezing Fenton Hardy for clues than in finding them himself.

## Who they are

Collig runs the local force alongside the fumbling Detective Smuff, and he treats the Tower Mansion robbery as much as a turf war with Fenton Hardy as a case to solve. He complains loudly that Hardy won't cooperate, though his real motive may be the thousand-dollar reward, and he threatens to grill the wounded Red Jackley at the hospital before the doctor will allow it. His obstruction and bluster push the Hardy boys to work the mystery on their own, making him a recurring wall they must outmaneuver.

## Relationships

### [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/fenton_hardy)

_professional_

Chief of Police Collig collaborates with Fenton Hardy on the case, sharing information and resources.

### [Detective Smuff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/detective_smuff)

_professional_

Detective Smuff works under Chief Collig, often bungling the investigation and causing friction.

### [Detective Smuff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/detective_smuff)

_professional_

Detective Smuff works under Chief Collig, often bungling the investigation and causing friction.

### [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/fenton_hardy)

_professional_

Chief of Police Collig collaborates with Fenton Hardy on the case, sharing information and resources.

### [Fenton Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/fenton_hardy)

_professional_

Chief of Police Collig collaborates with Fenton Hardy on the case, sharing information and resources.

### [Detective Smuff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/characters/detective_smuff)

_professional_

Detective Smuff works under Chief Collig, often bungling the investigation and causing friction.

## In the story

### [IV: The Holdup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/chapters/iv-the-holdup)

Chief Collig presides over the investigation, struggling to reconcile the contradictory witness accounts.

### [XIV: Red Jackley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/chapters/xiv-red-jackley)

Visits the Hardy home with Detective Smuff, demanding cooperation and hinting at the reward; plans to interrogate Jackley despite medical advice.

### [The Chief Gets a Bomb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/chapters/xv-the-chief-gets-a-bomb)

Chief of police who is delayed by the fake bomb scare, missing the train.

### [A Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/chapters/xvi-a-confession)

Mistakenly orders water poured over an alarm clock, thinking it is a bomb.

### [A New Idea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_tower_treasure_se/chapters/xxi-a-new-idea)

Chief Collig is smug and critical of Fenton Hardy, boasting that he had the right man (Robinson) all along.

## Links

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