Cyril Saunders

Cyril Saunders, nicknamed Speed Saunders, was once part of the FBI's River Patrol Division, but later became a private investigator and later a member of the Office of Strategic Services. He is the cousin of Shiera Sanders, the first Hawkgirl.

The Murders of Cap'n Scum
In March 1937 Saunders received a case where the bodies of dead Chinamen were being found in the bay. Through some investigation work at the pier, Saunders noticed a cargo ship, The Maria, that never seemed to come into port. He took out a small boat and climbed aboard the ship only to find a group of no-good crewmen being led by a Captain Scum. The crew tossed Speed overboard, leaving him to swim the three miles back to shore.

With the help of a catboat owned by his friend Jake, Speed trailed the Maria to a place where it appeared to be making an exchange with another vessel. He sneaked aboard, and overheard Scum negotiating a price with the man from the adjoining ship. It turned out that Scum was smuggling Chinese laborers to potential buyers and had simply been tossing the sick ones out to sea. Speed arrested Scum and his associate, and the case was solved.