In today's Dick Tracy, the conversation with the homicide detective continues. We now a get a bit more insight into what happened. The blackmailers, it seems, had gotten a hold of a document from the files of the RTC showing that Gordon Pierce (the banker that killed himself) had worked for the failed S&L. From here, Homicide could have checked up on Pierce's c.v. to show that he, Pierce, had covered up his employment with Old Court. Tracy draws the correct conclusion as to how this would have motivated Pierce to pay up. This is why Homicide, judging from the post-it note, has decided to take matters up with the MCU.

Also of note: curious gold-coloured ink...

Art by Charles Ettinger.

https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2024/05/23