The cops, especially the Lieutenant, act suspicious for a number of reasons:he refuses to identify his client or provide details about the casehe didn""t go to Miles"" house to break the news to his wife Iva as he said he did (he gave the job instead to Effie, his efficient assistant)he has no witnesses to support his whereabouts for he last hourAnd then they divulge the reason for their visit - Floyd Thursby was murdered in front of his hotel only a half hour after Sam left the Archer murder scene.He said he""d put on 50 pounds, and his spring was gone from his step, but he could still hit.(smiling) Dad used to say nobody could hit like Shoeless Joe.[Note: In reality, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was a right-handed, barely-literate Italian-American, not a left-hander from the rural South in Carolina.He exclaims madly, as he pounds his fist into his palm and realizes his good fortune: "I""ve got her! By God.You""ll get to a series of pools, then you""re close." Sparrow""s compass was confiscated, and then he was forced to jump off the cliff to proceed alone to the ship (he was convinced to jump after his voodoo doll was thrown first), while everyone else continued on to the Fountain.