The Washington times., 1930-10-15
CHAPTER s

0U4G1S 61b IA O~~AASSAS "S~>H
his cabinet at the North Royal
st. headquarters.
The phone rang In the room
back Of the falsefrOnt garage.
Chimp started UP, Goldie
palmed him back.
I'm take it," he said. Il
know what's comm anyways"
Hello" he sang. Who?
What? On. .YehI know
say, you mus be hard UP for
o blind fall, Chief. .uhu.
okay Z. but why don't you book
her? Some water On your
wheel, huh? Wen. If that wins
you any bets, It's We,nsday in
Poughkeepsie with me 80. see
she gets some decent eats,
will you? Keep me in touch
=. much obliged. no nothin'
like that-the law is the law,
an you know me when the law
is the laW-oh sure; s'long.
He hung up, turned to the
mob, took out his gold cigarette
case, extracted . gOldtipped
cigarette, withdrew his gold
lighter, lit his smoke, puffe6
forth and made his speech:
''Boys-Annie's pfnched!"
They let go ordinations.
ea0h In his own style. Goldie.
his eyes half closed. took them
al in. He fused with his gold
chain. He raised his lip and
flashed his gold teeth.
Got Q Grand Gal
Damn it," he snarled, II got
haH q notion to give that big
flAt-foot the works. He's hot
for the frontpage copy. I could
burn him up with it. They got
. grand Gal, these here mayors
an copperS. putin the rap on
her. all them bulls is got their
own homes, amt they? Where'd
they get them? Maxim arrestsP
Tn laughin' with you. They
got 'em keepin' their pug noses
clean, doin' as they're paid to
do, an not hein' patriots. So
now they manh&ndle Annie an
toss her in the clink. It gets
my Guinea up"
Chimp shook his thin shoul-
derS.
"GOldie," he said, out Of the
corner Of his ill-shaped mouth,
you gimme the office an III
90 down to City hall an tear
up sthe hull joint. IN knock
the mayor stiff an send for the
Chief"
Wait q minute" interrupted
Goldie. Il said half q notion
Only half O. one. The police is
gettin' pretty uppity, il you ask
me. Their word amt worth O
quarter no more. There amt
no honest bulls left. You nay
EN- for p'tection, an you're no
safer than some shoe clerk what
don kick in q nickel. but. we
better 90 q lii easy. This calls
for some thought"
This calls for some action," ,"
volunteered Ray. Take 1t from
me-" '''''..' '''''''
Murderers Help. Him
''Pull the Ztpper on your pan
this is no traffic problem. An
when ] crave advice from you,
I'll screw, down the window q
the car, an p'liteIy ask you. I'm
blRZtn'. I know what I ougita
do. But I'm oonsidrin' policy.
I oughta show them civil SER
vice StoogeS q lesson in higher
mathematics. II this was the
end O. the world, I'd do 1t. But
2 lot o yOu mugs Is got
"Aw, t'heII Wit my family"
gpat Chimp. MY manhood is
somepin'. too. amt ft-even il
] am married?"
"You bet. But, JUS the same,
you all sit here an wait-'m
goin' downtown-duwn the line
an all the way to the top. ..
c'mon, Ray"
The driver picked himself Jp.
Goidie fi1liped the remains of
his cigarette into o corner. Two
xnurderUry sprNng up to help
him on with his camels hair
UVercoat. Another handed him
his goldheaded stick. At the
door he turned.
wait" he repeated. you
heard me-
The reporters In City Hail
were agitated. And when that
hard.boiled flock gets AgitRted
something Is doing. Not alone
the reporters downstairs, but
the older, more advanced squad
above. covering the hall and
not the police detail, were 60
ing strong-their business was
with the mayor, and this busi-
~ Il