The Washington times., 1933-05-24

I'd rather pay out this $500
than take a chance on losing
the whole joint. And if I'm
ever away and the thing hap
pens, it will be your job to
square it with this money"
He looked at Charlie.
Wants No Tricks
But remember" he added
cautiously, Il don't want any
tricks. I trust you completely
but I've got my eye on you.
If anything goes wrong, you'll
be fired before you know what
strikes you. You understand.
Charlie johnson nodded and
smiled. He understood.
About a month later. Mr..
Brown took two days off to
run down to Atlantic City.
He returned in the early morn
ing, opened his speakeasy and
went directly to his safe. He
opened it and almost collapsed.
The $500 was gone!
He raced over to Oh. ',o'e
hotel room anu awakened his
manager. The money was
gone. What had happenedP
To whom had it been paid2
What had gone on anyway?
Charlie was very calm about
it.
"It happened late last night"
he stated. "A revenue man
named Jackson-B. B. Jackson
got into the place and made
buy without the slightest
trouble. He had us dead to
rights, Mr.. Brown, and I took
the only way out. 1 paid him
off as quietly as possible. He
wanted a grand at first, but
when he saw the five 500 bills,
he settled for those.
mo, nobody saw the payoff,
Mr.. Brown. You wouldn't
expect this Jackson to go for a.
witness. would you? Well, I
paid him-and that's all there
is to it. Sorry, but it had to
be done"
The proprietor left shortly
afterWard, but he was by no
means satisfied He had al.
ways been suspicious: too sus-
picious for his own good. He
had no reason to suspect
Charlie, but he determined to
make his own little investiga-
ton.
Mr.. Brown Is Mad
He did-and it was Just
about 10 days later that he
blew into his speakeasy in d.
violent mood. He had Charlie
Johnson dead to rightS-for the
simple reason that he had been
introduced to Federal Agent B.
B. Jackson. and Jackson had
sworn that he had never taken
a dime in Mr.. Browns place.
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and a first-class rat he told
Charlie, jackson never got a
quarter of that $500 and.
what's more, he was never in
the place. You clipped that
$500, and you know you did.
Now get out of here before 1
lose my temper. you louise"
Charles expression. as Lynn
Overman says, was as cold as
a well-digger's lunch.
"All right. Mr.. Brown" he
returned. I'll go. But I'm
telling you right now that I
paid that $500 to Jackson, no
matter what he says. And if
you say one more word about
it I'll push your teeth right
down your throat. Good,bv and
good luck"
Charlie opened a new place
right across the way, and, in
no time at Ill, Mr. Browns best
customers had been Weaned
away. If you'll go back to the
beginning of this story, you'll
see just how things stand to-
day. Mr.. Brown made a ter
rible mistake in firing Charlie
johnson, and nobody knows 1t
better than Mr.. Brown.
I told you they were both
right about the argument.
Wanna know why? A news
paper item a few months ago
told the whole story.
George Giynn, notorious
shake man." it read, was ar
rested this morning by Detec-
tives Fulton and Reeves. On
his person were found creden-
tiaIs with which he had been
impersonating Federal Agent
B. B. Jackson"
II KLa./uY IL /1/