The Washington times., 1934-12-15
<OVER yS ] nsS ] = S%s Hs - By DashieI Hamme

the old Scoundrel!
1t was after eight in the morn.
ing when got back to the city. I
ate breakfast and then went up to
the Agency, where found the Old
Man going through his morning
mail.
"It'S all over" told him. Pap.
adopoulos knew Nancy Regan was
Taylor Newhall's heiress. When
he needed q hiding-place after the
bank jobs flopped, he got her to
take him down to the Newhall
country place. He had two holds
on her. She pitied him as a mis-
used old duffer, an accomplice
after the fact in the stick-upS.
pretty soon Papa Newhall had
to go to Mexico on business. Papa
dopouloS saw a chance to make
something. If Newhall was knocked
off, the girl would have millions
and the old thief knew he could
take them away from her. He
sent BarroWS down to the border
to buy the murder from some Mex
ican bandits. Barrows put it over,
but talked too much. He told q
girl in NogaleS that he had to 60
back to Frisco to collect plenty
from an old Greek and then he'd
return and buy her the world. The
girl passed the news on to Tom
Tom Carey. Carey put a lot Of
two together and got at least a
dozen for an answer. He followed
BarrowS up here.
Angel Grace was with him the
morning he called on Barrows
hereto find out if his old
Greek really was Papadopoulos,
and where he could be found. Bar.
rows was too full of morphine to
listen to reason. He was SO dope
deadened that even after the dark
man began to reason with a knife
blade he had to Whittle BarroWS
all up before he began to feel
hurt. The carving Sickened Angel
Grace. She left, after vainly try.
ing to stop Carey. And when she
read in the afternoon papers what
a finished job he had made of
it, she tried to commit suicide,
to stop the images from crawling
around in her head.
Carey got all the information
BarroWs had, but Barrows didn't
know where Papadopoulas was
hiding. Papadopoulos learned of
Carey'S arrival-you know how
ne learned. He sent Arlie to stop
Carey. Carey wouldn't give the
barber a chance-until the
swar.thy man began to suspect
Papadopoulos might be at the
Newhall place. He drove dwon
there, letting Arlie follow. AS
soon as Arlie discovered his des-
t1natlon, Arlie closed in, hell-bent
on stopping Carey at any cost,
Ihat was what Carey wanted.
He gunned Arlie, came back to
town, got hold of me, and took
me down to help wind things up.
Meanwhile, Angel Grace, in
the cooler, had made friends with
Big Flora. She knew Flora but
Flora didn't know her. Papa.
dopouloS had arranged a crush.
out for Flora. It's always easier
Tor two to escape than one. Flora
took the Angel along, took ner
to Papadopoulos. The Angel went
for him, but Flora knocked her
for a loop.
Flora, Angel Grace and Ann
NeWhall, alias Nancy Regan, are
IN the county jail" wound up,
"Papadopoulos, Tom.Tom Carey
and Jack Counihan are dead"
I stopped talking and lighted a
cigarette, taking my time, watch.
ing cigarette and match carefully
throughout the operation, The
Old Man picked up a letter, put
1t down without reading it, picked
up another.
Washed Out
"They were killed in course of
making the arrests?" His mild
voice held nothing but it's usual
unfathomable politeness.
"Yes. Carey killed Papadop.
oulos. A little later he shot Jack.
Mickey - not knowing - not
knowing anything except that
the dark man was shooting at
Jack and me-we were standing
apart talking - shot and killed
Carey" The words twisted around
my tongue, wouldn't come out
straight. Neither Mickey nor
Andy know that Jack-Nobody
but you and I know exactly what
the thing-exactly what Jack
was doing. Flora Brace and Ann
Newhall did know, but if we say
ne was acting on orders all the
time, nobody can deny it,"
The Old Man nodded his
grandfatherly face and smiled.
but for the first time in the years
had known him I knew what
he was thinking. He was think.
ing that If Jack had come
through alive We would have had
the nasty choice between letting
him go free or giving the Agency
a black eye by advertising the
fact that one Of our operatives
was a crook. l threw away my