, 1935-05-17
Here's Last Days
Case In 'G-Men'
Prize Contest

Is your last cnance 10 enter
the G-Men contest.
Fridays problem differs from the
four problems we've been present.
ing during the past week. It's a
personal one which faced an under
cover agent on one Of his assign
ments.
There's nothing to solve. We pre-
sent this moral predicament asking
you to tell us in a short l00-word
letter how you would solve 1t II you
were in the same position.
Actually, it's the situation that
James Cagney, star Of Americas
crime busting secret agents, &C.
Men," knew he might face II he
joined the Department of Justice
service. Tell us how you would act
in similar circumstances:
Case No. 81
Many people r faced with moral
predicaments during their lifetime.
But we doubt If anyone was ever
placed in M as great as a secret
agent. This man was placed In a
difficult position Where his heart
told him to do one thing and his
conscience another . where his
love for a friend was pitted against
his duty TO society - and no matter
which he did, which way he turned,
TO satisfactory solution could be ar
rived at.
This agent was born on the East
Side of New York . the slumS
rs a uwn0N ngtwV - a Ntutwsrt - In~rnTwv
populated and SC polluted with the
dregs Of humanity, that few boys
eve successfully rose out Of its
wretched environment.
But one Of the leaders OF the
underworld of New York, a big
shot of gangdom, took a fancy TO
this little lad. and decided TO take
him out Of the slums. guide his edu-
cation and enable him to become a
respectable member Of the commun-
ity.
Years later, with boarding school.
college and law school behind him,
this boy decided to join the under
cover operatives, never knowing that
his benefactor. whom he loved. was
on the other side of the fence.
After a few months of intensive
training he became a full Pledged
officer, just at the time a series Of
holdupS were being committed in
New York. The chief Of the de-
partment had a great deal Of faith
IN this lad, whom we shall call KIT,
and sent him out with explicit in
structions TO get the murderer /.
and shoot to kill.
After finding and discarding
many clues. X27 finally found him
self on the trail Of the killer. He
worked diligently day and night
tracking him down-until at last he
followed him TO a cabin in Long
Island. which the murderer had
chosen as a hideaway.
KIT called TO him to surrender,
hut the only answer was 6 volley
Of bullets. The agent had a ma
chine gun. and hiding behind a tree,
he answered him volley for volley.
Just as 1t was getting toward dusk,
the killer dashed cut Of the cabin,
heading for his parked a in a
clearing nearby. KIT aimed his
machine gun and prepared to shoot
him down, when he recognized by
his peculiar gait that the killer was
none other than his benefactor. His
gun stopped in mid-airl KIT felt
his blood run cold. He realized that
with a machine-gun he could not
hope that a shot would only wound.
1t would kill Instantly
But he knew that the code OF the
service demanded that he follow his
duty no matter where 1t led. He
had his order-Shoot to kill But
more. he knew that this man had
murdered not only other gangsters
but even - his own fellow agents!
And yeti was this man who had
dragged KIT out Of those slums-
the man who had given him a
chance to be decent and upright
the man who had been a foster
father to himl Kill him-how could
he?
That was his problem and he had
To make a decision-AT ONCEl He
didl What that was no n knows.
What would you have done in a
similar situation? Tell us in a short
letter-no more than a 100. words
what resolve you would have made
n such a crisis and WHY.
Now that you have all five solu-
tons to the five Secret Service cases.
please mail them to the manager OF
the Capitol Theatre. Brownsville.
who will award the following prizes
for the best answers, to the G-Men
contest: lSt. Prize - 4 theatre
passes; second prize - 2 theatre
passes; and for the next best four
teen answers there's IA passes being
awarded Incidently the new War
ner Bros. melodrama OF the secret
service opens Friday. The title Is
the "G-Men" starring James Gag
ney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsey,
Robert Armstrong and a huge cast.