The Washington times., 1938-01-10

corner of the alley where the lott
was. He knows exactly what to
do and we move down the alley
toward the loft.
We have to wait for about hall
an hour because something had
gone wrong and the watchman
didn't come around on time and
while we are waiting, get to
shaking all over.
EmilS standing beside me and
he felt me Shiver because / must
have been shaking the building we
were leaning against.
So he starts whispering to me.
Do I want his coat? Don't I think
1 ought to have drink to warm
me up? How about letting him rub
my wrists? He's a good rubber be-
cause he does it for a living until
his last job folded up on him.
/ get mad. I know the kids a
screWball and I'm wishing I never
took him in on this job. Imagine
lit!
The watchman came along and
we could see his flashlight as he
put his key in the box to record
that he'd made that part Of the
building On his rounds.
We waited apout Is minutes
more for him to get away up to
the front of the building and I got
to shaking more than ever.
We move up on the building.
Now there's a transom over a door
that is wired for sound because it's
connected with a private patrol
system. But the alarm don't reach
up to the transom and if a guy
can open the door from the inside
the alarm don't register either.
That's what I got Emil on the
lob for. So 1 stand with my back
against the door and my hands
together. And Emil stands on my
hands and then climbs up on my
shoulder and opens the transom
and climbs through it and springs
the lock from the inside.
The inside's a mint. It's full OF
every kind of furs from KolinSky
to mink with lot of silver foxes
that you could see gliStening in
the moonlight. 1 got good plan
of the place and 1 get buster than
termite on Charlie Mccarthy.
I tell Emil to grab the silver
foxes and the Kolinskys while go
after the mink and sables. I must
have had about a hundred grand'S
worth of animal hides in my arms
when the lights go up and the loft
is lousy with coppers. They tell
us to stick 'em up and I ups with
my hands without a word.
But Emil doesn't do what he's
told right away because cop gets
so nervous that he drops his Ros-
coe and Emil bends to pick it up.
All the cop does is kick him in
the face and they cart him out OF
there unconscious.
TELLS EVERYTHING
Well, they catch us with the
goods on us and it means at least
10 years. So don't hesitate when
they take us in the backroom.
I start singing and when 1 get
finished, I've told everything about
my past. I came out of there with
nothing but black eye and that's
a record.
Well, now, Emil and I are bed
bugs, sharing each others Sor-
rows and the same cell.
The next day we appear in the
line up and when we went back
to our cells we hear the coolies
keys rattling and he walks right
to our cell door with a nervous
pinchfaced little guy that looks
too mean to breathe.
This little guy is so nervous he
keeps hopping from one foot to
the other and Snarling, talking all
the time. He takes one long gander
at Emil and starts an evil grin.
Hello, young man." he sneers.
II told you crime does not pay.
You wouldn't believe me and here
you are. I know all about this
case. The police told me. And I
saw you in the line up and recog-
ni7ed you. I've been looking for
you for a week.
I've even advertised for you
in the papers. see you don't
read the public prints. I was fl
nally convinced that the only way
I can establish contact with you
is to watch the arrests. I knew
it was only question of time
when the law would catch up with
you"
The little guy is Henry Cronker,
the best kisser on the Atlantic
Seaboard.
Now. my man." he PROPOSE
tions Emil, "if you'll promise to
come to work for me as my valet,
I'll get you out Of this mess"
II will" Emil says, "if you get
my friend out too"
Il can't do that" Henry says
Because he's hardened criminal
with record as long as your
arm. But I'll get him a light sen
tence."
So Emil agrees and when the
kisser goes away, Emil tells me all
about it. Seems he broke into the
Cronker apartment about three
O'Clock in the morning. Henry
wakes up and reaches for a draw
er and Emil tells him coldly to put
his hands up. Henry tells him he
is just reaching for medicine be
cause he has asthma and an aw
} full headache.
So Emil, the accommodating guy
, takes him by the back of the heac
and messages the pain all away