Glacier County chief., 1940-12-06

opened his door to a knock and found
the four standing there.
Come in, criminals" he grinned,
I'm throwing party!"
The party went on and on with
plenty of replenishments Of liquor. At
ing to drink. He sat watching and
waiting. But nothing was said until
LIE Brun, ugly and quarrelsome from
the liquor he had drunk, began to
pick on WEIGH.
IT want some money now" he
growled. Why should you handle the
money and dole it out? Or why should
you run this mob? I doped out the
last job. Oh. I admit I didn't find
Crestmont and that you cased the
bank and mapped out the getaway:
But who found the getaway car and
the sucker 1 framed so he's on ice
for doing the job? I did. Who sent
Dion and Meter in to get him drunk
in a rooming house because I figured
he and 1 were the same size? I did.
And who took his suit to wear on the
job? Me. And that was a masterpiece
because when the Waterman grabbed
me, he took a piece out Of the sleeve.
And that piece and his own car put
the sucker away for 10 years. Listen,
WEIGH. I'm heading this mob from
now on. Give me some dough. Quick. y
told him.
LIE Brun rose and struck WEIGH
without warning and WEIGH went ovec
backward, chair and all. Jerry hit LIE
Brun. He went down. AS he hit the
floor, he grabbed for his gun and
shot Jerry in the shoulder: The other
two ran out of the room as Jerry
jumped on him. They struggled for
the gun until lucky punch tina:
Jerry threw caught LIE Brun on the
point OF the jaw. He lay still. Jerry
grabbed the gun and held it in his
hand. WEIGH got up slowly from the
floor and Slipped a small, thin key
into Jerry's hand.
This fits safety deposit box No. 2o85
In the Actors National bank on Broad
way" he said. ITS the haul from the
Crestmont robbery. LIE Brun don't take
| this mob over and he don't get any
money till get ready to give it to
him. You're bleeding"
! Jerry pushed WEIGH out of the room
and double-locked the door behind
| him. LIE Brun was getting up and
Jerry motioned him to chair with
the gun, picked up the receiver and
! called Dan.
I'VE broke it, Dan," he yelled
Bring some cops and a stenographer
| Mr.. LIE Brun is going to tell us 3
story. Do you talk, LIE Brun, or do
have to coax you?"
I'll talk" LIE Brun said YEARLY.
| Jerry read all about it in the news
papers as he sat with his arm in a
sling on the beach in Point Pleasant
where he had gone to spend the five
days that remained of his vacation
Eddie was to be released soon and he
was supposed to be the hero who
single-handed, had freed an innocen;
man from prison and captured the
four who had framed Eddie and were
now on their way to take his place
He should have felt pretty good.
But he didn't feel good, at all. He
felt low. He knew he really wasn't ;
good detective. He was just a hicl
cop. 1t was Dan who had HANDLED
the case and helped him to break il
Besides, it looked like he was goini
10 stay bachelor for the rest OF hi
life.
He was a sap. The law had his riva
sailed away in States prison for II
years. All he had to do was wait ant
he'd get the girl he had loved all hi
life. But what does he do? He dig
up the guys who framed his rival *
he can get out of prison and MARI!
the girl. He groaned and became con