Glacier County chief., 1940-12-06

before his vacation. he would telephone
her. just as If Eddie had never hap
pened.
Alice called him three nights before
his vacation started. Could he come
right out to her house? She had to
see him. 1t was very important.
When he got there, she handed him
a letter. She wanted him to read it
before she said anything. The letter
was from Eddie.
Dear Alice" Eddie had written
will YOU please come to see me?
have been here three weeks now and
am nearly crazy. They lock you up
at night and watch you all the time.
II IS lonesome. Alice, l should not be
here because I did not have any part
of robbing the Second National bank.
I swear it on my mother. ! know no
body believes me, not even you But
everything I said at my trial was tbs
truth. I did get drunk with two men
I did not know in strange roomlng
house. did wake up to find my sleeve
torn Can't you see I was framed? |
do not know how but I think those
two men were part OF it. But l do no:
know who would set them to do it I'M
less it was that dumb flatfoot Jerry
Collins. He might do it because he
hates me. But can't you come to see
me? 1t is SO lonesome here. Yours
respectfully, Eddie"
80 now I framed him Jerry
grinned. What am l supposed to do.
get him out?"
Yes" Alice said. II went up to see
him and I know he is innocent. l
don't know how know but I do.
Robbing bank doesn't fit Eddie. He
hasn't the nerve. There must be some
one who knows he was telling the truth
at his trial. I'm going to try to find
him. Will you help me, Jerry? Please"
Could you tie that? A rat blamed
him for framing him and the girl he
loved wanted him to prove the rat was
innocent and get him out of prison
so he could marry her. What sucker
he would be to help Eddie!
"Okay." he said. What do you want
me to do?"
"Oh, thanks, Jerry!" she said. al
most crying. Il believe that those two
men I met with Eddie at lunch that
day are behind all this. 1 believe now
they were criminals. thought, if they
were the New York police might have
their pictures. I thought I could go
over and identify them. Then you
could find them and get the truth
out of them"
Just few hours work, Jerry thought
bitterly. He was to discover and con-
vict two men whom Alice had seen
just once. They, he supposed, would
squeal on the other two. Even if their
going to find them? And even If they
were guilty. how was he going to
prove It?
III give it a try" he promised.
I'll call my brother. Dan, tonight and
we'll go over and look at some pic
lures tomorrow"
"Oh, Jerry" she said huskily, you're
innocent man suffer-"
"Listen" he said, getting sore. If
Eddie's innocent, I'm Joe Louis. I'm
just going over to look at some crook
pictures. A detective ought to memoir
ize as many of them as he can. May
be I'll be detective some day
They met Dan at police headquar-
tiers next day. He didn't look like Jerry
at all. He was heavier and, of course.
older. He took them into the bertillion
room.
We'll look over some of the men
who specialize in banks" he said. They
had looked at only about 300 pictures
when Alice cried:
Here's one Of the men we met
and here's the other!"
Then you were in very smart com
Frank Dion and Harold Meter. They
are the mop-up men in the John
WEIGH mob which is composed Of those
two, WEIGH and Harry LIE Brun. The
four are the best in their line. If
they're in the city, we'll locate them.
As understand It, Jerry, you don't
want them picked up because a man
to get = confession from them your
self. That should be about as easy
as climbing up Niaaara Falls ON