Evening star., 1947-10-12
PACO'S DOUBLE LIFE
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her for this picture. She give it to Hammond
She give it to me. And what happen? My girl is
losted. My future is extinct. 60 back to Havana
and drink ninety four daquiris.
But Mike wasn't listening. He was staring at the
photograph. Say. who is this guy?"
Paco shrugged. us Earle Hammond"
where is he now?"
I'm my apartment. lock him in there, when he
try to take from this picture. When he wake up.
. make of him the mnce meat.
'Give me your key Mike demanded, and tell
where you live"
Paco obeyed bewildered. Il no comprehend
"Never mind. You wait here
Mike departed, leaving Paco alone. Shortly there
after the door opened, and thoroughly chastened
Lynn slipped into the Office.
PAcos eyes lit, but he remained aloof. Hello"
he said. Wont you have the seat?"
mo, won't have the seat" Lynn said putting
her around him. mot until you tell me you for
give me for being jealous female"
Paco looked into her eyes and went limp He kissed
her and was beaming again. "Estupendous," he said
happily. The train is back on the truck"
Slightly hour later, Paco got an even greater
surprise. Mike Balnger burst into the office, his
bulldog face split by triumphant grim 1--WE got him.,
he announced. Hes in the cooler already And boy,
does this Office stand in well with the cops!'
Got him?" Paco said blankly. Got who?"
''Your boy friend, Hammond. Only that amt his
name. He's Slick Harley one of the smoothest jewel
thieves in the country"
Lynn said 'You mean this man that Paco cap
tured is wanted by the poice?'
Brother I'll say he is especially since that job
he and Louie Cuff pulled off few weeks back, just
after he met Alicia Rivero''
please" Paco begged. "You 60 too fast. am
filed with Confucius.'
"Okay, I'll try it again. Hammond and this other
bird Louie Cuff, blew into New York the same night
Emilio Barrios was throwing his party for Alicia.
Hammond and Cuff weren't lodging cops then, be-
cause they hadn't pulled off anything So they went
to the Caribbean Club for few drinks. They were
sitting next to Alicia, and Hammond made great
play for her
"A few nights later he and Cuff knocked over
ewelry store. The cops nabbed Cuff, and he
squawked and named Hammond as the other guy.
But meanwhile, Hammond had got away with
the stolen ice. The cops grilled him, but he just
clammed up said he never heard of Louie Cuff.
And he would have got away with it, because he
and Cuff had just teamed up before they came
to New York, and the only time they were ever
seen together that night at the Caribbean Club.
Hammond was pretty sure Alicia wouldn't remember
what his pal looked like tie either of them up with
the robbery when the story broke in the papers,
tsBur then he remembered something - the pic
ture of Alica's party that was taken at the Carib
bean Club Hammond knew he was in that picture;
what's more important, he knew Cuff was in it, too
sitting at the same table with him. He figured if
any cop or anybody who knew him. ever spotted that
picture it would knock his story into cooked hat,
because it would prove he did know the guy the cops
would tie that with Cuffs story and have him cold''
"Fenomeno!' Paco exploded. ''You mean he no
wanted to marry Alicia?"
Certainly not. All he wanted was to get hold of
that picture" Mike prinned again. "Incdentally