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eapt out and made purposefully towards
t. Edging closer, Donahue noted a quick
neeting of hands across the counter. The
nan in the Panama hat swung swiitly
ibout, one hand in his side pocket. As
1e stepped on the running-board the detec-
ives closed in.

“O.K., Marino.” Donahue prodded him
n the ribs with the muzzle of an auto-
matic while his other hand snatched a
yacket of cocaine from his pocket. “You're
coming with us. I’m arresting you for
he murder of Nicholl and Schumacher.”

Marino’s face was a mask of livid fear
und frenzy as his writhing form was
‘thrown into the back seat and the hand-
cuffs placed about his thrashing wrists.
‘You ain't got nothing on me,” he
screamed. “You ain't...” Martin stepped
on the gas and the car shot into the stream
of traffic.

Put through an intensive grilling at
headquarters, and deprived of the solace
of cocaine, “Dopey” Marino presented a
pitiable picture with his trembling limbs
and fear-haunted eyes. “I’m telling you,”
he screamed hysterically, “I don’t know
nothing about it.’ Meeting Silverstein’s
cold eyes he hedged. “I didn’t see no one

killed. I didn’t know about it. I only
drove the car.”
“You only drove the car, eh?” Silver-

stein’s voice was brittle. “That makes you
an accessory, and puts you in line for

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the hot seat. If you’re wise,” he rasped,
“youll open up and tell who did the
killing.”

“Tt was Dave Maio what done it,’”’ he
writhed. “When he jumped in the car he
still had his rod in his mitt.”

“And the other?” prompted Carey.

Fearfully Marino studied the set faces
of the detectives as though wondering
how much they knew. Grinding his teeth
in the agony of nerves that screeched for
the accustomed drug he tried in vain to
resist the demand. Weakening at last he
whispered the name Frank Daley.

“Where's he staying?”

“T dunno.”

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OF LEADER

“All right,” Silverstein shot his last
bolt. “There was another car tailing you
-—a yellow coupe that swung off when the
shooting started. Now tell me—who was
behind this stick-up ? You and Dave Maio
are small-time punks. Who sold you the
idea of holding up that trolley car and
grabbing the dough? And—who followed
you in that yellow cab to see you put it
over ?”

Marino’s horror-stricken face assured
the Captain he’d hit the nail on the head.
On the verge of collapse the prisoner
mumbled faintly.

“What's that—speak up!”

“Ollie!” The words came between
blanched lips. “Ollie Cheesecake.”

“Ollie Cheesecake!” The detective’s
eyes glistened. Carey had leapt to his
feet at the mention of the name. “My
God!’ he whistled. “That's where this

bird Dave Maio came into the picture.
He’s one of Ollie’s gorillas. Sent along
to see the other pair

didn't renege and,”

his eyes slitted, “to collect his share of
the plunder. Ollie’s given us the slip
till now. If only we can tie him up with
this we'll have him exactly where we
want him.”

Two ace detectives sped at breakneck
speed to the big-time racketeer’s home to
report by telephone that he had flown.
Ollie had left three days before on a
“yachting cruise”.

The bitter disappointment was prompt-
ly offset by the gruff voice of Donahue
over the phone. “We've got Dave Maio,”
he gloated. “Alex grabbed him just as
he was sneaking in the back way to see
his wife.”

The huge, broad-shouldered tough with
the cauliflower ears and porcine eyes
proved anything but tractable. Adopting
a bellicose and belligerent attitude, he
insisted he knew nothing about the trol-
ley car murder.

“That’s too bad,” Carey eyed him enig-
matically.

“What's too bad?” hissed the gorilla.

“Why,” the officer's voice was silky,
“It’s just too bad for you that Marino
spilled the beans.”

A barrage of sulphurous expletives
was followed by a sudden and complete
reversal of attitude. “I was out there
and seen part of what took place all
right.” A crafty gleam shone in his

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