‘et station house; the Desk Sergeant ed up the telephone as it rang. “Police ,dquarters,” he said gruffly. There was answer. He was about to clamp back receiver when a faint, almost indis- cuishable sound caught his ears, followed a groan. Speak up,” demanded the Sergeant. That?” He slammed down the receiver. he shouted. “Trouble uick!” at the jio Building—McDonald and Stewart h shot up.” 4 gong clattered out its metallic warn- _ The gloomy building suddenly galvan- { into life, the rabbit-warren of narrow ridors erupting a stream of buffalo- ted police hurrying for emergency squad S. Through the ether crackled the short- LAUREL CO-OPERATIVE UNION Growers, Packers, Shippers, Exporters OKANAGAN FRUITS and VEGETABLES e KELOWNA British Columbia VICTORY MOTORS LTD. Complete Automotive Service SALES - SERVICE GENERAL MOTORS PRODUCTS Phone 207 P. O. Drawer 231 KELOWNA B.C. Franklin's | ranklin E. A. FRANKLIN “Franklin's for Values” “Everything for the Home” Telephone 45 KELOWNA. B.C. KELOWNA SAWMILL Co. LTD. LUMBER AND BUILDING SUPPLIES e KELOWNA B.C. FREE DELIVERY Phone 297 Fumerton’s Cash Grocery LIMITED Modern Rest and Waiting Rooms for the Ladies PENTICTON, B.C. HIRTEENTH EDITION wave radio’s warning. Other squad cars, cruising through the downtown traffic, turned swiftly in answer to the insistent call and careened toward the scene of the double shooting. Within a few minutes of Stewart's faint call, and the crash of the falling telephone, the Radio Building was overrun by buffalo-coated officers, led by Detective Mulholland and Constable Burns. YOUNG OFFICER FOUND KILLED Stairs and hallway were splotched with ominous stains. Snapping on the hall light, Burns emitted an angry exclamation. Hud- dled in the far doorway, where he had attempted to block the bandit’s rear exit, sprawled the body of Constable McDonald, a wound in his groin, his skull perforated by a bullet. A hurried search failed to disclose a sign of Stewart. A trail of bloodstains sent Sergeant Adams up the stairway two steps at a time. Thrusting aside the shattered plate-glass doors of the Canada Cut Glass Company he saw, fallen across a bloodstained desk, the still form of Constable Stewart, the telephone trailing on the floor and the empty gun lying where it had crashed from nerve- less fingers. Although he was severely wounded and unconscious, a swift examin- ation disclosed that the young officer was = The bullet riddled mystery car after police had followed a hectic race through Kildonan and arrested a man with a .45, a sawed-off shotgun, a windbreaker with bullet holes iw the shoulder and a blood-stained: pillow . . . John Andrusiak of Old Kildonan. Licence plates under the seat gave police an important clue. still alive. Carried downstairs, he was rushed to St. Boniface Hospital in an am- bulance. Splintered woodwork, broken glass, the bullet-spattered walls and the abandoned sledge hammers, jimmy and electric drill beside the still unopened safe below, told an eloquent story of bandits surprised at their work and of their furious gunfight as they battled their way to freedom. More squad cars came to a halt in the frosted street outside. Chief of Detectives James Melville, Detective Sergeant Pete Cafferty, Detective Angus McDonald, other officers, and a number of fingerprint experts and photographers, went rapidly to work. A quick check-up of the vicinity fur- nished vital information. “A couple of frightened girls pulled into my place about nine-thirty,’ Art Robinson, operator of a B. C. HOTEL S. SCHRAMM, Proprietor 40 COMFORTABLE’ ROOMS WITH BATH REASONABLE RATES PENTICTON B.C. ‘“Mickey’s’’ TAXI AND NIGHT SERVICE PHONE 342 Modern Cars - DAY Fully Insured Reasonable Rates PENTICTON British Columbia A. and E. F. SCHOENING AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONES (7e0R-1 Penticton. British Columbia Jienticton Funeral Chapel B. E. S. L. Penticton Branch (B. C. No. 40) PHIL HAWKES, President A. LESTER TAYLOR, Ist Vice-President W. R. HENLEY, Secretary-Treasurer CANADIAN LEGION GENERAL HARDWARE General Electric Appliances, Rock Gas and Appliances, McClary Ranges, Kelvinator Refrigerators, Crossley Radios and Refrigerators. PENTICTON, B.C. EAT AT The COMMODORE CAFE Main Street, Opposite Post Office PENTICTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - THE BENNETT HARDWARE STAR CLEANERS REPAIRS and ALTERATIONS HAT BLOCKING Phone 341 Penticton, B. C. x Page Seventy-one