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THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON m 9 i ByT0M HORNER COPYRIGHT, ItSt. NrA SERVICI. INC. CHAPTER VI . ... 11 Thsre was no He."A .J' ereeting. PS "Dawson-whafs the U .t,.t dumb Flynn fju'st whn my party m if you've met Mr' A1T 1M',....i interrupted. .Alston, wis chateau. Lhably bn there." P1.' .-wnowledee lVrnmadeany HVmn Mid. I can-" & a!'6"- r SJ.. .,hits? I left home ESVndtoriot to uke one." W'-rr- . not vou some. ?'Ll" He waited" as Alston - rns the room, out then called after him. it id not near. w"" s J. Tnrin. Fa Hp offered Ben- L.-S box of perfectos. Di Torio f.t" use. lighted it. puffed vig- t'r. For a momem duui uicn jaoking. say'" i"1"" PvT-ldo belied the popular con- Irsea of a gangster. He was L-iH and his nanan m"f I T.i ,.if in his black, dart- i'tses. and dark complexion. I. -i clothes were ' -7re them like a model. He ,i more like a musician or a Ij-jiio than a killer. 'Uitfn, uawsun, x ve fiufc .. j, inv han at last. "I was I'ri tfinns ready to close when iKrai wmes in and says you I;vti to see me. tie saia nrnuiu Seftonw had been killed. I tried ill him that I haven t Been , nf the Chateau all even- I -j'but he wouldn't listen. Said wnted to talk to me and that Inj that What do you want, vm knew Arnold Benthorne Irretty well, Joey?" Dawson asked iItIt. sin. I knew him. Half the l-iM rlubs in town knew Ben- I iffie by his first name. He used I a erae to the Chateau a lot. But I didn't know he was dead until Flynn told me. Why pick on me?" "Weren't you and Benthorne as sociated" Dawson paused at the word "in business together once?" "Yes," Joey's answer came slowly. "But that was back in pro hibition days. You can't dig back that far to pin a charge on me." "What was this business, Joey?" "Benthorne backed my first speakeasy. You used to get free drinks there yourself. Benthorne bought a yacht cheap, ran the stuff in from the Bahamas and I unloaded it. Benthorne was smart, too. He always stayed outside the limit made me Uke all the risks." "You haven't had much to do with him since then?" Dawson queried. "Only as a customer. When liquor went legal, Benthorne de cided there was no quick money in it, and we dissolved our our partnership." Di Torio pursed his mouth, devoted his attention to smoke rings. "You're lying Joey," Dawson said calmly. "You and Benthorne never dissolved your 'partnership.' You and Benthorne have been mixed up in half the rackets in this town. "You and Benthorne have been running the numbers game here for three years. Last year you branched out into narcotics. You've got agents in Chicago, Kansas City, Denver and San Francisco. Within the last six months you've arranged to smug gle 200 aliens over the Canadian border at $500 a head. You've " Di Torio's face was white, his calm, self assurance shattered. "How did you know?" "Benthorne had the habit of keeping records private records, Joey. He had a little book in his desk here. You thought it was in the safe, didn't you Joey? Ben thorne guessed that, and kept it almost out in the open an inno cent looking little diary, but I couldn't miss it." "You'll never make It stick in court," Joey said, confidence re turning. "It's the word of a dead man against mime. That book doesn't prove a thing." "It may prove a murder charge. Joey." "Listen, Dawson," di Torio said FLAPPER FANNY Bysy.vi. i - COPH IflW IV KtA fttHVlCC WC T. M. HtC U. . PIT. Off. - I I 1 i. ft, A Principal says 'Clean sportsmar.ahfp comes ftrst; school Wle second: This is the second half, so go out there and murder those bums! SIDE GLANCES -12. ,,. condescendingly, "I told you I was in my club all night. I was with a party of friends. They'll tell you " "Are you sure you didn't leave the club last night?" "I'll take that back," Joey said. "I did leave but only for a few minutes. Dave Watson was having a party. I though I'd drop by and pick up Marlyn you know, Marylyn White but her apart ment was dark so I drove on back to the club without stopping. Dave'll remember and so will Pete. Pete's my manager." "So you Just went out for a ride, Joey all by yourself," Dawson shook his head. "No, Joey, I thought you could think faster than that "Listen. You left the Club Chateau, you drove up here to Benthorne's you could make it in a few minutes you came in that side entrance you always used and you found Benthorne in the study. "You've been holding out on Benthorne, blackmailing him, and you knew Benthorne wouldn't let you get away with it. That's why he made out this record. With that book he figured he could keep your mouth closed until he found a way of closing it permanently. "But you beat him tn it .Inev You shot Arnold Benthorne as he sat in his chair. Then you jammed that straight chair there against the door, rifled the safe, and final ly, when you heard Flynn and Krone taking the door off the hin ges, you went out the window. It's closed case, Joey and it will send you to the chair." Di Torio was silent, studvine the glowing end of his cigar. At last he spoke. "You've missed one thing in your murder case, Dawson. What time was Benthorne killed?" The coroner's deputy said It waj right around midnight. It took Flynn and Krone a while to get tne cioor down." "That proves it." DI Torio smil ed. "I can prove by half a dozen witnesses that I didn't leave the Club Chateau until after midnight. It was almost 12:15 before I could get away. And you had already found Benthorne's body by that time." 'How does it happen you re member the time so well," Dawson asked. "In my business, Captain, just as in yours, It's a good idea to keep your eye on the clock. You can never tell when some dumb cop is going to try to hang a murder charge on you." "1 11 let that one pass, Joey," Dawson said, "until I've checked on this alibi of yours. Are you sure your friends will remember the time with equal facility?" "I hope so," Joey laughed. "They should. Dave was complaining that he wasn't getting any kick out of his drinks, so I bought some champagne for him. Pete 11 re member the time, too. "And there's one thing you've forgotten. I never thought it of you, Dawson. I'm saving your job by telling you this in advance. There's the little item of a gun. "Your cop, Flynn, lifted my au tomatic out of this shoulder scab bard on the way out here. Have you found the gun that killed Ben thorne yet?" "No," Dawson replied, "but Flynn probably has it in his pocket now." "Don't be too sure about that, my friend," Joey went on confi dently. "I carry a .38 automatic and it hasn't been fired in six months. And when you get that bullet out of Benthorne's head, there's one thing more to remem berballistic tests. Surely you've heard of them." 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