THE REGISTER. GUARD, EUGENE, OREGON
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ByT0M HORNER
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NrA SERVICI. INC.
CHAPTER VI
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ESVndtoriot to uke one."
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then called after him.
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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
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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."
(To Be Continued)
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