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vously, saw the officer, and
broke into a run. Tipton raced
after him, following him into
an alley. But the fugitive had
I vanished. Tipton took a quick
look in other nearby alleys,
then came out onto Bay
Street. There at the coiner of
Bay and Ocean stood the red
haired man.
Tipton gave chase and again
lost his man in dark alleys. A
second time, the officer re
turned to Ocean and Bay
and found the fugitive stand-
ing there. Another chase en
sued, and this time Tipton got
his man, taking away his re
volver after the trigger had
clicked on an empty chamber.
The prisoner gave his name
as Frank Rawlins but refused
to answer questions. His pack
eta contained $800 in cur
rency, neatly done up in
Palace Theater wrappers.
The officer marched Rawlins
back to the theater, where
there was a lot of excitement.
After the fourth act, the
treasurer, E. S. Harrison, had
brought the - day's receipts,
$800, to the office of the man
ager, George Hickman. He
Jaad hardly placed the money
,,, on the manager's desk when
. o the door was pushed open
and, man ytith , revolver
announced; a, stlafcup.
iA$BajYi34) turned around,
i a; Wow pn t&e nifatf sent him
(reeling frjc'fejrjari reached for
fa::gUh) ir ffli) drawer, but the
) (bandl (stjf-utfk) him, too, and
hcrjD the manager tried to
(ftgfit back, a shot put an end
qO to hSQtrugglc and his life.
As Tipton entered with
his prisoner, Harrison cried
hysterically, "That's the man.
That's the killer!"
Rawlins was taken to the
office of Duval County Sher
iff R. E. Merritt. He was
questioned for several hours,
but all the officers learned
was that he hadn't been in
Jacksonville long; before that,
he had lived in Atlanta.
After Rawlins was led to a
cell, Sheriff Merritt said, "He
didn't think up this robbery
by himself. Somebody else is
back of it!"
The sheriff explained: Raw
lins was a comparative stran
ger, yet he knew the exact
time the. theater treasurer
would bring the money into
the manager's office. Some
body, obviously, had told him.
an extensive investigation
revealed that Rawlins was
a skid - row character. He
lived in a cheap rooming house o
and had no known friends.
He had been tried for steal
ing a suit of clothes only ao
few days before, but a prom
inent criminal lawyer, John
H. Pope, had defended him
and won an acquittal.
The sheriff ordered an in
vestigation of all employees
and formefQi'mployees of the
theater. The detectives quick
ly cleared all except one
Karl Fitzpatrick, a projec
tionist who had quarreled bit
terly with the manager and
had been discharged.
This was a motive, perhaps,
tut it wasn't evidence. De
tectives were detailed to Fitz
patrick's home to watch his
actions. But he did nothing
suspicious and made no effort
to visit Rawlins in jail.
Tipton recalled seeing a
brown touring car parked
near Bay and Ocean the first
time he spotted Rawlins. He
had paid little attention to it
but noticed that it pulled
away as he approached.
Touring cars were popular
at the time, but very few
were brown, so this one
should be easy to find. It
wasn't. Every officer was
alerted, but no brown touring
car was spotted on the streets
of Jacksonville.
Pope, the socially prominent
attorney who had defended
Rawlins, was questioned. He
said he defended him simply
because he had come to the
office seeking a lawyer. "If
he wants me," Pope added,
"I'll defend him again. But I
can't tell you anything about
him. That comes under the
heading of a privileged com
munication between an at
torney and his client."
. Oheriff Merritt ordered a
'quiet investigation of Pope.
Meanwhile, the brown tour
ing car was found parked in
Fitzpatrick's garage. The pro
jectionist was questioned.
"Only someone familiar with
the routine at the theater
would have known when the
money was brought to the
manager's office," the sheriff
told him. "And somebody in
a brown touring car like yours
was waiting for Rawlins at
Ocean and Bay!"
"It wasn't me. I was at the
theater, watching the show,
and I can prove it!"
Fitzpatrick did prove it. Re
liable witnesses swore that
Fitzpatrick was seated in the
audience when Hickman was
shot and that he remained in
side the theater until after
Rawiins had lcen brought in.
He couldn't have been the
driver of the brown car.
Then the reports came in
on Pope. He led a Jekyll and
Hyde existence. Though so
cially popular and presum
ably wealthy, he was a hegvy
gambler, a frequent visitor
to speakeasies, and a philan
derer who spent lavishly on
many women. (If he needed
money, he could have engi
neered the theater robbery.
But Pope, a brilliant lawyer,
could easily refute the charge.
Investigating officers then
found a woman who had seen
Tipton chasing Rawlins and
had noticed the touring car.
Had she recognized the driv
er? Yes, he was John H. Pope.
Fitzpatrick was picked up
again. Yes, he said, Pope had
borrowed his car. "But I
never dreamed he was mixed
up in a crime." Fitzpatrick
convinced the officers he was
an innocent dupe.
Pope was arrested and in
dicted. The hitherto silent
Rawlins now was eager to
talk. This was his story:
The lawyer, who had heavy
gambling losses, needed mon
ey. When Rawlins was in
trouble for stealing a suit,
Pope offered to defend him.
After the acquittal, the law
yer forced him to join a rob
bery ring. Pope would set up
each case, provide the get
away car, and if any member
of the ring were caught, would
defend him. There was just
one stipulation: Pope's role
must be kept secret.
"Pope was a big lawyer,
and I figured he would help
me," Rawlins concluded.
"That's why I wouldn't talk."
The lawyer had heard of
Fitzpatrick's argument with
the theater manager, so he
borrowed the projectionist's
car, knowing it might be seen
and recognized. But Pope
hadn't counted on Fitzpatrick
attending the theater that very
evening, giving him an iron
clad alibi!
On October 8, 1921, Pope
and Rawlins were convicted
of first degree murder and
given life sentences.
Sheriff Merritt later was
asked to explain why he had
suspected Pope.
"Pope was a society lawyer
who worked for big fees,"
Merritt replied. "Why did he
defend a bum like Rawlins
who had no money? Because
he wanted to use him later
for something illegal."
"But why were you so lure
another man wit involved?"
the sheriff tu inked. "You
had the actual killer, and you
could have convicted him
without any trouble."
"Suppose you were trying
o run away from a police
man," the sheriff said. "After
you had outdistanced him,
what would you do? You'd
keep on going and get as far
way as possible. But Raw
lins didn't do that. He came
Isficik; tohe corner, of Ocean
and Bay not once, but twice.
There had to be a good reason
for that. I figured he was
waiting for an accompOte to
pick him up the man 4r) the
brown touring car."
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