Shadow 206 - The Man Who Died Twice 09-15-40, The by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street and Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

RICHARD BENTON had done what The Shadow had anticipated. He had rushed straight for his parked car. He leaped in and started the motor. But he soon made an unwelcome discovery.

The car had barely rolled a few feet when Benton realized that both the rear tires were as flat as pancakes.

A single glance at the useless rubber showed him the foolishness of attempting flight in the car. An easy getaway from a cowardly kill had turned into a trap.

Benton realized how desperate the trap was, when he heard the swiftly approaching sound of a policeman’s heavy brogans. The shot in the house had been heard. A cop on a nearby post was racing to investigate.

For Benton, it was a double peril. Even without the sound of the shot, the sight of that car would have warned any cop of trouble. The policeman who had been slugged earlier in Benton’s home had probably already recovered consciousness.

He had seen the car before he entered Benton’s home. One glance at the make of this car and its license plates would inform the approaching bluecoat that Richard Benton was again at bay!

Benton didn’t hesitate. He raced across the sidewalk, to the stone wall of Stark’s estate. A frenzied leap brought his clutching fingers to the top of the coping. He drew up his squirming body. In an instant, he wriggled over the top and dropped to the darkness of the enclosed grounds.

His fears were justified. The cop halted the moment he saw the parked car with the flat rear tires. Then he gave an excited cry. He had recognized the license number.

He was a young cop. He had been on the Force only a few months. That was why his beat was in so outlying a district. Now, he saw a chance to reap some personal glory and get himself promoted to third-grade detective.

It was enough to make any young cop hesitate. Should he race to a police box and send in a call that would bring precinct reserves on the run? Or should he try to nab Richard Benton alone?

Fate made up his mind for him. A pistol shot blasted somewhere in the darkness beyond the stone wall.

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