The Tamarack Murders by Patrick F. McManus

Author:Patrick F. McManus [McManus, Patrick F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery
ISBN: 9781620876343
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2013-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Tully went back to the office and dropped Shanks’s rifles and handguns off for Lurch to check their bullets against the one that killed Vergil. Then he drove over to the bank. The FBI agents were packing up to leave and head to the airport. Angie was seated in the bank manager’s office. She was writing something in her notebook when Tully walked in. She smiled, stood up, shook hands with the manager. Tully exchanged pleasantries with Estes and then walked outside with Angie.

He asked, “You think Estes is involved in the robbery?”

“Always a possibility, but I don’t think so.”

“Any leads?”

Angie shook her head. “No, we’re wrapping things up here. The lone robber shoved a gun in the manager’s ribs when he arrived for work. Forced him to unlock the door. The manager is about six feet tall and he says the robber was a bit shorter, maybe five eight. He had an accomplice waiting for him in the getaway car, but no one saw him clearly enough to get a description. Several employees saw the car and described it to police, and the police broadcast the description of the car on police radio. I guess that’s where you came in, Bo.”

“Yeah, we were practically on top of the car, but I’m afraid about all we have are some casts of tracks and a wild theory or two. We haven’t turned up one dollar of the loot. Your massive resources help you find out anything on a Horace Beeker or Edward Dance?

“Both of them have done time for robbery.”

Tully nodded. “That’s what my CSI Unit tells me. Oddly, Fish and Game probably has license information on them. It could be phony, but probably not. Maybe they were here to hunt elk. It would be risky to try that with phony licenses. If they were stopped by a game warden, the whole plan could fall apart. Even pretending to hunt, they needed licenses. Or maybe they simply would have shot any game warden who checked them. He would have been a minor nuisance. These could be really bad guys, but I interviewed both of them the night after the killing of Vergil Stone, and if one of them murdered him they are pretty cold customers.”

Tully gave her the spelling of the names and the vehicle license number. She wrote them down in her notebook. She said, “Any idea where these two characters might be now?”

“Not much. One of them said something about a cabin somewhere around Famine.”

“Famine? That’s where Dave lives.”

“Yeah, it’s a little town about thirty miles west of here. I have some contacts over there besides Dave and will try to find out if anyone knows any Beekers or Dances in the area.”

Angie wrote furiously in her notebook. “Remember this is an FBI case, Bo.”

“The FBI can have the bank robbery,” he said. “The murder is mine. There’s no proof yet the victim was connected to the robbery, except he appeared to be fleeing in a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car.

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