Murder on the Docks by H Paul Doucette

Author:H Paul Doucette
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: detectives work to uncover a german spy as well as organized crime on the waterfront, french organized crime operating in halifax during ww2, halifax nova scotia ww2 spies and criminals on the docks, local detectives and rcmp cooperate to bring criminals to justice, murder and thievery on the halifax docks during ww2
Publisher: BWL Publishing Inc.

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I was still in the office going over the latest reports Phil Mulroney had sent over. The items the thieves targeted seemed to be mostly consumer goods that were in short supply in the city: canned goods, sundries, cigarettes. Nothing restricted or connected with the military like guns or ammunition, that would bring the military down on them damn quick and carried much stiffer sentences if convicted.

I had a pretty good idea who was probably on the receiving end of the goods. My problem was trying to nail the bastards with the goods. They never sold anything in the open and the goods were in such demand, I couldn’t get anyone to talk. And to make matters worse, many of these merchants were solid members of Halifax’s close-knit business community.

It sickened me that there were always those who see bad situations, like a war, as an opportunity to profit. There isn’t a hole deep enough for them to be dumped into.

Just at that moment I heard Pete come in.

“Somethin’ come in?” Pete asked, looking back over his shoulder at me, nodding at the papers as he hung up his overcoat and hat.

I looked up. “Nothin’ important. Jus’ more information on the missing items from the docks. A present from Mulroney. You catch anythin’ while you were out?”

“Not a lot.” Pete poured out a mug of coffee then held the pot out to Robie who shook his head. “I went to the Green Lantern to check out a woman works there s’pose to be seein’ Kline. She wasn’t in. Day off. But the girl on the counter gave me her address. She’s got a room up on Gottingen. I went up and caught her in,” he said, sitting down in front of my desk

“And?” I asked.

“She’s definitely runnin’ with him but sez she hasn’t seen him for a coupla days. I asked if she knew Jencks and she did. She gave me good descriptions of both guys an’ Jencks’ address.

“You figure she was straight with you?”

“Yeah, I think so.”

“That it?”

“On the way back I ran into Ken Frances, you remember him. Well, he wasn’t able to shed anythin’ new on Kline or Jencks, except to say Kline is known as a real hard case. Don’t mind bangin’ someone up. He did say he’s been hearin’ things on the street ‘bout the pilferin’ off the docks. I asked if he heard if there was a connection to Laurier, but he said no. However, he did say he’s heard a rumor about someone on the other side of the harbor might be runnin’ the operation...a Frenchman. He’s gonna nose around an’ get back to me.”

“Good work,” I said. “Okay. Let’s chase down Jencks and bring him in for questioning.”

“Got time to finish this?” he asked, holding up his mug. “It was a chilly walk back.”

“Yeah, go on,” I said. “I’ll take a walk upstairs an’ check in with Morrison. I’ll meet ya in the car.”

“Thanks,” he said, getting up and going to his desk.

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