The Shadow 062 The Garaucan Swindle by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1934-08-31T22:00:00+00:00

Joe heard some one approaching. It was the police surgeon, anxious to report. Joe stopped him and pointed to the body of Rowley.

“Take a look at that fellow,” ordered the detective.

The surgeon complied, while Joe marched back and forth between Rowley’s body and the vault. Musing aloud, the detective spoke to the surgeon.

“Double murder,” stated Cardona. “Lucas and this watchman. Well— it’ll be tough for the guy that killed them. Revolver bullets are as good as finger prints. Better. When we examine those slugs, we’ll have a line on the gat that the killer used. When we find the gun, we’ll find the man -“

“But you won’t find the gun,” put in the surgeon, solemnly. “My belief is that the same man murdered both the patrolman and the watchman. The course of the bullet is the same in each case. But you won’t be able to prove it by the bullets.”

“Why not?” demanded Cardona.

“Because,” said the surgeon, “those wounds have been probed. In each case, the bullet has been removed from the body.”

Joe Cardona gaped. In all his experience with gang murders, he had never run into so startling a case as this. Joe had pictured the bullets as exhibit A in each murder. He realized suddenly that he was balked.

“You’re dealing with a smart killer,” declared the police surgeon. “It will be hard to pin it on him, Cardona.”

“You’re right, Doc,” responded the sleuth. “It’s going to be tough. But I know one bird that’s smart enough to pull a job like this. He’s the one I’m going after.”

Joe Cardona was thinking of Dobey Blitz. The affray at the Antrilla Apartments had given him his cue.

Dobey’s absence there was something that had perplexed Joe Cardona.

Dobey Blitz! Big enough—smart enough to pull this job. Wise enough to have tell-tale bullets removed from the corpses of his victims. Also brainy enough to keep away from the toils of the law.

Cardona was glum. But as he pondered, the detective saw a ray of hope. What had brought about that fight at the Antrilla? Why had there been a battle after the bank robbery? What enemy had sought to curb the plans of Dobey Blitz?

Cardona could think of but one; and that personage was more potent than even Dobey Blitz. Despite the absence of the bullets from the bodies of the victims; despite Dobey’s recognized cleverness, there was chance that the big shot could be called to account for to-night’s crimes.

For the one of whom Joe Cardona was thinking had proven his ability to deal with bigger men than Dobey Blitz. That personage was also noted for his relentless power to keep upon an enemy’s trail. Joe Cardona smiled grimly, as his lips voicelessly formed the name of the being whose prowess he was picturing:

“The Shadow!”

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