Show CAMERA EYE HAD THE NECESSARY EVIDENCE by STEWART ROBERTSON 0 by D J calah minutes before the alie N opening game of the worlds series two ominous looking limousines painted battleship gray arny slithered to a halt near an entrance to the baseball park from each clambered tour four covertly watchful passengers who ranged themselves closely around tho door of the loading leading car as a jaunty figure descended into their midst the emergence from ills his bulletproof bullet proof fortress to the hard clear light of nn an october afternoon caused no apparent tremor in tills this gen genial tat personage as he fio slanted a flaring scarlet whoopee hat bat over hla his bluish black curls and surveyed ills his guarda with a satisfied grin leave us go boys ho be husked 1 I been hardly able to steep sleep all week 11 the battin to see ece a little phalanx laughed knowingly with the prop proper er shado shade 0 of f approval for their superiors delicate wit and moved slowly toward the gates winking at sundry policemen eu en route camera eye finnagan posted midway down fi a ramp saw the new comers centers approaching 11 and nd as they drew level hl ills glance swiftly cil cataloguer catalogued catalo talO gued alei the group coming to rest icat on the central figure 10 ilo lo rocco lie he said briefly and batted ali ah there greeted erected black rocco with the arrogance becent becoming ng a racketeer beyond the stigma of a tap on the shoulder kanda da surprised to see me hey A little admitted a camera eye thought be too smart to come out in the open where limpy might take a crack at you say I 1 L know nony you were strong for baseball im nuts about it grinned the etli other r from behind ills his wall of sentries limpy why hes blew the town just yella all some hat you got there rocco said the detective slowly sayo say I 1 heard limpy was cutting in on your profits a while back oil oh yeah sneered the gangster well if you listen good hear benr some peo people pie gayln them Is coln to take the cubs that kind of dope dont burn so easy why I 1 ought bought tills this headpiece to celebrate see good old cbill no outsiders can get away with bothin not liln we want 11 camera eye watched the party head for their box and then went back to his business of searching faces after all lie he mused a tan fan was a fat fan and leaders in ninny other prominent if less notorious industries would be in the ball park about now the department part ment should be notified another surge of rabid enthusiasts occupied his attention down in ills his box black rocco turned up ills his coat collar against the chill wind that swept in from the west and smiled sourly what a gag ald tills sportsman stuff 1 here lip he was sitting a few yards away from some of the lake shore drive swells they squawk if they knew they we bec o that close to the west side wen el I 1 ills thick lower lip protruded vl viciously as the term crossed his mind the newspapers had hung that on him besides running a flock of editorials demanding ills his conviction convict lon if only called him king of gangland or the leopard like hed seen in stories it have made a guynore guy sore As it was waa mr air rocco was off newspapers the arrival of a mayor received scant notice A mere governor created not a ripple then of a sudden the crowd was on its feet shouting raucous welcome as the vanguard of substitutes utes appeared for practice ilce four of the eight men turned to watch their chief now said rocco lie he rose carelessly with them strolling down to a rostrum beneath the stands in a shadowy corner the scarlet hat was transferred to a man about his own build in elchan exchange ge for one of nondescript black felt 1 I ceTta certainly wish I 1 cou could ld stay with you stiffs he said enviously but this things a matter of pride see iturry hurry back grunted the man an see the last few inkins rhems the most important anyhow ile he leered wisely rocco swiftly threaded his way to nn an unfrequented bleacher exit ehlt hall hailed ed a suspiciously alert taxi and was drivon driven a few blocks across town to where bittersweet place ends its short career on the lake front from there a speedboat speed bont carried him out to a blue and orange sen seaplane plane and in five minutes its pilot had tt it winging north the scalloped shore line streamed below film wauregan waukegan kegan kenosha ra cine aln and then the plane dipped smoothly to the surface of milwaukee harbor another speedboat detached itself from the green walk of junene park arid and rocco rocca stepped aboard ills his dark face alight with eagerness just an hour since we left clil lie said gayly youre sure hes there two degrees surer than positive grinned the motorboat runner an lie he dont suspicion ills his dame sold him out for live grand neither heros heres the key she gave me A street car brought him to thi th corner of eleventh street and ha h walked quickly down it to a frann house between wells and cellar cedar il A moment later he be lind eased cased lila ills way into the stuffy vestibule A few dragging footsteps heralded an approach 1 10 lo limpy said tho the intruder al a n man appeared opp eared in the doorway ano no dont try that grab air you skunk 1 cut into my territory an hijack hi hl jack my alky will you s 1 I know it was yours gasped L ampy ills hla eyes riveted on the dull wack black automatic in pie tie gloved hand 1 I quit when I 1 found out who I 1 was up tip against for gods sake dont put rue me on the spot rocco dont the automatic spat noiselessly once twice lt rocco leaned down to inspect ills his handiwork then moved to tho the telephone where lie guvo gave a series ot of groans in response to the operators number please L leaving the receiver dangling he let himself out of the back door and walked briskly down the slope of wells street 1 I wonder the score lie ho mumbled ue he found the answer at the bottom of the lull bal A mob of men and b boys 0 ya wore were jammed patiently before an not aal abed heo erected in front of the office of an evening newspaper rio ile reached the ball held field in time to witness the kintli inning philadelphia triumph and then waited with ills his henchmen until the crowd had thinned before being escorted to the rolling fortress on oil the way out lie he took caro care to pass camera 11 eyo flanagan Vl anagan still safe said the detective eyeing hini narrowly how Is it you look so varin after being out in tills this whid your pills pals are cold but not you ion I 1 notice it must be that hat mabe grinned black flocco speak up tip sold said the chief of detectives tec tives what do you know about tills limpy doran murder zero returned black rocco limpy was killed in milwaukee yesterday afternoon pursued tho the chief we k know now hed been bothering you and we know your reputation we brought you down hero here because weve welve something on you now then where were eyou you yesterday afternoon at tho the world series answered rocco tensely want to make me prove it have to advised the chief because detective flanagan lanagan IT has camera eyel exulted the gangster why hes the very one who can wise you up about me I 1 seen him out at the park an spoke saoko to him even call the son of a gun I 1 in the chief pressed a buzzer and tho the detective stepped into tho the room nodding casually to the visitor wheres the red hat he inquired im mour nin for limpy grinned rocco cam camera era eye regarded regarded him keenly im not going to sweat you he drawled A fellow like you has too good a grip on himself to get excited am I 1 right you said something flatfoot I 1 got brains exa exactly atly too many brains to go yelling around like a certain party in a red hat bat did at yesterdays ball allie eyes flickered warily oh yeah he said noncommittally that Is tip to the nin thAnning ninth inning and then lie he quieted down said camera eye 1 I was on duty away back in th the stands but I 1 thought that red hat was being pretty lively for you it if it was you sure it was me you seen me comic out you 1 I saw you the last time yes camera era eye sat down on the edge of the desk and leaned leane dover over to look into the gangsters face you were in milwaukee yesterday rocco I 1 dont know yet how you got there but well check that up later you killed limpy at half past three and probably planted that telephone alibi but the milwaukee newspaper P newspapers what do they know about me youre crazy I 1 tell you cant you believe them camera eyes youre supposed to have 1 I was beginning to doubt them admitted the detective until I 1 came across another one that helped me out ho he unfolded a piece of newsprint and held it carefully beyond the grasp of black rocco see this its a picture taken tit at p m of the crowd watching the scoreboard at the newspaper office see that white circle drawn around one fellow chos near the front you rocco with that ugly lip of yours stuck out far enough to satisfy any jury that ever 11 lived ved 1 you cant railroad roe me defied the gangster A newspaper photo 1 why that guy in the circle might be anybody but it said camera eye softly the newspaper duellen duelled things dy by an enlargement so they could identify you what whai Is this whined black rocco the superstition of his breed creeping over him since when has newspapers been coppers an how bow could they know I 1 done it when grab dimill snapped the chief got all that stenographer good newspapers are smart and sometimes lucky said camera eye ns as he be handcuffed his prisoner see the caption under the picture if the gentleman whose head bead tip appears pears within the white ring will present himself at the treasurers treasur ers office he wilt will be presented with a ticket for tomorrows worlds series game this Is one more method by which tho the newspaper to hold the falth faith and the admiration of its readers you see rocco if you been a tan fan oil oh 11 alf if right all right cut out that lan jan guage and ill send for your I 1 lawyer awyer |