Show THE FICTION POLICE GUAR 1 ift 0 CORNER by richard H wilkinson 0 OLD LD man bursley phoned in to headquarters about PM one evening his voice was quite calm and unruffled ive just been held up and robbed ho he explained 1 I think if you go to no market street find not only y the bandits 63 minute but the money walt wait a minute fiction said deke miller what Is th this isLets lets have afew a few particulars particular 1 PI 1 I suggest cut in old man bursley that you get down to market street at once deke hesitated where ir are e you now mr Bursle dursley 7 im at my office nt at 1102 main street 0 K X you stay there till we get back deke deice hung up and nodded to me come on ho he said it sounds screwy but you like screwy setups set ups old man bursley owned and operated onit one of the cites biggest bagg est department stores there were about people in his employ and he be personally supervised the making up of payroll envelopes 1 I asked deke about details of the holdup hold up as the police car rushed us downtown 1 I dont know any he said shortly Bur bursley sicy simply told us ua to go to market and wed find the money and the bandits the address at market street was a saloon we got out and went inside wheres tho the boss deke dek e asked the barkeeper shot a quick glance toward a rear door wet his lips end and shook his head ile he aint in deke headed for tho the rear door A 11 1 1 the bartender shot is a quick glanco glance toward a rear door wet his bis lips band and shook his head ile he aint here he ha said he banged it open three men were sitting around a table and on the table was wag a heap of money and pay envelopes there was a lot of excitement during the next 15 minutes no one but deke miller could coul dhave have handled the situation so adroitly he stood with his back to the wall at the farther en end d of the room with a gun in his bis hand while j I 1 called headquarters ure E saw the three gangsters safe ly away in a patrol wagon then returned to the police car where to I 1 asked deke deice Burs Bur leya department store I 1 dont mind telling you im burning up with curl curiosity dosity 11 me too I 1 agreed SO ca WE DROVE up to Bur and a watchman let us in and told us that mr bursley was still in his office bursley was sitting there calmly reading the tha evening paper did yon get tho the money back he asked yes said doke deke dT thought hought you would said Bu bursley risley what dehat made you think so 1 deke asked d eh said bursley 10 oh well where they phoned before leaving here I 1 and my assistant were locked in that closet we heard theophone them phone do you mean to say 41 deke asked that they were stupid enough to 0 o elvei giveaway away their hideout hide out by phoning froni from here bursley chuckled it amounts to that though they know it they used that phone dial YOU lyou know have to speak a binum i bei so figured no one could check back I 1 counted the clicks easy you count the clicks of the dia dla when she goes back and you can figure what number anybody Is calling I 1 its quite a jolt olt whet when you find jmj ordinary citizen as calm ind and level headed in time lima of emergency hs 3 a 11 i cop should be deke cleared his throat amr mr bursley id like to remind you again that it Is dangerous the way you make up your payroll lowi tut tilt tut tut said bursley ive taken care care of that thai begin Xii gin I 1 1 ning next week im having the envelopes made up at bank AISO im paying oft off by check besides that im having a police guard to watch over things yes sir gentlemen ive decided I 1 ought bought to have a police guard to keep an eye on oil things |