anaheim-gazette 1945-03-01

Don Winslow by Frank V. Martinek DON WAS JUST GOING TO TELL ME ABOUT THE NEW ASSIGNMENT OF CRIME DESTROYERS... WHEN BANG...A MURDER MYSTERY BLOWS ACROSS THE HORIZON! WHEN JOHN MAPLE WAS MURDERED - IT WAS NATURAL TO CALL ON THE BEST MAN AVAILABLE GOSH. HE'S TAKING A LONG TIME TALKING TO THAT I BARELY JOINED CRIME DESTROYERS WHEN WE'RE CALLED TO WORK ON THE MAPLE MURDER MYSTERY.... WHEW! WHEN JOHN MAPLE WAS MURDERED - IT WAS NATURAL TO CALL ON THE BEST MAN AVAILABLE GOSH, HE'S TAKING A LONG TIME TALKING TO THAT CHINESE SERVANT! I BARELY JOINED CRIME DESTROYERS WHEN WE'RE CALLED TO WORK ON THE MAPLE MURDER MYSTERY... WHEW! LET VAN DAN WHILE SCREWING AH TONG ME NO 'FLAID YOU... YOU NO SAY AH TONG KILL! ME CANTON BOY...COME AMELICA LONG TIME GO... ME LIVE SAN FLANSISCO... YOU MEAN HE MADE MACHINES AND WAS AN INVENTOR? YLES, THAT ALLA SAME 'LIGHT! AH TONG, BEFORE YOU TELL YOUR STORY LET ME CALL IN MY FRIENDS... YOU CAN TRUST THEM! YOU VELLY GOOD MAN... IF YOU SAY AH TONG SPLEAK FRIENDS, HE CAN DO! YLES, THAT ALLA SAME 'LIGHT! IN MY FRIENDS... YOU CAN TRUST THEM! IF YOU SAY AH TONG SP'LEAK FLIENDS, HE CAN DO! HEN BANG...A DER MYSTERY WS ACROSS THE ZON! INSPECTOR, HOW DID YOU HAPPEN TO CALL ON US? WELL, BUB, YOU SEE IT WAS THIS WAY...WINSLOW'S A SCIENTIFIC CRIMINOLOGIST. THAT CHINESE PILL MIXER IS VIOLATIN' THE LAW AND I'LL HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT! YEAH...TIGER'S BONES, DRAGON'S TEETH, SEA HORSES...CHINESE MEDICINES...BAH! MISS Fury HMPH! CAN IT BE SHE KNOWS THAT VAT CONTAINS THE CHEMICAL THAT INSTANTLY BURNS AWAY FLESH AND BONE? RIME WE'RE R THAT CHINESE PILL MIXER IS VIOLATIN' THE LAW AND I'll HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT! YEAH...TIGER'S BONES, DRAGON'S TEETH, SEA HORSES...CHINESE MEDICINES..BAH! HMPH! CAN IT BE SHE KNOWS THAT VAT CONTAINS THE CHEMICAL THAT INSTANTLY BURNS AWAY FLESH AND BONE? SHE'S CLOSER TO IT THAN I — AND IF THAT GLASS SHOULD BREAK... Y....COME TIME GO... ANSISCO... ...ME CATCHUM JOB MAS'E MAPLE... HE SM'LAT MAN...HE MAKEUM MACHINES...HE ONE BIG INV'LENTO! A LUCKY UNCONSCIOUS TO GET UP THE ROOF BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN, OU TELL CALL YOU VELLY GOOD MAN... IF YOU SAY AH NG SP'LEAK FLIENDS, HE CAN DO! GOME IN, BOYS... TONG IS READY TO TALK! WHA? SO! THAT'S HOW YOU GOT IN HERE! WELL, YOU WON'T GET OUT! GREAT HEAVENS! HE WAS NOT UNCONSCIOUS— ONLY STUNNED, MUST CLIMB FAST AND IF YOU SAY AH NG SP'LEAK FLIENDS, HE CAN DO! TO TALK! WHA…? SO! THAT'S HOW YOU GOT IN HERE! WELL, YOU WON'T GET OUT! GREAT HEAVENS! HE WAS NOT UNCONSCIOUS ONLY STUNNED, MUST CLIMB FAST AND KEEP THESE CHAINS SWINGING! MISSED! BU YOU'LL SWI INTO RANG AGAIN… ITS A LONG WA TO THE TOP COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA THE BARONESS COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA %! IT'S DR. BARAF! IF YOU MAKE ONE SOUND OR MOVE TOWARD ME, I'LL... ...I'll HURL THIS BASIN AT THAT GLASS VAT! HE'S MOVING BACK AND MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM ME TO THE VAT./ ONLY ONE CHANCE TO GET OUT ALIVE. WITH THE. BABY AND THAT IS TO CATCH SARAF OFF GUARD! HE'S MOVING BACK AND MEASURING THE DISTANCE FROM ME TO THE VAT ONLY ONE CHANCE TO GET OUT ALIVE WITH THE BABY AND THAT IS TO CATCH SARAF OFF GUARD! BUT WAIT—IS HE REACHING FOR SOMETHING? A LUCKY HIT! HE'S UNCONSCIOUS/NOW TO GET UP TO THE ROOF BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE COMES IN. GOLLY! THE WAY THIS TILTS AND SWAYS… ...IF I SHOULD SUP, WE'LL LAND DIRECTLY IN THE CHEMICAL VAT BELOW! FREE! I CAN'T CLIMB FAST ENOUGH! HE'S EAT HEAVENS! WAS NOT CONSCIOUS MUST CLIMB FAST AND KEEP THESE CHAINS SWINGING! EEEE! I CAN'T CLIMB FAST ENOUGH! HE'S LIABLE TO HIT EITHER ME OR THE LITTLE ONE IN ANOTHER SECOND—AND YET, IF I SLIDE DOWN— MISSED! BUT YOU'LL SWING INTO RANGE AGAIN... IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE TOP! COLONEL WOLFRAM PRUSSIA BRUNO MISS FURY DR. DIMAN BARAP