anaheim-gazette 1945-10-11

YOU KILLED A COPPER! HOW? I'll brief it...I was on my way with SQUID'S CEMMENT FIED COFFIN... ON THE HIGHWAY I SAW A POLICE CAR COMING TOWARD ME! THEN THE COPS CAME...WHY THEY FOLLOWED ME IS A MYSTERY...I HID IN THE BUSHES...ONE REMAINED AND THE OTHER GOT AWAY...HE JUDO'D ME... I SHOT HIM! JUST THINK RED, I PICK THE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU'S PICTURE OF 'RUSTY ROSE' AS THE WOMAN WHO HANDED ME THE BRIEF CASE! THEN THE COPS CAME...WHY THEY FOLLOWED ME IS A MYSTERY..I HID IN THE BUSHES...ONE REMAINED AND THE OTHER GOT AWAY..HE JUDO'D ME -- I SHOT HIM! JUST THINK RED, I PICK THE IDENTIFICATION BUREAU'S PICTURE OF 'RUSTY ROSE' AS THE WOMAN WHO HANDED ME THE BRIEF CASE! YEAH, THE CAPTAIN PRACTICALLY FORGES US TO COME ALONG AND WE FIND A POLICEMAN HAS BEEN KILLED! WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT, WINSLOW? IT'S BAFFLING---- BY THE WAY----- GET A CRIME ONCE! MY THERE'S SO WE SHOULD RETRIEV NO ONE KILLS A POLICEMAN UNLESS HE WANTS TO COVER UP SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT! BY JOVE, YOU'RE RIGHT! I'LL ORDER THE CRANE RIGHT AWAY! UNLESS HE WANTS TO COVER UP SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT! I'LL ORDER THE CRANE RIGHT AWAY! WELL, WHERE TO NOW? COPPER! HOW? I'LL BRIEF IT... I WAS ON MY WAY WITH SQUID'S CEMMENT PIED COFFIN... ON THE HIGHWAY I SAW A POLICE CAR COMING TOWARD ME! I GOT JITTERY AND TURNED ONTO A SIDE ROAD...ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO SINK...IT WAS QUICKSAND! BUT YOU WERE CARELESS, DEAR SABER! THAT SCRAP OF TORN SHIRT MATERIAL IS GOING TO PROVE THE MOST COSTLY BIT OF CLOTHING YOU EVER HAD! COME OUT OF THERE, SABER--WITH YOUR HANDS UP! ... YOUVE GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF UP AND STAND TRIAL! YOU HAVENT A CHANCE ... YOU'RE TRAPPED! THE PICTURE OF DOMAN WHO CASE! IN CHECKING WITH THE CAPTAIN AT HEADQUARTERS AS TO HER WHEREABOUTS, A REPORT COMES IN OF THIS TRUCK SINKING IN QUICKSAND! GET A CRANE OVER HERE AT ONCE! MY SIXTH SENSE TELLS ME THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT TRUCK WE SHOULD RETRIEVE! WHY? I'VE A PLAN! IF IT WORKS WE'VE BEATEN THE RAP! WELL, WHERE TO NOW? BUT YOU WEEK THAT SCRAWL IS GOING TIT BIT OF CLOTH Aware now that she has been his unwitting tool, Cairo is bent on bringing her war criminal husband to justice! HE—DISAPPEARED! RAINBOW'S END — THE REFUGE SABER WAS FIGHTING TO REACH ALL ALONG! ... CAREFUL NOW, CAIRO... YOU MAY BE HEADING INTO AN AMBUSH! IF SABER DOESN'T GET OUT OF THIS — HE'S WHIPPED! THE MOON'S GOING DOWN — I CAN'T TAKE THE CHANCE OF HIS SLIPPING AWAY IN THE DARKNESS! ... HE MAY HAVE ANOTHER GUN — BUT I'VE GOT TO RISK IT! WELL, WHERE TO NOW? WORKS WE'VE BEATEN THE RAP! By Bob Oksner and Jerry Albert IT WILL COST YOU YOUR FREEDOM - PERHAPS YOUR LIFE! SABER EXPECTED TO HIDE HERE UNTIL THE CHASE DIED DOWN! BUT NOW THAT I HAVE HIM CORNERED, WITH THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES CLOSING IN BEHIND ME, HE'll BE DESPERATE! COME OUT OF THERE, SABER--WITH YOUR HANDS UP! ... YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE YOURSELF UP AND STAND TRIAL; YOU HAVEN'T A CHANCE... YOU'RE TRAPPED! and Jerry Albert IF SABER DOESN'T GET OUT OF THIS - HES WHIPPED! THE MOON'S GOING DOWN - I CAN'T TAKE THE CHANCE OF HIS SLIPPING AWAY IN THE DARKNESS! ... HE MAY HAVE ANOTHER GUN - BUT I'VE GOT TO RISK IT! RAINBOW'S END - THE REFUGE SABER WAS FIGHTING TO REACH ALL ALONG! ... CAREFUL NOW, CAIRO... YOU MAY BE HEADING INTO AN AMBUSH! BOB Answer IT WILL COST YOU YOUR FREEDOM PERHAPS YOUR LIFE! SABER EXPECTED TO HIDE HERE UNTIL THE CHASE DIED DOWN! BUT NOW THAT I HAVE HIM CORNERED, WITH THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES CLOSING IN BEHIND ME, HE'LL BE DESPERATE! HE DOESN'T ANSWER! STRANGE -- THERE'S A LIGHT AT THE OTHER END! WHAT SORT OF NEW TRICK...?