Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 July 1936 — Page 29

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By Gomer

VWEES wok» took an , slope trom and opened es oa cd floor. He picked it up, stared at it, then read the note in which it had been enclosed: "You helped me once, and I never forget a pal.” No: signature, The enve was postmarked, “St. Louis.” Wilks knew from whom it had come. “The cheap skate,” he muttered. - Several days later, two men on Wilks and fiashed police One of them showed him a $10

manded. “I—1 don’t know what you're talking about “Don’t Stall” said the other offi- . “We know you spent it

“Where did you get it?” he de-|

Yurmed to the officers. searched him?”

cer over at the grocery. Will you come Tr

clean or not?” Wilks changed his tactics. “If H's counterfeit, I never knew it. And that's the truth,” -he protested. “You'd better come with us.”

¥ » = N the way to headquarters,

Wilks prepared himself for

severe questioning. He had heard

about third-degree methods. Bright | m

lights in your face, hours in a hot room without water, cigarettes offered you and then snatched away, and always the pounding of ques- * tions—trivial questions. leading you into traps. The businesslike office into which he was ushered and the quiet man-

ner of the chief inspector deceived |i

him monientarily. His courage re-

turned: ‘They had nothing on him’

All he had to do" was to stick to his story. “There is no charge against you, Wilks,” the chief was saying. “All we want to do'ls to trace the bill.” “What Tor?" demanded Wilks, sullenly. ; “Phat,” CO! matter which, for the present, we can not discuss.” “Any one can get hold of a counterfeit bill,” argued Wilks, “and not know it is counterfeit” £1 » - . “IX XACTLY, “exactly,” the:chief pleasantly, “I'm trying to tellyou, it’s nothing against |: you; We only want to know where you. got the bill.” Wilks looked with suspicion from the chief to the two detectives, who were watching with interest. “All right. I'll tell you,” he answered at last. “I got it in my pay envelope last Saturday.” “Where do you work?” “Casino Tavern.” . . The chief nodded to one of the officers, who left the room. There was‘an onfmous silence until he returned. “Mike says he pays only by check,” reported the officer. Lo 2 8 = “Y IE number one,” snapped the chief. you've ohly made it worse for yourself. I told you, when you came’ in here, that we had nothing’ against you, Now I believe ‘that you are mixed up in this. It will be ‘better for you to tell the truth before you get in any deeper. Where did you: get this $10 bill?” Wilks assumed an injured’ atti- | tude. “You guys make a fellow feel like a criminal,” he whirled way you put him on ‘the spot. You got-me nll ‘tangled up. Sure I got a check from Mike.: And then I cashed it at the bank like “I always do. ‘That's where ‘I got the bill?

Ghlet and officers exchanged significant glances... Then the chief spoke again. “There isn't a bank in the country that would pay out that bill Now you are in for it, Wilks,” He

tinued the chief, “is a |.

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“Now see here, Wilks, |

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“Just what job was this?”

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“The guy that was held up and |

shot in that gas station,” moaned Wilks. “I swear—I swear I didn’t even know. it was a hold-up until Johnny got out of the car.” “Where is this Johnny Campbell now?” the chief asked grimly. : “1-1 don’t know,” Wilks stam-

ered. 3 : “Search him,” ordered the chief. » 8 n > N a moment, the incriminating note was in the chief's hands. “I didn’t help him!” cried Wilks. “1 never knew he was going to do

1” 3 “Bring in the stenographer,” said the chief, “and take his statement.” He looked at Wilks, who sat trembling on the edge of his chair, “You ‘will ‘repeat all this when the stenographer comes,” he com “All but the lies. And you might as well know that a warrant will be signed in a few minutes.” Wilks remained silent. “You might be interested’ to know, too,” continued the chief, “that it wasn't Johnny Campbell who sent you that ten. It was some one you don’t even know—Art

/ | Skinner,”

Wilks gasped. “The kidnaper?” ” 8 »

SHE chief nodded. “He: was caught in Kansas City this morning. But before that, he had mailed several ransom bills to postoffice boxes in various towns between St. Louis and Chicago. He figured that, when they were spent by ‘the recipients, they would start a false trail. A slick scheme, but it didn’t work. “Some, of the bills, when théy turned up at the banks and were recognized, were traced to the per-

sons who had mysteriously received |.

them from Skinner. In each case, a note just like yours had been sent with the bill. The scheme, in-

stead of starting a false trail, helped | .

to trap Skinner. But we didn’t know that it was also going to help us trap another fugitive from justice! Well, rapher... .”

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