Appointment with Danger Page #5

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way you want.

But I take full charge

of the post office.

What's wrong with Ferrar.

Somebody'll pick him up

the same way I did.

If I'm going to risk my neck,

I'll do it my way.

One other thing, we gotta make

it look good downtown.

I gotta be free to move around

and do my job as usual.

All right.

We'll give you the assignment.

You're sure we're giving

him enough?

How do you mean?

We're giving him his own

way and a full share.

Why don't we all give

him a right arm just

for old time's sake?

I'm worried about you Joe.

Somewhere in your bloodstream

you've got a crazy bug and

it's swimming upstream

night and day.

Get a cure or you'll

kill us all.

All right Earl.

We'll let it stand this way.

One bad move outta you

and I'll put you on

your back for good.

Amuse yourself.

Help him with the print.

Give me the rundown Earl.

Hello Maury.

Well we were right.

They're on the gun and

it's a million dollar

reserve stick up.

How'd you find out about it?

Purely accidental.

One thing led to another and

I agreed to help them.

Why you blundering...

oh now, don't worry,

I'm not going

through with any robbery.

Look, get a rundown on Earl

Boettiger, Joe Regas.

How long before the robbery?

Maybe 10 days.

Enough time to shop for

Gruber and get out

with the whole skin.

Now if we could only

tie Soderquist in.

Call you back.

Hi.

Hi.

What are you doing out?

Can't you call from the hotel?

Can't you.

I'm just shopping.

They've got some new records in.

You like bop?

Bop?

Is that where everybody

plays a different

tune at the same time?

You just haven't heard

enough of it.

Have you heard Joe

lily's only mine?

Come up to my place and hear it.

As a favor to Joe.

What he can do with a horn.

He belts it, melts it, and rides

it all over the ceiling.

Can he play it?

Listen, listen to this part.

Hmm, not very sentimental

is he?

Where'd you meet Earl?

Where'd he come from?

Did you come here to ask

questions or listen?

Get this.

He's flat at fifth.

Look, I wouldn't know a flat at

fifth if they gave one away

with every purchase.

This last part here,

voom, voom, voom.

Gets you right in

the breadbasket.

What do you think?

Gets you right in

the breadbasket.

You oughta hear some

of the slow stuff.

He's got a take off called

slow bus to Memphis.

It's around here someplace.

You look in that pile

over there.

I"ll look here.

Here it is.

Did you find it?

Yeah.

So that's your slow

bus to Memphis.

Can I give you a lift.

You already have.

Hello Mr. Goddard.

Won't you sit down.

How do these kids stack

up with your bunch?

They're lovely children but...

I would want you to tell

mother Ambrose this.

The boys are very badly

trained in baseball.

Well maybe the franciscans

haven't got

the hang of it yet.

They haven't.

We've sent three boys

to the major leagues.

They've only sent one.

He's with the St. Louis browns.

Tea?

No thank you sister.

I have a photograph of

Soderquist and his friends.

I think one of the men was him

that night in the alley.

Here.

How about the one on

the left, Regas?

I know it's a disappointment

Mr. Goddard but you wouldn't

want me to guess would you.

No, not when it involves

murder.

Is there anything else?

Yes there is.

You were told to stay

in the house

because you were in danger.

I come here and find you out

there with a bunch of kids.

You won't frighten me away

from the children.

Here, I brought you this.

Oh no, Mr. Goddard,

please put it back.

Come on, take it, it'll

protect you.

How does a thing

like that work?

It's very simple.

To inject the cartridge you

pull it back like this.

Sometimes they jam, there.

Now you're in business.

I don't want it.

But you might need it.

Don't tell me you

can say a prayer.

Prayer is not going to keep

you from being killed.

People don't pay to

keep from dying.

They pray to keep from being

disappointed when they do.

Take it as a personal favor.

I didn't know policeman could

afford personal feelings.

There's nothing personal

about it.

It's merely routine.

Do you know Mr. Goddard, with

a little practice, you could

be a nice man?

I'll take two weeks off

sometime and try it.

Mr. Goddard, I'll show you

the back way through the alley.

You're learning fast sister.

We both are Mr. Goddard.

Please take care of yourself.

I think the government expects

a lot from young men.

It's my job I have

to take the risk.

Well the should get some of

the politicians to do it.

When I'm in trouble sister,

I'll quote you.

You be careful.

I will.

Remember.

I have that guardian angel.

I'll get one too.

Only mine doesn't jam.

Hi.

Hi.

Boy is it a scorcher.

Well that's Gary weather.

Good one day, bad the next.

It's not a question

of good or bad.

You people just don't

have weather.

What about the robbery?

One more and they hit

on the perfect flaw.

Reserved shipment from Cleveland

to logansport.

Well I'm just a youngster,

what makes that a flaw?

There's no through train from

Cleveland to logansport.

Then they have to transfer the

dough from one train to

another, right here in Gary.

But it's protected all the

way by armored trucks and

machine guns.

All except that seven

minutes here in Gary.

When it travels from one

station to another in a single

mail truck.

Protected by one man

and a 45 pistol.

It's a great scheme Maury.

So you had to tackle the

whole thing by yourself.

This time, I did.

Every time!

Look, I told you in the cab.

We've got to get a move and

quit playing footsie.

Because you' got softhearted

about a nun?

I don't care about her.

She's our star witness, we've

got to protect her.

All right, you've got a badge.

Why don't you arrest me

for perjury?

How can I?

It's the first time I've

ever liked you.

It's going to be a short

romance if you don't find

Soderquist. What about

the rest of name's?

Regas, Gunner and Corning,

local boys, all clean.

Edgar, well...

yeah, I know, a respectable

hotel owner.

Soderquist served out until

last year, 1948 drunk driving.

He beat the charge.

Proved he was diabetic.

All model citizens.

I don't get it.

Outside of Soderquist

, none of them ever

committed a crime before.

Then all of a sudden

a brutal murder.

It doesn't make sense.

Why not?

You have to build up to a murder.

One good try and you're there.

You'll have to dig

from your end.

We've got to find Soderquist.

Let me see that report again.

This guys' a diabetic.

Why wasn't it on the report

at fort Wayne

they thought he was drunk.

Well he wasn't. It says

right here approaching shock.

Diabetes.

If you're a diabetic you've

got to have your shot of

insulin regularly.

That's right.

If he's hiding and can't get

the stuff he's going to go

back into shock.

Better get a search underway

immediately.

Get ever drug stores and supply

house in this town.

Sooner or later that guys' got

to show up for his insulin.

And remember, if you don't get

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