The Lineup Page #4

Huh?

But then it figures.

The man's a very neat type.

Here they come.

There.

The tall man...

The lady in a white hat.

The name is sanders.

They live at 9020 jackson -

Private residence.

Sanders.

9020 jackson.

Better write it down.

I said, hadn't you Better write it down?

I never write anything down.

I hope you know what -

They got two in help -

An oriental houseboy

and a maid named elsie.

Elsie wears a hearing aid.

The stuff is packed in

The handles of a set of ivory...

and silver flatware

They bought in bangkok.

There.

The lady and the kid -

Dorothy Bradshaw and her daughter, cindy.

Is she a carrier?

Those are the breaks.

Our Tokyo connection Fingered her.

She bought a doll for the kid.

The stuff's in the doll -

1/8th of a kilo of the purest.

Like the rest, she's a carrier

and doesn't know it.

How can you finger these people?

You've never seen them before.

I saw their photographs.

They were airmailed

to me from Hong Kong.

No chance of a mistake?

The man don't make mistakes.

So she's a carrier.

That's too bad, lady.

She's stopping at the mark hopkins.

The last one's still aboard.

We can see him from over there.

He's one of the crew.

That's warner coming down on that thing.

He's carrying a shipment

in the tang dynasty horse.

All you got to do Is ask him for it.

He was told to deliver

it himself to a Mr. Evans.

You're Evans.

Just comes breezing in with a

package of stuff under his arm?

A clean-cut kid like that?

You think customs has got enough

men to frisk everybody 100%?

Plus, he doesn't know it's in the horse.

He's strictly a pigeon.

One of the man's Hong Kong

Suppliers set him up.

Where do I make my meet with him?

He was told a Mr. Evans Would contact him...

at the seaman's club.

Well, my job is done.

Evans.

You mind If I ask you something?

Ask.

Ah, never mind.

Ask.

No offense, you understand.

I was just gonna ask,

What makes a guy like you tick?

I had an old man once.

Well, most people do.

I never met mine.

I'll see you around,

Finger.

Pass is at 4:
00.

What's that?

The siren on top of the ferry building.

Blows three times a day Just like now -...

8:
00 in the morning,

12:
00 noon, 4:30.

Like I told you, Julian.

This is gonna be a tough one -...

in and out.

I say it's going to be A smooth one.

The pass is at 4:00.

When the siren blows at 4:30,

We'll be all finished, so relax.

Now,

What's your procedure?

I wanna look the ground over.

2090 jackson, the mark hopkins,

and the seaman's club -...

in that order.

Hi. Just got off a ship.

I'm filthy.

I'd like a steam.

All right.

You'll find some towels

Down by the steam room.

All right, thanks.

Oh, and say...

Will you tell the operator

I'm expecting a call

From a Mr. Evans?

Larry Warner's the name.

Sure, Mr. Warner.

Thanks.

Mr. Evans calling Larry Warner.

I'll come by.

Mr. Warner?

Warner? Here.

I'm Evans.

How about a steam?

What?

How about a steam?

Got the room all to myself.

Sure, why not?

Steam.

Don't stay in too long.

It opens the pores.

That's a yock.

Yock?

Okay, okay.

That's amusing.

Better. Much better.

Yock's a crude word.

I'll hang up your things.

Hey, you like it thick,

Don't you?

Who likes it thin?

I don't like it when I can't see

who I'm talking to.

Whom.

My friend in Hong Kong

said you were top collector...

of Tang Dynasty in this country.

He ought to know.

Shows you What a small world this is.

Well,

I always liked chinese art,

So I'm standing in front of

this store window in Hong Kong,

and the guy who owns

the store said, 'come on in.'

We hit it off.

He put me up at his house,

Fed me,

got me on a ship's crew.

He asked me to bring it in for you -

Said it was very rare.

He was afraid It would get chipped

If he sent it by freight.

I took good care of it,

Mr. Evans -...

real good care.

You got it here?

Yeah, upstairs.

If you've had enough steam,

We'll go upstairs and get it now.

You stay here and take some more steam.

I'll run up and get the horse.

What's your room number?

Oh, that's okay.

I wanna come along.

I'm right upstairs - 604.

You just tell me Where the key is,

and I'll le-

There are no keys here.

This is the seaman's club.

People trust each other...

like you.

You trust me, don't you?

Or do you?

Aw, you think I was born Yesterday?

You're no more a collector

of antiques than I am.

I found out What's really inside that horse.

You took a chance smuggling that

stuff into the country, kid.

Yeah, yeah.

Never broke the law in my life.

Nobody'd every figure me

to do anything wrong.

So what's now?

So, I'm broke, that's all - Just b-r-o-k-e.

But if you give me, uh...

Say $1,000?

We could forget I know anything.

You think That'll about cover it?

Why be greedy?

Oh, repairman's in there,

Boys.

Be about five minutes.

Let's go for a swim.

Two kids tried to get in.

They got a good look at me.

We're gonna leave separately.

Okay - room 604.

It's unlocked.

Get the junk out of the horse While I dress.

In the car in three minutes,

Ok-

Did he say anything for me?

He said,

'why be greedy?'

'why be greedy?'

Those were his last words.

'why be greedy?'

That'll print well for an epitaph.

Thanks.

Okay, okay.

Stop drooling.

Get going, Julian.

Yeah.

Let me have another one From this angle.

Any closer?

Well, how soon can I get

the autopsy report?

Today sometime.

Oh, that's a help.

Don't commit yourself.

Ben, you've known me for 15 years.

You know you don't Have to push me.

Well, I want to get that slug

as soon as possible...

to run a ballistics Make on it.

No.

You through with him?

Yeah.

Ben?

Nobody heard a shot,

including a half dozen kids

That have been hanging around

The locker room all morning.

Could've been a silencer.

All right, boys.

Would you mind giving us A rundown...

on the story again, please?

There's not much to run.

Warner came in for a steam,

Said he was expecting a call

from a guy named, uh, Evans,

So I relayed it to the switchboard.

What time did warner Get here?

It's marked right here.

Uh, yeah,

signed in at 11:
05.

Well,

Was anyone around here

Asking for warner This morning,

Either before Or after 11:00?

Nobody I saw, and I've

been on duty since 8:00.

But then anyone can get past me

when I'm away from the desk.

Well, is there anything else You can tell us?

No, that's it.

Thanks. Get his name and address, Fred.

Sure.

Hi, fellas.

Hi.

Hi.

A guy really got killed in there, huh?

Shot, huh?

He sure did.

Having himself a steam.

Boom - just like that.

What time did you boys

get here this morning?

Oh, around 11:
15.

The guy says it'll be About 5 minutes

Before we can get in The steam room.

The attendant?

No, some other guy.

He was standing by the steam

room door, keeping us out,

So we went and took a swim.

What did he look like?

I'd say he was about 5'9',

5'10', 160 maybe,

Wouldn't you?

Yeah, and he was wearing A dark gray suit.

and he had a tan - A real good tan.

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