The Night Stalker Page #6

The state requires that you be informed

that you have the right to remain silent,

- anything you say...

- Oh ho ho... NO CHANCE!

You're not gonna pull that one on me.

Kolchak!

You ARE under arrest.

Alright, Paine. What kind

of a dirty deal is this?

You have a very short memory, Kolchak.

A few hours ago, Sheriff

Butcher himself saw you

...actually pound a wooden

stake through a man's heart.

...with this mallet.

...a man wanted for questioning,

QUESTIONING, mind you...

He hadn't been arrested.

He hadn't even been charged.

You broke up our stakeout. And after we

were kind enough to invite you to go along.

You just charged in there in front of us and killed

Janos Skorzeny before we had a chance to do anything.

You were even ranting and raving about this

Skorzeny being some kind of a "vampire" and

...you had to save the world.

And that, Mr. Kolchak, is murder one.

Now if you plead insanity, you might

get lucky. But I promise you this:

You'll be committed to an

Asylum for the rest of your life.

I pull your fat out of

the fire and you do this.

Carl... will ya just sit down

a minute and listen to them?

- Bernie! You were there!

- Carl!

...just listen.

Now this is your story, Kolchak:

It's already being printed.

"This morning, shortly before

sunrise, Las Vegas Sheriff's deputies,

under the command of Sheriff

Warren A. Butcher, 45,

surrounded the home of Janos Skorzeny,

a fugitive from a Federal Warrant,

...and in a pitched gun battle,

were forced to kill him."

NEVER. You'll never get away with it.

- What's to stop me...

- You're gonna stop yourself, Kolchak.

Because if you open your mouth,

we'll find you, bring you back,

...USE this warrant,

and put you away forever.

Pick 'em up, Kolchak.

Pick 'em up and get outta town. NOW.

We'll take care of your back rent.

I want to call Gail.

She's not there, Carl.

What've you done with her?

Nothing!

We just asked the young lady if

she'd be good enough to leave town.

She's an "undesirable element" Kolchak, and we

don't want undesirable elements in Las Vegas.

Carl-

There's nothing I can do.

Carl, you let me know

where you end up, huh?

Yeah sure, Bernie. I'll keep in touch.

So all the loose ends had been gathered

together and tied into a pretty knot.

...right around the

neck of... guess who?

After I left town, I began putting notices in the personal

columns of newspapers from San Francisco to St. Louis.

...until I ran out of money, that is...

So far, I've received no answers.

But I'll keep trying, even though I don't

think I'll ever find Gail Foster again.

Maybe it's just as well...

So that's it:
The Book's finished.

...and now you'll have

to judge for yourself.

I must warn you, however...

If you try to verify this account,

you will find it quite impossible.

In Washington, DC, there was no longer a

file listing the suspect under his true name,

...or any of his alleged aliases.

In Las Vegas, all those involved

have either left town, aren't talking,

...or are dead.

I haven't had a decent night's

sleep since all this happened.

...and now you might

find it difficult too.

Because there is still one

fact that cannot be buried:

After the death of Janos Skorzeny,

...he, and all of his victims

were immediately cremated.

WHY?

Remember the legend?

"All those who die from

the bite of the vampire...

...will return as a vampire,

unless destroyed first."

So think about it, and try to tell

yourself, where ever you may be,

In the quiet of your home,

in the safety of your bed,

Try to tell yourself: "It

couldn't happen here."

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