The Joey Macklin - John Howard Murder Case

The Gaudius the most violent the long-somest mile in the world My beat with Larry Thor as detective Danny clover when November settles down over Broadway Everybody's got a lot to cheer about it's the time of the hot dog It's the season of the raggedy racks and the split T formation and the coaches left hand on the big skin who swear their boys

Aren't being brutal out there in the field just eager It's the month of the old grad, the co-ed, the bottle, the blanket, and what is known as the Nipi Tang. It's a time to be alive.

And there's a place just off of Broadway, a room sealed off from every other place in the world, structurally designed to keep out everything but pain. The police mark what I was for Detective Muckerman was, and the slabs that held two men newly dead.

Alcohol poisoning, Danny. They were shipped here from the emergency hospital for identification. identification. You know who they are? Yeah. This one. Joey Maclin, Bowery, pickpocket, bum, pan-hatter, rummy. Know him? No. He's the reason why I called you down here though. Notice anything, Danny? Finger nails look like they've been manicured enough too long ago. A couple

other things. This found this crumpled mask in his pocket. Take a look at his clothes. Really You're ragging, huh? Underneath he's wearing silk underwear. You're taking prints? Last night's soon they came in. Code numbers sent to Washington right away.

You say the emergency hospital sent them over? Yeah, they staggered in. They were practically blind from the bum booze. Screaming. We couldn't help them, Danny. They were too far gone. They have a liquor on them?