The Joey Condon Murder Case

Broadways My Beat from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the godiest, the most violent, the lonesome-est mile in the world. Broadways My Beat transcribed with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover. The quick twilight of winter has drained off broadway, flowed in the side streets, for an instant lingered on the sea edge of the steel island, and some were a switch pulled,

a dynamo released. The avenue strikes fire and the night has begun. of a winter day, and you went to the room and died with it. Or the other thing, flung yourself into night time, and the loudspeakers to sob for you, and the crepe paper man dalls to dance for you, and the hawkers with a guided tour.

Night time, kid. A way of life. And at headquarters the file and the day's violence, closing. The desk, cleared of empty coffee container, tray of cigarette butts. The unfinished report dealing with alley assault. tapelet put it into Morris drawer. The man who waits for you is a man of infinite patience.

Take all the time you want Danny. Thank you, Gina. Take the whole evening to close shop if you want. I'll be ready in just a minute. Do not take into consideration for a minute that even now Mrs. Tataglia is biting her knuckles, tapping her left foot like this because the lasagna is sagging. Gina, I just want to go without saying Danny, how pleased we are

to have you to a dinner at our house after so many invitations extended so many rejected for this I'm ready do you know get the lights huh and then we'll go and any and I will stop on the way for a bottle of wine consider you work hard today consider the lights are out consider clover speaking I'm dying man who