The League Of Terror
The Shadow · January 9, 1938 · 31 min · 4,638 words
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The shadow knows. Hahahaha. Whoa, presents the shadow. The mystery man who strikes terror in the very hearts of shops to lawbreakers and criminals. Today, the League of Terror. Ladies and gentlemen, the shadow's exciting adventure starts in just a month.
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Phone him tomorrow. With the court's commission, I'll rephrase that question. Mr. Sullivan, do you know how these counterfeit one and five dollar bills came to be in the cash register of your grocery store? I got them from customers, I guess.
Michael Sullivan, you're a witness in a federal trial. Under oath to tell the truth and nothing but the truth. You know you can be sent to prison for perjury. Yes, I know it well enough.
Well enough. Before this trial began, you testified as defenders in this case, played on a marino, entered your store. That they forced you to buy counterfeit $5 and $10 bills. Three past thousand changed your unsuspecting customers.
Why have you changed your testimony? Why? I was mistaken, that's all. You're lying, Michael Sullivan, lie. Oh, oh, oh. Order, order in the court. Mr. Prosecutor? Yes, Your Honor. It is quite apparent that your witnesses receive a threat either to himself or his family if he testified against the defendants in this case. Since he will not repeat his sworn testimony against
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