“Why, one of the cops was walking along the shore and he found a Japanese, stunned.”
“A Japanese!”
“He evidently had wandered in there and somebody had hit him over the head with a club.”
“After money?”
“Probably. There’ve been a good many holdups lately. But the slugger didn’t have a chance to get anything this time.”
“How so?”
“He was bending over the Jap when the cop came up. He got away.”
“Didn’t the cop chase him?”
“No, the fellow had a good start, so the cop stayed by the Jap.”
“And what became of the Jap?”