"Felix," said Shotgun Shillman, "I don't want to plug you."
Felix Craft took the hint.
Johnny Dawson went out into the street and returned with Jerry Fern, who had forgotten his grievance against Felix Craft and wished only to sleep.
Shotgun Shillman looked at the district attorney. "Rale, this sort of puts a crimp in the notion that Bill Wingo held up the stage."
"It looks like it," admitted the district attorney, fumbling the papers on his desk. "Of course, we'll have to do some more investigating first."
"Before any investigating is done, we want Hazel Walton arrested," tucked in the malevolent Jonesy.
"All right! All right!" snarled the badgered Rale. "I'll have her arrested first thing in the morning."