Boston Blackie

No, I'm not turning you in.

But I think I'm on the verge of turning a killer up.

Oh, go ahead and arrest me, Faraday.

I won't mind.

If you book me under the name Peterkin.

Peterkin?

What are you talking about?

A little plot to make it look as if I robbed Brandon's jewelry store.

It's a crazy story, Faraday.

Brandon paid a restaurant cashier and a cab driver to call me Mr. Peterkin and refuse to take money from me.

Why?

So that when I walked into his store an hour later, and he called me Mr. Peterkin and refused to take money for his watch, I'd walk out without a sales slip.

That's all he needed to make it appear that the watch was stolen, which he was going to claim later.

Look, Faraday, of all the stuff stolen from Brandon, what's turned up?

Only the watch found on Miss Wesley.

That backs up my story, because all Brandon needed to establish the fact that his store had been robbed was to have the police find one missing article.

He wanted to establish the fact that his store had been robbed?

Blackie, that sounds as if Brandon robbed his own place.

I think he was in on the deal, Faraday.

And the merchandise supposedly stolen is just hidden somewhere.