![]() When the police check Dunc's alibi, Zarinka denies that he was ever in the apartment, and Barton denies that Dunc is working for him. When he comes to, the police have found Eddie's body in the dumbwaiter. Before he can retrieve the key, however, Dunc is hit on the head. While he is there, Zarinka rings the bell. Hoping to discover who sent Eddie, Dunc rides the dumbwaiter to Amy Arden's room. Dunc gets to Eddie just after he has sent the key up to one of the rooms in a dumbwaiter. Dunc recognizes the pickpocket as Eddie Miller and follows him to a hotel where he finds two other detectives, Trilby and Shane. Spud carries the money, followed by Dunc, who witnesses a pickpocket remove the key to the locker where Spud is to leave the ransom. Hoefle's men hire detectives Spud Savage and Duncan MacLain of the Barton Detective Agency to deliver the money. Hoefle has sent Pinky, one of his men, to buy back the deposition, but when he returns, the deposition is missing and in its place, Pinky finds a note demanding a huge ransom. He intends to take over control of the town's gambling, despite the fact that special prosecutor Paul Zarinka has a deposition sworn out by Delaney which is evidence that Hoefle had a motive for the killing. ![]() ![]() Gangster Frank Hoefle returns to New York from South America where he has gone after killing Tom Delaney. ![]()
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