“Why didn’t he do that?” Dyer exploded.
“Because he realized there’d be a much closer investigation into the cause of death if the man was found lying in the street later. By reporting it at once, his story was immediately accepted and no one thought of even looking for another wound.”
Dyer still looked slightly bemused, but he went over and tapped Towne sternly on the shoulder. “Come along with me if you’re sober enough to stand up.”
Towne shambled to his feet, his right arm hanging loosely at his side. His bleared gaze swept around the library and settled on the briefcase. “Gotta take thish,” he muttered. “Paid ten thoushand for thish sho Carter won’t get ’lected.”
Shayne picked up the briefcase and gravely placed it in his groping left hand. “That’s right. It’s all paid for.”
“Hell of a lot of good it’ll do him,” Dyer said. “This doesn’t leave us any candidate for mayor. He could have saved himself ten thousand if he’d known you were on to him.”
“That,” said Shayne cheerfully, “is why I got the money before I started needling him about murder.” He patted the bulky envelope in his coat pocket and followed the others out.
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