He Walked by Night Page #3

I thought this was safe-cracker soup.

You're gonna drink it, I hope.

I'm really a nice guy. Stick around.

I'll prove it.

Come over here.

Hold this for me, will you, Chuck?

Thank you.

Now, if you'll hand me that hammer, Marty.

Thank you.

Yeah, nitroglycerine.

I didn't ask for a collection of fingers,

just fingerprints.

All those nice fingerprints on the car

belong to the man it was stolen from.

- Nothing on the guns or picklocks?

- Not even an interesting smudge.

- The gloves?

- Common type. Worn by undertakers.

I'll check on them,

but it won't show anything.

- What did your scientific tests show?

- A couple of little things.

Tool identification on these picklocks.

I got one under the scope.

You want to take a look?

Take a look.

I see.

It seems to tie the tool up with the lock.

If that microscope could only tell us

who did it.

I'm working on that.

Only an amateur would carry

that liquid dynamite in the car.

This boy is no amateur.

Took the precaution of desensitizing it,

so it'll take normal shock.

Took a lot of other precautions, too.

No fingerprints, no identification,

nothing definite.

Except he's scientific.

Knows electricity. He's inventive.

Happy on the trigger.

This is Captain Breen. Get me

Captain Stevens at Burglary, will you?

I hate to disappoint you, Lee,

but I think you've come up with something.

Hello, Steve? How are you?

Did your daughter's marriage

come off all right?

Good. Look, Steve, on those burglaries

of electrical equipment lately.

Were there any

where picklocks were used to gain entry?

Good. Let me know

if there's another report of one, will you?

I've got an idea the Rowlins killer

may be tied in with those.

Fine. And give my regards

to the newlyweds, too.

So long, Steve.

What are you waiting for?

You've got a job, haven't you? Get going.

Let's go, junior.

Hold this for me, will you, Lee? Thanks.

And so, with no fingerprints

and only a vague description to go by...

Sergeant Brennan

turned to the modus operandi file.

A criminal, like any human being,

has his own habit patterns...

unconscious traits

that can lead to his downfall.

Here they are, junior.

List of burglars who use picklocks for entry.

Great. This narrows it down to just

a couple of hundred suspects in this area.

Give me a match, will you?

It may not be so bad.

This guy's improved on the system. Maybe

he's left his trademark on some other job.

Here we go. Legging it all over town,

asking a million questions.

- It's what you're paid for, isn't it?

- Am I paid to associate with you, too?

- You could do worse.

- Not this year. Come on.

Car 12. Car 1-2.

In the 10000 block on Mississippi.

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