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at one of the troopers.

"This guy must be nuts!" he said. "We don't know anything about any Green Bell. We saw Doc Savage
push that poor feller onto that third rail. Like honest citizens should do, we told the police!"
"That's right!" snarled another of the four. "We don't have to stand here and listen to this little snort of a
mouthpiece razz us, either!"

"Shut up!" growled one of the officers. Then, to Ham: "Can you tell us where we can find Doc Savage?"

"I do not know where he is," Ham said. This was the truth to a letter.

Ham now stepped into the library. He came back, bearing a large group picture. He held the print up
before the four men who claimed they had seen the murder.

"Let's see you pick out Doc," he invited.

Doc Savage was not in the picture at all. Ham hoped to trick the men into a false identification.

It failed to work.

"What d'you think we are!" jeered one of the men. "Savage ain't there!"

Ham wondered if he looked as worried as he felt. These charlatans, be was now sure, had been shown a
picture from which they could identify Doc.

This meant that Doc was certain to face a murder charge. The police of both New York and New Jersey
held the bronze man in great esteem. But that would not keep Doc out of jail -- not with four witnesses
saying he had committed a murder.

There was no such thing as bail on a murder charge. "Can you tell us whether or not Doc Savage will
give himself up?" asked one of the officers.

"Naw -- he won't!" Monk rumbled. "Not to get himself throwed in jail on a fake charge!"

The officers became somewhat grim at this. "Then we'll have to spread a general alarm for him."

"Don't pay any attention to what this hairy dope says!" Ham interpolated, glaring at Monk. "He hasn't got
good sense, so he don't know what Doc will do. I am sure Doc will take every measure to help the
police."

The troopers showed plainly that they were distressed about the whole thing.

"This is -- a case of murder, you know," the New York detective said reluctantly. "I am afraid we shall
have to issue an immediate pick-up order for Doc."

The officers and the quartet of mountebank witnesses now took their departure.

"You had better watch those four closely!" Ham warned the police.

"Don't worry," replied the trooper. "We're going to pop 'em in the can an' keep 'em there!"