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The Case of the

Angry Chef
Hawkins, the marine, stared in amazement at Inspector Winters.
“I never heard of a restaurant called Pasquale’s Pizzeria,” he objected. I wasn’t ever in it, I didn’t rob
it, and I certainly didn’t shoot anybody.”
“A marine answering your description wounded the owner and cleaned out the cash register,” said
the inspector. “You didn’t know?”
“Am I supposed to?” protested Hawkins. “There must be several thousand marines in this town.”
“But only one was running along 42nd Street five minutes after the holdup,” snapped the inspector.
“Sure I ran,” retorted Hawkins. “Look, I was standing idly in a doorway wondering what to do when
this fat guy wearing a white apron and chef’s hat comes charging at me. He’s waving a butcher knife and
he’s screaming, `He shot the boss!´ So I ran.”
“You were innocent, but you ran?”
“He had that big knife.”
“Then what did you do?”
“A cop saw us and grabbed me. It wasn’t any use to argue. So I went back to the restaurant with the
cop, and a couple of customers said I might be the marine who held up the place. They weren’t sure.”
That night Haledjian read the transcript of the questioning.
“Hawkins is your man,” he said. “No mistake about it!”

How did Haledjian know?

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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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Hawkins asserted he’d never heard of the restaurant or been in it. If true, he could not have gone “back” to it,
as he said. A fatal slip of the tongue!
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