Death Points a Finger

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Death Points a Finger, by Will LevinrewThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Death Points a FingerAuthor: Will LevinrewRelease Date: October 6, 2009 [EBook #30187]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DEATH POINTS A FINGER ***Produced by Robert CodyDeath Points A Fingerby Will LevinrewPublished by the Mystery League, New York and London.1933Other books by Will Levinrew (William Levine) are Poison Plague (1929), Murder on the Palisades (1930), Murder fromthe Grave (1930), and For Sale—Murder (1932)Chapter IThe tempo was increasing to its highest pitch for the day. That highly complicated organism, a daily newspaper, which isapparently conceived in the wildest disorder, was about to "go to bed." Twenty typewriters were hammering out theirfinishing touches and concluding paragraphs to new stories. New leads were being written to old stories.News machines, telegraph machines, two tickers were adding their quota to the infernal din. Male and female voiceswere punctuating the grimy air with yells of "copy boy". The men at the horseshoe shaped copy desk were echoing thecry. Boys rushed up to some of the typewriters, and, almost before the type bars ceased their clicking on the last wordsof a ...