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           Withoutanyattempttoconcealhisguilt,heprocuredaweapon,apistol,andshothislawyerfriendtodeath.Hethensearchedoutthetwobusinessmenandcalmlyshotthemboththroughtheheadastheycameoutofaluncheonette.Heleftthebodieslyinginthestreetandwentintotheluncheonetteandorderedacupofcoffeewhichhedrankwhilehewaitedforthepolicetocomeandarresthim.

           Histrialwasswiftandhisjudgmentmerciless.Amemberofthecriminalunderworldhadcoldbloodedlymurderedstatewitnesseswhohadsenthimtotheprisonherichlydeserved.Itwasaflagrantfloutingofsocietyandforoncethepublic,thepress,thestructureofsocietyandevensoft-headedandsoft-heartedhumanitarianswereunitedintheirdesiretoseeFelixBocchicchiointheelectricchair.Thegovernorofthestatewouldnomoregranthimclemencythantheofficialsofthepoundspareamaddog,whichwasthephraseofoneofthegovernor’sclosestpoliticalsides.TheBocchiochioclanofcoursewouldspendwhatevermoneywasneededforappealstohighercourts,theywereproudofhimnow,buttheconclusionwascertain.Afterthelegalfolderol,whichmighttakealittletime,FelixBocchicchiowoulddieintheelectricchair.

           ItwasHagenwhobroughtthiscasetotheattentionoftheDonattherequestofoneoftheBocchiochioswhohopedthatsomethingcouldbedonefortheyoungman.DonCodeonecurtlyrefused.Hewasnotamagician.Peopleaskedhimtheimpossible.