The Detective [antikvár]

PART ONE chapter one ' I-1 . . And now, recapping today's headlines," the news broadcaster continued, "the search in Port Smith for littie Mary Shoftel goes on. Grim spokesmen for the Port Smith Police Department this morning released the information that since last Friday evening, more than five hundred men have been diverted from other duties to hunt for the seven-year-old girl. No evidence of kidnap or ransom notes has been revealed. The little girl, who had been playing in front of her home in the Westlake district of Port Smith on Thursday afternoon when she disappeared, requires daily medication for the treatment of a rare form of anemia. In an interview with WTOU's Bill Phillips, health officials here in Manitou stated that the lack of the medication would weaken little Mary, but in no way would it prove fatal. The search goes on. "In a related story, the Port Smith police this morning announced the arrest of twenty-two-year-old Donald L. Harrow, Jr., in connection with a series of obscene and thureatening telephone calls received at the Shoftel home yesterday. Young Harrow is being held on charges of obscenity, disturbing the peace, and obstructing justice. Other charges are forthcoming. It was reported that Mrs. Edna Shoftel, mother of little Mary, has been under heavy sedation since yesterday afternoon, when the crank telephone calls began." The announcer paused. "Now, at nine thirty-four a.m., WTOU and WTOU-FM bring you the official United States Weather Bureau forecast for Manitou, Cuyahauga County, Upton County, and vicinity. Cloudy today with possible snow flurries late this afternoon, temperature in the low thirties, dropping to the twenties tonight, five to ten degrees colder in the mountain areas. Tomorrow, Tuesday, November sixteenth, cloudy and seasonally cold again with possible snow. Present 7