A dark highway

An Undersecretary calls from a roadside inn....he and some friends had been motoring back from the seashore casinos when they came upon an altercation occuring on a lonely stretch of road in the orchards.....they heard what they took to be a gunshot, and two men sped away into the orchards on foot, leaving a man slumped over in an expensive model vehicle.  They investigated and found the man to be wounded and bleeding profusely.....they did their best to staunch the wound, and took both cars and the victim to the first light they found along the highway.....where the Undersecretary decided to call Agency, since he recognized the injured man as a member of a highly placed family, and so thought discretion would be in order.

I called our contact at the Sheriff's Office, and Deputies were dispatched to render aid.  A private clinic treated the gunshot damage, and the family made sure no mention of the incident was made in the press.  But something had to be done about these fellows who were watching at casinos for winners, and then waylaying them on the highway somehow.....here is where our Field Officers enter the picture.....we made a plan to catch the thiefs.  The management of the casinos and the rich folk that frequented them did not want publicity focused on the problem, so we operated undercover.

Our Officer played the part of a lucky winner....he bought a round at the bar, and then left the casino obviously flush with winnings.....heading back towards the city through the orchards, he found two men by the side of the highway.....one fellow appeared to be injured or in some kind of distress, while the other was calling and waving for help.  When our man stopped, the two ruffians presented revolvers and demanded cash.....our trained and skilled officer made as to reach for his wallet, but in fact pulled out his automatic pistol and shot the two men dead.  Officially, this never happened.....there was no Court publicity to trouble the gambling industry, and the unsavory elements heeded this warning that hijackers would be dealt with harshly.....I wrote all this up in a report, which is not open to press or public.....