Malone wiped a streaming brow. Apparently all hell was busting loose.
Under the _Post_ was the San Francisco _Examiner_, its crowded front
page filled with all sorts of strange and startling news items. Malone
looked over a few at random. A wildcat waterfront strike had been
called off after the resignation of the union local's president. The
"Nob Hill Mob," which had grown notorious in the past few years, had
been rounded up and captured _in toto_ after what the paper described
only as a "police tipoff." Two headlines caught his special attention:
BERSERK POLICE CAPTAIN KILLS TWO AIDES, SELF: CORRUPTION
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The second hit closer to home: