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"That's right According to the Associated Press article"

"Hmm Well, anyhow, this waiter said he saw an ar down"

"A robbery!"

"That's right A group of armed men The truck was in the hold of the ship"

"That's incredible! What else did he say?"

"Nothing The story just slipped out as he was telling the reporter hoent into the hold of the ship looking for a car jack to free one of the victiuy who interviewed him Charlie Flynn A real war horse He's retired now He tried to pry ht he couldship MaskedBut he said the guy daed the subject Got very upset Asked Charlie not to use this in the story"

"He went ahead and did it anyhow?"

"That's the way it was in the old days What you said got in the paper Not like today with libel lawyers breathing down your neck It was buried, though, way down at the' bottoht it was too thin on the facts to use up in the lead but interesting enough as a tidbit Charlie talked to a few Daria survivors to see if he could get the story through another source Nobody had ever heard anything about it"

"What was the crewman's name?"

"I'll fax you the clip, but hold on Here it is He was Italian His naelo Donatelli"

"Do you have an address for him?"

"He was living in New York at the time Charlie says he ran a fancy restaurant there That's all he knew about the guy Say Dr Kirov, is there a story here?"

"I'm not sure, Kay Tee You'll be the first to know if there is"

"That's all I ask Call me anytime"

After she hung up Nina stared off into space for a fewto connect a massive stone artifact from the time of Columbus with a disaster at sea, an armed robbery, and a MoroccanSuave up and called Kurt Austin