Section 22Peter was warned by the rat-faced man that he must be carefulhow he spent any of that money. Nothing would be more certain tobring suspicion on him than to have it whispered about that he was“in funds.” He must be able to show how he had comehonestly by everything he had. And Peter agreed to that; he wouldhide the money away in a safe place until he was thru with hisjob.
Then he in turn proceeded to warn McGivney. If they were to fireIbbetts from his job, it would certainly cause talk, and mightdirect suspicion against Peter. McGivney answered with a smile thathe wasn’t born yesterday. They would “promote”Jack Ibbetts, giving him some job where he couldn’t get anynews about the Goober case; then, after a bit, they would catch himup on some mistake, or get him into some trouble,
