It was an old joint, see, with only an electric bulb hanging out in the hall. He saw the guy go out of his room but only saw the back of his head. The cops came and asked for a description. He said, How the hell can I describe him, it was dark, I only saw the back of his head. “Well, you know how a lineup works, it’s always the guy in the middle that’s guilty. “So the cops got hold of some guy, threw him in the lineup, and told the guy that’d been robbed to make a positive on him. “He said, How can I do that? “They said, Just do it, we know it’s him. “So he went downtown and sat in there and the cops said, Just take our word for it. “Well, you know how it is, all those lights shining on the suspects, you can see them but they can’t see you. I was younger then and everyone older looked old to me, and this guy they had up there was about maybe forty, but just some poor old guy to me, he didn’t look like much. “Well? the cops said, and the guy who was to finger him says, No, I can’t be sure, I don’t know.
