02200cam a22003493u 4500 77031 UtSlPG 20260610134802.0 m cr n 260607r20251929utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Moore, Hal Just a bit too fast Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Argosy All-Story Weekly March 16 1929. Release date is 2025-10-11 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net "Just a bit too fast by Hal Moore" is a pulp crime short story written in the late 1920s. The tale centers on a crafty bank robber known as Thought-and-a-half Morgan and the detectives on his trail, blending disguise, bluff, and a rapid urban chase. Told by a local plainclothes cop paired with visiting Detective Halloran, the story opens with Morgan, disguised as an old woman, holding the two at gunpoint in a quiet branch bank and escaping with cash to a waiting car. After a brief pursuit, Halloran diverts to a shabby downtown hideout identified from earlier intel, and the pair set an ambush in a dark room. When Morgan and his accomplice return, a tense doorfront showdown ends with Halloran’s shot knocking the gun from Morgan’s hand, the officers rushing both men, and the arrest made. The kicker: Halloran later credits brilliant tactics with surviving Morgan’s shot, but the narrator reveals it was dumb luck—the flashlight he “used” was accidentally snagged on his watch chain. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1929 Short stories Police -- Fiction Bank robbers -- Fiction Produced from Argosy All-Story Weekly March 16 1929. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77031 117755 117755