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Jeffries hesitated , said , `` I 'm something of a Johnny-come-lately in this line of work , you know . I 'd be interested in hearing how it 's handled from here on . '' `` In this case it will be pretty well standard procedure , '' Cavender said . `` Tomorrow around noon I 'll have Grady brought in to see me . I 'll be in a curt and bitter mood -- the frustrated honest cop . I 'll tell him he 's in luck . The D. A. 's office has informed me that because of the important names involved in this fraud case , and because all but around forty thousand dollars of the money he collected in this town have been recovered , they 've decided not to prosecute .