The Red Onion – Peel Another Layer

(1960’s)

The night was filled with anticipation.  The prize fight was scheduled to be shown on the “big” televisions over the bar and on this night it was standing room only.  The fight was about to begin when the anonymous call was made.  The “unknown” patron called the police to tell them that there was a big fight in the bar.  He promptly hung up.

The officers on duty wasted no time and within minutes they were rushing through the swinging doors with their batons at the ready, if there was fight it was soon to end.  Seeing no real activity, one of the officers asked a nearby patron where the fight was.  Without hesitation he pointed at the television on the wall above the bar.

A prize fight!  Much to the officers’ disappointment, there was no battle between patrons taking place.  Most of the people at the bar knew who had placed the call but no one was willing to admitting it.  The more people the offices asked the less they learned and their tempers were flaring.  Realizing they had been had, the officers eventually left “The Onion” vowing to catch the person responsible for making the call.  Someone would pay for placing the false report but only if they could figure out who did it. 

 The culprit was among the patrons watching his plan unfold before his very eyes.  “Bones” had succeeded once again and it would not be his last Red Onion caper.