to establish an alibi for himself, pinkie sends one of his gang members, spicer, to distribute fred's "kolley kibber" cards throughout the town, making it look like fred was going about his business normally. spicer errs by leaving one card under the tablecloth in a restaurant, creating a risk that the waitress would be able to identify spicer. pinkie visits the restaurant and discovers that the sweet, naive young waitress rose found the card and noticed that spicer, not fred, had left it. pinkie warns rose not to speak about the person who left the card, and as part of gaining her confidence, asks her out on a date. pinkie is also being pressured by colleoni, the older and more powerful leader of a rival gang, and by the police, who want him to leave town to avoid further gang warfare. deciding that spicer is a liability, pinkie sends him to the racetrack in hopes that colleoni's men will kill him there. however, pinkie is also attacked by colleoni's men and both he and spicer escape with their lives. pinkie ends up finishing spicer off himself by pushing him down a stairwell.