Night Beat - The Slasher

Randy Stone, of the Chicago Star Newspaper, was out making his rounds, looking for a story. So far, he came up with nothing, but a few shreds of the latest scandal. When he turned on to Harding Street, there was a story for him ready made. However, it was one that he was sorry to have to report. A frightened woman was lying on the sidewalk. The shoulder of her dress is ripped open and there is a red stain growing on her side. He walks up to the edge of the crowd standing there and pushes his way through. Randy says "I'm from the Press, Charlie". He says "Oh, hello Randy". He asks "What happened here, Charlie"? He said "She was waiting for a taxi. There were three or four people with her before she..." The victim says "He cut me with a knife. He just slashed me". Charlie says "Try to lie quietly lady. It'll be better". Charlie says to Randy "Now you know. It's the 14th case like this in three weeks". Randy says "Yeah, I know about him. They call him The Slasher". Like a good newspaper man, Randy gets as much information as he can, and then he phones it in. Whoever did it, moved into the darkness so fast nobody could get a good look at him, including the police. Feeling disgusted by the whole thing, Randy goes into Mike Crenshaw's Place for something cold to take the hot dry taste out of his mouth. Mike, behind the bar, says "I'd like to get my hands on that screw ball". Randy says "Well, nobody knows what he looks like, where he comes from, or where he goes". Mike says "Very bad. very bad indeed. Here, let me put a head on your drink". Randy says "Thank you. Mike, tell me, where did you get those new murals on the walls?"  Mike says "We had them done last week by a guy named Rick Bennett, who works at the Hofbrau. The place looks like a magazine cover, huh?" Randy says "That's good looking art, for a bar". Mike says "We let him pay off his tab that way". Randy asks "What's the matter with the face on that girl. The one on the right?" Mike says "I noticed that myself. Maybe he messed up, but everything else looks really good". Randy didn't tell Mike what he was thinking, but it looked like a scar. Why would a guy paint a scar on a beautiful woman's face?