The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-10-04
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ments he picked up at the Expositi o.
last night.
That's it," assented Sears.
And the bonds?" asked Bloom.
Are down in that cellar in one Of the
dead mans pockets.
No one made q suggestion, but al
acted on the one common impulse. In 6
moment the three had quilted the Office
the proprietor locking the door after him
At the fastest gait possible they hur-
ried down Clark street. They found the
coast clear, and were soon peering down
into the cellar. whose inky darkness hid
from the eyes of the world dark and
hideous crime.
After little they could discern the
form OF their victim.
Have you LADDER" asked Morris
eagerly.
There's one in 'front.'" replied Sears.
Wait q moment.
Our good luck hasn't deserted US, /"
slid the latter, who was the first to de-
scend.
Have you found them?" demanded
Bloom from the ladder.
No, haven't looked yet. But I've
found something else.
What's that?"
He's no more dead than you are"
And his discovery here would have
convicted and hung the last one Of US,
commented the banker, with shudder.
But we're in time to complete the work
The bonds first, urged the burly bur-
glar.
This was an unnecessary suggestion,
for Almon Sears was already in the acl
of ransacking the pockets of the I'M
conscious young man.
Here's rum go, declared Morris,
when Cole had been searched and not a
vestige of the missing fortune discoy-
cred. What do you say, ALP"
That he found them before our arrival,
and hid them elsewhere.
Il never thought of that. Let's search
for them at once.
Not now; it's too risky"
What them"
We'll take the young fellow away,
bring him to, and make him locate the
plumber. I'll find way to force it out of
him"
"Good!" cried the others, assentingly.
Martin Bloom raised the form of our
he.o in his powerful arms and bore him
up the rude ladder as easily, to all APP
pearances, as if he had been child
This accomplished, the ladder was
drawn up and the trap-door closed down.
Sears began search for the bonds,
which he believed to be secreted some
where in the long room, but abandoned
it when the "cracksman" returned and
announced that he had secured hack,
and that 1t was waiting outside
Bloom removed his overcoat, which he
wrapped about Cole; then he raised him
in his arms end followed his confeder-
ates into the street.
1t was beginning to rain now, and few
people Were in view. Anyhow, the tax
ing away of sick man. as our hero ap-
peared to be. was neither strange nor
unusual proceeding, and attracted little
attention.
Drive fast, said Sears, who was the
last of the party TO enter the carriage.
"Safe!" whisper d the banker as with
sigh of relief he sank back upon the
cushioned seat.
But he could not have been further
from the truth. At that moment himself
and guilty companions were anything but
safe.
From the doorway of the next building,
which Detective Hyland was in the act of
leaving, the entire transaction had been
observable.
Three accomplces!" muttered he, 'nnd
one of them Almon Sears! l haven't lost
the trail yet, Here goes!"
AS the driver cracked his whip and
drove rapidly away the plucky detective
sprang forward and secured place upon
the rear axle of the large vehicle.
ITO BE Continued