Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-13
whats that you say, Carrnthers| the
policeman demanded. "The savings bank
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men did it. Three of fem came in through
back. window, and pitched into me before.
back room. The other two fellows were on
watch outside. I saw 'em all running away
when got the rope off that they tied my
hands with. They hit me on the head will,
the butt Of revolver, and gagged me, too.
uttered all in breath, but it made the sltu-
alton about as clear to the officer as volume
of explanation could have done. He had but
one question to ask:
you saw them running away! Wnicn
8This way. I tell you;. on board the boat
that just left the wharf"
"But that was the academy boat"
Don't make any difference; | saw tnem
for | saw him when he jumped on board the
boat"
"Carruthers, you're badly mixed up some
where. This rig belongs up at the academy %
IL know it well as | know my own. Inc
fellow driving it was student. caugnc .
glimpse Of him myself, and l saw the SHINE
of his gold Lace"
Don't make any reference repeated the
watchman. "Ihe robbers are on poard tne
schoolboat, whether the fellow with the rig
was one Of them or not"
Carruthers here paused to pull out his hand
kerchief and wipe off the slde OF ef; ms laSe IA
Then he began to groan. The officer dio
not even ask him how badly he was nurt;
hit upon some proper course OF acton
~ think I'd better go up and take LOOK
through the bank" he said, at length: Per
haps the rascals didn't get much m, alter all
Do you know who they were! -,
The .watchman was replying that he did
not. but that none of the party had been
masked, and that he believed he had seen zen
one of them hanging about the bank tne gay
before, when the rapid but measured 'aa,np aianp
Of many feet was heard approaching aiohg
tha princinal street of the town.
"What now?" aueried Ketchuln.
He started up the wharf, calling to the
bank watchman to secure the hofse SUM-
where and follow him. =.
In a moment double file of cadets, in
naval uniform and with drawn cutiasses,
came around the corner. An oincer, ~Iose I
uniform displayed almost as much gold iacs
az did that of Commander Brant, was IN
c5s,pe of Che party. He was Lieutenanf
pomeroy, the Ventures first ofhcer, the caHes th
next in rank on board the schoolboat 10 the
commander himself e
Though Policeman Ketchum was not SUI.
so;antiy well informed to know 1T, the whole
Of the Ventures crew were before hlm' uh,
der the ieutenant's command. Ihey had
marched over from the academy, taking tnen w
deJarture moment after that OF tneir COM
Brant had, of course, rapidly oiseanceu
'''fin lieutenant Pomeroy saw at Va glance that
the had arrived too late. The Venture was
sod therefore been successful in their at
tack, and had gotten safely away with tne
The The sight sight Of the empty vehicle on the
wharf moreover, prepared the hrst olhcer
| for something of what he was about 70 ieasa' @
though not for all of it,. He halted MS n'en'
and advanced to meet the policeman
| Officer Ketchum was greatly pleased 70
greet him. The sight of the gold lace as
sslred the guardian of the peace. that the
cadet officer stood high in the estlmation OF
his teachers. and the advice and aid of i,Iay any
- the well-conducted Young men Of Vest
brook was not to be despised In an emergency
| like the present IN
To the lieutenant the policeman related all
he knew The information that the neuten-
ant had to se in return sb1 the % s
suffced to confirm the officer OF the law IN
the theory he had formed.
ut looks to me-" he said, concluding the
conference, "as though two things, which
ought to have happened independently have
don't understand as yet. In the first place
the stndents-the mutineers, as you -caiA
them-started in to capture and run away
with the school boat About the same time
five men-wbo they are we don't know YET
were robbing the savings bank. The bank
robbers must have known something about
what the rebels were up to, or they wouidn
have timed themselves to turn up at Just the
right moment"
5sYou don't mean to charge. the mutineers
with completely. in the bank ropDssaryi 40
little brusquely, for he could not forget that
the facetious ten, though under a cloud. were
still cadets of Westbrook, and his fellow
students
'T didn't say that" protested Mr.. Ketch-
um. Il can't saw anything at all about it
until l get some clue to who the bank robbers
were.-or. rather. till the sheriff of Emmett