Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-18


can bet the old man knows what he.
talking about. He's the best long dis
talce ietective' l know"
Tw" days later they took IL traii
an! reached Shenandoah after dark
~ eight y. IN. they boarded the ST
Joe train. and at the first station
south two men. one carrying a sol.
leather valise." got aboard. Masoi
ana Cheney SAW them enter the cai
Immediately in rear of the one II
which they We're sitting. The sol.
leather vilise appeared To be rattle,
heavy. and was carefully guarded.
n train conductor. Jack Bellamy
kn"" Mason quite Well. in fact. had
served with him during the war. and
greeted him pleasantly.
Hello. Mason. what's on tonight"
20" through your train.'' replied
Mason: then come back here and
" tell YOU. Watch out for two men
~ the next car Briefly he described
When BelIamy returned he sat
down opposite Mason and Cheney. and
Iu'etlN Mason told him the lay.
NOW. Jack. continued Mason. Il
u"n want those birds to get on tn
either me or Cheney. They may know
"s. ana they may not. but we won't
give them "A chance. Keen youl. eve
Wv NICI W. stt 10 81. Joe
we may need IL little of your help"
heiiainy had "A hankering for a good
S"%riminage.
An right. Mason" he replied. 81
non know what it's all about. but
' m WIN you whatever ii is. I'll put
my mead man i'm that car with or
d,rs not tn leave il. He's; all right.
You fellows can ride here and Ven
an be on hand when we reach st. joe
~ " minutes to | Mason and Cheney
TOOK Il position in the rear of the first
o,.r. so tney could see every passenger
"' me first ear alight. The brakeman
.''d pufposely locked the rear door. so
'heN would. perforce. have to leave by
'hc front. Bellamy. the WAS
near the rear end of the second ,.oach
to follow the suspected men
as .hey lcft the ar. This literally put
mem between two fires. Mason and
. neheS to jump off right af-
'cr me suspects II nab them as soon
as ,hey were met by the third party.
~ was ii damp, dismal night, and
th"re was ii steady rain falling. The
train slowly pulled into the old Bur.
'ns,o depot. Ii was before the days
OF electricity. and the dim yellow. flick
','ilS SaSilght only accumulated the
dirkness. Truly. an ideal night for
of any kind.
1,s soon ms the train stopped the sus-
~, w. anu started quickly down
'h" PLATFORM. Unfortunately. Mason
;,'id cheney were caught i'm a crowd
rs soon as possible they extricated
themselves. and scarcely ten seconds
'~i';se'. before they Jumped to tho
platform. foilowed by Beliamy. They
.ook"" up and ucwn everywhere. hu,
;''tr .,rt.' had noMn-disappeared as
:, nM.niow.a up by the earth. 1t was
pre"icament and a nasty one. Thc,.
ndu h.sn ordered to do a certain thjng
fhu r!sht on the eve of its acron,nlish-
'hent they We're baked.
Cheney. 'J''uiateu
YOU win be all right. and so will, r"
%iid Mason. when the chief hears nf
This. I've read OF mysterio,s IL VI
peai;tNcrs before this. but those faI-
lows did the fad away act in . hi,b
iasS manner Beliany was loo No,
'luss"d To speak. 'a
re = careful search of the denot
va we adjoining grounds Mason and
'.'s Ff'cAed their valises and went
tp 'oWn. Bellamy was at the end Of
r@A and went along. Wnls b'u Au ol
vas chief of pchGc at tho time
'hey quickly routed him ON Ma.
tod INN the story. va
nose hlrds are i'll town all rirht
S.ooGa. Walsh. and we want then,
N,...' I"st GOV to get them or my job
pe worth a cent" All Of which
vas absolutely true. HE wbi,i.,.
brco,; no excuse wha,a w'" ~.
ase Was 90 .lagrant: there were +ha
W." ne: indicated in his orda,s Nv
IAN view all the time. until ,hev ,,ai
~ 'hird man. and. pun. they w..rn
go vanished into thin air! No. Ma
W. : salV;ttion depended on tindinr tho
rr ana landing them high and
pehind bars. The sole leathc, vaN
Use u he secured mt an hay,,as
"aish Agnew. of course. knew 9,
roe IKE a book. and in those a. 49, =.
q > a ,ypical river town: neither hetS
Sr nor worse h others. There were
,en.H or saloons. dance halls and
'a'.o.ahs places. and the four men
ahing IN every place. Not a sisn n
.heir quarry. and finally Chief Arna,,
wen. fellows. I'm near beat. There's
ne more place. old man Ieftrich.s
lance nail. and IL they are not there
e" 70 one 81. Joe doesn't hold
.ncm' mat Is. not the under mart nf
he city" ~ part Oh
through. '"e way
They're in this town all right. Walsh
ihey couldn't get out on a train until
clock. and the country roads are SO
oad a team couldn't pull a wagon vow,
Some house holds them. and I'm
soing to find the gentlemen il / have
20 search every house in w Chief
Nnitiey expects a wire in the morn
nE. n he's got to nave it,"
Leftrich's place was a typical dance
nail. a long. low. rambling shack
just cross the Hannibal and
81. o railroad tracks and right on
me oank OF the Missouri river. Ugly
had been told about cr;,nas
within the shack. and ali
evidences thereof cast into the swirl
lng torrent of the Big Muddy. BE thai
as 1t may. bic Leftrich himself was
not an entire stranger tn tho fo.oc