Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-10-07

The hanson swung into Broadway,
going like whirlwind; and picked up
an uniformed officer in front of the
Flatiron building, who, shouting and
using his locust stridently, sprinted
after them. A block further down an.
other fell into line; and he it was who
painted at the step an instant after the
cab had lurched to stop before the
entrance to the st. Luke building.
Hickey had rolled out before the
policeman had chance to buster.
10, Bergen" he greeted the man
"Yeh know me-Im Hickey, central
office. Yeh're JUS in time. Anistys
in this buildin-'r was ten minutes
ago. We want all the help we en- get. -
BY way of reply the officer stopped
and drummed loud alarm on the
sidewalk with his night-stick. ..'
Say" he painted, rising, you're a
wonder, Hickey-if you get him."
"Uh-huh," grunted the detective
with sidelong glance at Maitland
"C'm long"
The lobby of the building was quite
deserted as they entered, the night.
Waterman invisible, the night elevator
on it's way to the roof-as was discov
cred by consultation of the indicator
dial above the gate. Hickey punched
the night call bell savagely.
me md him." he said, jerking the
free thumb at Maitland, all go up and
hunt him out. Begin at tn top floor
an work down. That's tn way, huh ?
Nd" to the policeman, 'yeh stay here
an hold up anybody t tries tub leave
tn buildin'. There amt no other en-.
trance, 1 s'pose, what?"
Basement door an ash lifts round
tn corner" responded the officer. But
/. that had ought tub be locked, night"
We'll, f anybody else comes along
yeh put him there, anyway, for luck.
What n helrs tn matter with this
elevator"
The detective settled pudgy index.
finger on the push button and elected
far, thin, shrill peal from the an
nunciator above. But the Indicator ar.
row remained as motionless as the car
at the top of the shaft. Another sum.
mons gained no response, in likewise,
and third was also disregarded.
Hickey stepped back, face black as
storm-cloud, summed up his opinion
of the management of the building in
one soul-blistering phrase, produced
his bandana and used it vigorously,
uttered libel on the ancestry of the
night-watchman and the likes of him,
and turned to give profane welcome to
the policeman who had noticed the
cab at Twenty-third street and who
now painted in, blown and perspiring.
Much to his disgust he found himself
assigned to stand guard over the base,
ment exits, and waddled forth again
into the street.
Meanwhile the first officer to arrive
upon the scene was taking his turn at
agitating the button and shaking the
gates; and with no more profit of his
undertaking than Hickey After a
minute or two of it he acknowledged
defeat with an oath, and turned away
to browbeat the struggling vanguard
of belated wayfarers--messenger
boys, slatternly drabs, hackmen, loaf
ers, and one or two plain citizens con-
spicuously out of their reputable
grooves-who were drifting in at the
entrance to line the lobby walls with
blank, curious faces. Forerunners of
that mysterious rabble which is APP
parently precipitated out of the very
air by any extraordinary happening in
city streets, If allowed to remain they
would in five minutes have waxed in
numbers to the proportions of an un-
manageable mob; and the policeman,
knowing this, set about dispensing