The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-04-09
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- was startled by sound that
81 sent its constituent parts tum'
bling out Of bed and scampcr'
Ing about AS II demontcd It was
the report Of an explosion, like that
OF gun discharged suddenly in
the silence OF the night While women
in nlghtClOthes ran wildly here and
there, squalling babies In arms, and
mon nearly naked yocifcrat"d eKcil'
edy and rushed for weapons. three
things happened in from ot 10. 40
with the suddouues- NJ a Hash Of
lightning a hrsti0ur window vom
tied policeman to the sidewalk. the
door Few open disclosing anotho" po-
llcoman IN the entry and IN" nearby
alley emitted a brruthlnss third.
Needing at the foot OF the stairway,
these three officers regarded each
Other blaukly.
"IIo took the stairs whore is he,
Murphy" gasped the one who had
come hy way Of tho window
Man. tell you | saw him. con
tradctcd FlnucgaH. "Iln banged open
Tonys door and hit the landing IN
two jumps and down he went was
looking right at him And | heard
him on the stairs He was in his
stocking feet. by The sound
81 heard sounds all right and that's
why opened the door to let the light
In from m" street lamp 80 ! could see
But nobody showed mp"
Detective Birsch said. nothing. but n
the darkness had been les dense they
would have seen that HIS face was set
and grim In the hall q thin line Of
lighr rIn beneath door, from behind
which came sounds Of subbug and
moaning. and entering without ccrc-
MON they hrhnd. through little
wrea'hs of smoke. q woman sitting on
a bod holding In her arms a young
fellow down whose face the blood
Etrcamnd. and men ON hi knees In
the middle Of the floor praying We.
hemonuy with upincd hands
Tony" be said then 10 the praying
man sharply anybody but him in
jur"d2' mouonng towards the bed
"NUnc.a bud ia boy" he answered
and I'm the same breath continued hts
screaming applications
Good boy" he said cucouragIngly.
"Iudyc got the right stun In your in
side. II takes moro than little
thing like this to knock you out, hey,
Now, tell us about it,"
Il don't think / know much" the
boy returned In q weak voice but in
good English. Il woke mp and saw
somebody outside my room on the
firc.osCHpc, aud usE"d who was
there Then something struck me on
the head heard big roar and
suppose fell out of bed, for when
cam" to myself my mother was drag.
cling mo across the floor
We'll. but say cried the aston.
ishcl detective, The window was
closed and locked. wasn't #. as
found Il Just now How could any
body throw a bomb through It with
out breaking m, glass? It amt
broken, and II was fastened when
went TO put II up"
1T is strange" said the youth. BE.
sides, father aud mother heard some
body hurry across this room, open
ID" door and shut it. and then run
downstairs"
The detective looked inqu;rluEly at
the woman, who nodded.
I'VE hearda da one" she said, in
the midst of her moaning. HE make-a
da foot ON da floor. on da floor. an
makea da door so bang We hear
for sure"
Detective Birsch started suddenly
Into The next room, the sleeping quar-.
tiers OF the parents, and the living.
room OF the family as well On the
way he raised the praying little Ital,
IAN by the collar. and. carrying him
along, deposited him on chair.
Then carefully closing the connecting
door he ga2ed stcrnly at the fright.
cned countenance OF the man who in
the nelghborhood was known as Tony
the Barber
Look here" be said, with all the
weight he could put into his manner,
didn't ! say you mustn't let q liv.
Ing soul know you had received n let.
ter from the Black Hand? Yet here
you go and tell it"
Non, non. no tal.a!" the Italian
interrupted You tal.a me no tal-a
anyhod'. tal.a nobod', for sure. Da
boy he ask for why ! clos da wind
sosh da hot night | no tala da boy
! taha nobod'. non nom"
Well but it's a sure clnch they
were on the lookout for us, or the
thing wouldn't have been pulled of |
so slick They must have been onto
the game for fair, however they got |
there. Why, here was Murphy at the |
foot of the stairs, Fnnegan almost
right at your keyhole. and | myself
IN the alley under your window; yet |
this slick gazabo scoots I'm, bangs the
bomb and slides to cover without any
trouble The thing is impossible. It's
Impossible any way you look at 1t.
Now"
The detectives puzzled gaze hap.
pened at this moment to light upon
who was poklng around in