The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

Test me at the STA non. Sney generally
got word that would be coming alonG
and they knew it meant a drink and good
time. Then. too. they respected me fol
being a good Molly. But when I got od
the train looked around for some Of the
men and there was not one in sight.
perhaps my heart did beat bit faster
1T looked bad. mighty bad, to me.
walked on down the street and saw Mike
iMcDermott leaning against a post
spoke to him. but he was bit distant tc
me. I walked on a few steps further
and there saw Ed Sweeney loahng by
the entrance to a saloon. They were
waiting. 1 knew tlat They had beer
selected as part Of the gang to kill me
They were killers, all right: knew that
But I also knew they were towards at
heart.
II went straight to McAndrew's home
He had gone on ahead of me and
wanted to get the latest news of the or.
ganization. When walked into his
home his astonishment was so great
thought he would faint. He was GER
tainly surprised TO see me: surprised to
see me alive. perhaps.
"Blufhng" the Mollies.
There was no fooling around on my
part. went straight to the subject and
talked him into being big booster. again,
for me. While l was In his home half
a dozen of the fellows dropped in. They
hav
did not stay long and went out. In about
half an hour one of the men returned and
threw bunch of snow at McAndrew's s
feet. Silently he got up and walked out
of the room and did not come back for q
few minutes. When he did return I told
him was going home. but 1 left the
house by way of window and reached
my own room by a new route"
But hardly to sleepT it was sug-
gested.
There was no sleep for me that night"
he replied. "The next morning / met
Dennis ''owlan and Mike Doyle about
eleven o'clock. Doyle was pretty drunk.
knew they were two more killers-I had
spotted four of the dozen who were to dt
me up. but l did not know the numbeI
that had been appointed to kill me.
"McAndrew found me down town, and
told him was going to get a sleigh and
drive over to see Kehoe explained to
him that believed that Jack was going
to play fair with me. but, as it was, l
knew was not to have a chance.
"'well, you don't go alone" McAndrew
told me. 4 will make the drive with
you
"McAndrew. felt sure. was doing all
in his power to save me from being killed.
I again managed to get word TO Linden
and he once more insisted that I get out
of the vicinity, leave the district and bury
myself in another part of the country for
time. I told him it would not do any
good-that I must do my best to bluff
the matter out, or, if I could not do that,
was then going 10 come out in the open
and go on the witness stand. would
take up my own name and the Mollies
would know for sure who had worked up
the evidence against them.
THAT ride to Kehoe's home is one that
I shall never forget. had every reason
to think we might be attacked on the
road. but the presence of McAndrew must
have saved me. We did not waste any
time in getting to Kehoe's. There l
found larger crowd than I had ex-
pected.
How about the trialT began. When
will the bodymasters meetT
"T did not send the call. 1 changed
nv mind. No need of it, Kehoe replied.
81 knew he was lying and knew that
he had made up his mind to have me
killed before another sun came up. ]