The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-04-08
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Wsrc Handler Of Sing Sing prison
and D~ ,aIve George Doyle endeavor 70
PREVAIL on Bill Avery. q released prisoner.
10 search out information against for
mar pal" q young convict known as
Jimmy Valentine. Avery refuses. and
Doyle and Handler threaten to attack
him Valentine had q trick Of opening
safes solely by the sense of touch
Avery goes Lieutenant Governor Fay.
hin beautiful niece. Ros~ Lane. and two
women workers In q rescue mission visit
the prison.
Warden Handler hears Rose Lane tell
how she was rescued from Q thief on q
train. and he In anna zed at q coinoti~naA
convict Jimmy Valentine. No. l2Ss. Is
brought into the warden's ONCE to open
Q safe as an object lesson to the visitors
and Rose recognizes him az the man who
saved her from the thief Cotton.
Valentine says he can't open the safe,
enraging Handler. The lieutenant COVER
nor and Rose talk with Valentine. Rose
pleads with Fay to aid the young prison.
er, who In handsome even In Sing Sing
garb.
ray promises tor Roses SAKE TO ASK TIM
governor to pardon Valentine. A stormy
interview occurs between Handler aao
Valentine
Valentine waits patiently In prison for
news Finally he is pardoned and goes TO
Albany to thank the governor. Lieutenant
Governor Fay and Rose.
Valentine refuses positions offered by
the rescue mission workers To his amaze
ment he meets Bill Avery and former
coworker, Red Flanagan.
Red and Avery try to dissuade Jimmy
from going square" Detective Doyle APP
pears, and Red and Avery hide. Doyle
wants Valentine to tell him where Avery
is. for he wants to rearrest him. Valen-
tine refuses,
Doyle departs, threatening to send VAL
entine back to Sing Sing prison. Avery
now tries to kill Valentine.
Valentine finally agrees to ''go It crook
ed" again. but a note from Rose brings
him back to his former determination 10
be honest 'in spite of the coppers."
Rose persuades her father to give Val
entine a position in his bank in Spring
field, Ill. He and Red so to work in the
bank
For several years Valentine works ex-
cellently and rises TO be assistant cashier.
He and Rose love each other, but Valen-
tine knows Doyle is ON his track and
dares not tell her of his affection for her.
mysterious Mr.. Cronin turns out to pc
old Bill Avery. now reformed and a man
Of business.
Valentine receives telegram from
Doyle. He tells Red how he has planned
to outwit the detective by means or
cleverly conceded althi
Rose Lane tells Valentine she loves him
and that they are going 10 marry. Val
entne reveals to her his love for ney,
Doyle appears on the scene to arrest Va
entine on q charge OF robbing Massa-
chusetts bank many years before.
Doyle is astoupded when Valentine an
nounces that he was never in Sing Sing
or In Massachusetts in his life and that
his name is Lee Randall
Here. cut that OUT he cried. lung.
ing forward at Valentine. awaiting a
response to his call. Don't bring any
of these locals In on big job like
this He thrust back his coat and.
opening his vest. revealed shining
shield fastened on one of his suspend
er straps. Valentine bent over and in
spected 1t very deliberately and very
closely. He turned to the telephone
and instructed central TO countermand
his call-all IA mistake. The two men
seated themselves. Doyle drawing a
chair close to the assistant cashiers
desk
Very well. sir. Now IL you can
see fit to refrain from your embarrass-
ing questions and innuendoes | am
sure we may arrive at something"
"Of course you know you will have
to prove that you are not Jimmy Val
entine."
Pardon me. Mr. Doyle. II set you
right on point Of law" smiled Val
entine. You will have to prove that
am your friend, Jimmy Valentine"
"But you won't make me-" laughing
confidently.
mo. To expedite matters l will
convince you that am not"
''Please do. Jimmy"
Very well Tell me how I may
prove it,
Every simply. ! said goodby to you
In hotel one afternoon in Albany
three years ago. You were fresh from
Sing Sing prison."
Am I to understand that was in
prison. a prisoner?"
"'Doing a Bit yes"
"But couldn't have been. I couldn't
have been in two places at the same
time"
mo, not easily. and as Sing Sing
doesn't allow its boarders to 60 visiting
I guess you were there. Now. think
hard and try to remember" advised