The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-04-07


pared watches Watches? Certainly. Louis. Twist and
Dahl were all most fashionaby attired and-as became
members of nobity-singulary and accurate
in the important element front" vdelcet, that list
OF personal adornments which includes ring and
wacn Louis Dahl and Twist saw to it that their time
pieces agreed This that Dahl and Twist might
successfully arrange their aibs
1t was the next evening. At $3.50 o'clock Twist
obtsvey in the Delaney street police station wrangng
with the desk sergeant follower who
had carefully brought about his arrest.
Come" quoth Twist sergeant cts nine
o'clock now Fix up the bond I've got date In East
Broadway at ninethrty"
While Twist stood thus enforcing his whereabouts
the attention of the desk Dahl eating
beesteak in a Houston restaurant
What time have you got?" the
German who kept the place.
Five minutes nine" German, glancing
at the clock
ooh, as that" retorted Dahl peev.
shly That clocks drunk Call the telephone people
and find out for sure"
"The phone people it's nine o'clock" reported
German, hanging up the receiver
"Hully Gee 1 didn't think was more'n half past
eight" and Dahl looked virtuousy corrected.
While these fragments of talk were taking place The
Bother attending to his stuss interests.
pale and frightened and his hunted roved here and
there. Five minutes went by The clock pointed
slouchhat stranger entered. AS the clock
hour he placed the muzze Of pistol against The
tiers breast and fired twice. Both bullets pierced the
and The Bother fell forward his acedead without
There twenty people in the When
they found only the dead Bother
police recalled those which had cu
minated in the charge of disturbance and arrested DAHL
"You amt got right" scofed Dahl police.
There the inquest The Bother
buried and Twist and Dahl rode to the
slept. bateyed consabuary went its way but
the gangs
Distinguished chvalry the Five Points was an
individual known Kid Pogg Only paucity Of years-e
under eghteenwihheld Pioggi topmost honors
The winters melted into spring. spring lapsed into
early summer. It brilliant evening and Pioge1 was
dsporting himself at Coney island and Louis fol-
lowing plan of relaxation at Coney
island.
Pogg had seated himself table in the house of
call Of one Ding Dong Twist and Louis in Piogg
being of the Five Points, recognized foe by Twist
who lost no time In mentioning
Being in facetous mood and way expressing his
the window. 'AD Wv -
Louis and Twist in Ding Dongs from
Poggi had been driven and demanded refreshmt ~,
the guse of Piogg ageswoen as to heart busted him.
self at nearby telephone Calling Bowery
the clan told of his abrupt dismissal from dino
Dongs and the then Twist The Higher
mower OF the POINTS should be at Coney
cable could carry them.
Piogg pitched upon whose name and face were un
of blind message-t purported dancer in one
Of the cheap theaters of the bring
stall EN- this way" Piogg indicating SPOT within
touching distance OF that ITS here put over
Poggs messenger well his work and Twist and 1ou,.
moved albeit unsteady into the They
sweeping the walk clear Of lesser mora the voice
Pioggi arrested their attention.
"Oh. there. Twist; look here!"
The voice from the to the right. pioppa
position calculated enemy at dis
let struck Twist above the He staggered lead now
came IN storm Twist went down. across him.
There twelve bullets and eight in 1ou,s white
the cracking roar Of that cannonang alarmed the
of every gangser vanished and the
dead Louis remained
Piogg went into hiding Greenwich Five Points
had hodout There were pulngs haulnes and whis
perngs In dark political conditions had been
whispered and hauled and pulled satisfactory condition
Pioggi sent word to favorte officer arrest him.
P1ogg explained to the court that been
ened he had shot only that he himself might live His
seventeen Likewise there had public loss: tho
had hnfr
respectabty The court pondered and decided
that justice would be fulfilled by sentencing Pogg Emra
refor