The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-06-02
The Silent Bullet
An Absolutely NEW Type Of Detective s.
By Arth NJ B. Reeve

dlcfoeraph repeating the convcrsat.oa
In the dingy little back room Of ~,
bano's. down the street. ~
Hes ordering q bottle of red wine"
murmured i.ul ~. dancing ~ AMI down
with exctemcft. j.f y
VincsnsO MAS 80 nervous that ~
knocked q bottle down In the widow,
and believe tina; my heart beats woe
almost audible over, the telephone which
! was holding, for tho police Operator
called me down for asking 50 many
times II all WIS ready.
There II is-the sigma" crted Gratis.
A fine opera 10 II P,ueiiscci."' New
listen for the answer"
A moment elapsed. then. Not without
asnnaro." came srur voice In Itallaa
from the dicsograph.
A silence ensucd II was tense.
Walt. watt" said q voice which I
recognized instantly AZ 0ennaro's. II
cannot road this. what IL this, -
Prince street,"
NO 0,s she has been left In ~,
tack yard" answered the voice. =.
Jameson" called erals. tell thsW r
drive straight to No. asit Prince stsotG
They will md the girl In ths back yarA-
quick. before the Black Hsndsrs hAvS
chhncs 10 90 back on their word" \
] fairly shouted my orders to the ~
lice Headquarters. They're or. CO..
back the answer. and hung IN ne =,
csivsr. =
What was that?" Craig was ssaIna -
thsy say" y
That other voice said to Gsnbsro.
Sit down while ! count this" S7ft
"shl he's ticking again"
~ II u penny less thar ssu thsc.s.
SAND or ! nnd . mark on the bills ~
Luigi. -,
Nov 0ennaro 10 talking" said Cralg.,
0ood-he II gaining time. He y Y
trump ] can distinguish that eli riGht
Hs's ASKING the gruR-voiced fellow ~
ne will have another bottle Of v)0.
He says he will. 0ood. They mus 81
Il Prince street now--weil give thsu,S,r
rev minutes more. not too much. ~.
word will be back to Aibsnos like wisdf
nre' And they Will get osnnsro, sftp.
all. An. they are drinking again. Whaf
was that. Luigi? The money Il slss
right. he ssys' Now. vincsnxo, sat
with the liEhts.' 80,
A door banged open across the streot..
and four huge dark figures dsrtsd our
In the direction OF Albano's fsf n.
With his ringer Kennedy pulled down
the other switch and shouted: 4,.0es,1
naro. this 10 ksnnedy. To the stsest.
POilsia! Polixh!"
A :cums and q cry Of surprise su,,i
lowed. A second voice. apparently from
the bar. shouted. out with the IsHeSs
out with the ilshtsw u
bang! wsst pistol. and another -
The dictpxraph. which had bsen an
sound a moment before. was 90 mute
~ cigar box.
What's the natter" I asked Kan.
nedy. 10 ha rushed tAst me. 7'A'
,"They have shot out tho lisnts. Nv
receiving instrument In Destroyed.
Come on. Jameson: vincsnso. stay $780,
You don't want to appear n tAla3.
short hgurs rushed BY me. fnaeGps
even than could 90. I, was the foifS.
ful Luigi
In front Of Aibano's an exciting Asht
wae soin1 on. Shots wore beiuS NrA6
Wildly In the darknsss. and fsa6s veso.
popc'ng out OF tenement windows on - Z.
SIDES A. Kennedy and I nuns -.
selves Into the crowd We covshg :
snmpso OF oennaro. with blood styooo-
ing from cut on his shouldsr, oeSwD.
SUNG with u policeman while Iaoin
vs!nly wa. trying to interposs hlmsejf
ootween them. A man. held by -.
other policeman. Vas ursine tn -
omeer on. That's the man" he ~,
caught him."
In a moment Kennedy was beAfna
MN. 'Paoli, you lie. You are the ~.
NAPIER. Seize him-he has the nnency~
on him. That other 10 0ennaro hinU3l6 81
The policeman released the tenor, - 4
both Of them 'Nsasedr PAoii The ovA1J1 =
were beating at the door. which VIZ
nelnE frsntically barrlcaded inside -
Just then q taxicab came swins.ns - !
the street. Thnee men Jumped out "a
added their strength To those who wer4 >
batter'ns down Albano's barricade.
oennaro. with = cry. leaped into thai
faxicab. over his shoulder I could -
tangled mass o. dark brown curlaso
ana a childish voice lisped: 10
Why didn't YOU come for me, oanaeH
TIE bad man told me II waited In ~
yard you would come for me. But n I
cried he said he would saoot ne. AIT
] waited. and waited"----
There there. Lima; papa's esingfYkcs
take you straight home to mother" Glc
a crash followed as the door Yielded,
and the famous Paoli gang was In ~:
hands Of the Law.
Ito Be Continusd) X