The Washington herald., 1914-09-13

dersr demanded the lieutenant, step.
ping back.
That being your business" said
RswSon, I'll tell YOU / have here in
my pocket warrants calling for the ar
rest on sight of James Hazleton, of
New York. and William Beasley. of
Philadelphia, on charge of attempting
to defraud the United States custom
house"
"Oh, boshl" sneered the lieutenant.
'Lemme up" said Hinkley. or Beas-
ley
"AIl in good time, Beasley," said
Rawson. Wen not only let you up,
but well send you up"
How have we attempted to de-
fraud" bluffed HaZelton.
The contents of that chest you have
just buried there will show that all
right said Rawson. IF you want
an itemized list I'll see that you get II
at your trial"
But, you damn fool" whined Beas-
ley. this amt real-it's only moving
picture show
Yes" said Rawson, "and when we
get the thing thrown on a sheet for the
edihcatiOn OF the Federal courts II will
turn out to be the most moving movie
that ever moved You've supplied Us
with kind OF witness that don't have
to be put on OATH
Well make you sweat for this 7"
growled the late lieutenant, as with the
assistance of the natives, who, excited
by the extraordinary turn affairs had
taken. entered delightedly into the new
situation. he and his confederate were
placed under arrest and marched up to
the village and committed TO the coun-
" Jail on Rawson's afidavits, backed
by the warrants in his pocket
Now some OF you fellows help me
dig up that chest and carry it up to Mr
Jenkins bungalow" said Rawson, will
you2"
Sure" was the response and twelve
willing workers soon had the booty in
my den. The chest was locked but
after the natives had gone Rawson
burst il open with a hammer | stood
by with bulging eyes expecting a tre-
mendous haul. but was terribly disap-
pointed when the lid of the chest on
being lifted disclosed only the presence
of three or four small packages not
lA4dAA a AOOA tAaiN Ne~a4 - 81 A'Als
the contents OF those packages!
Il thought So said Rawson. as he
cut the string binding one OF tEese and
after much unwrappIng brought TO light
a diamond chain necklace made up OF
seventy-fve stones. all sizeable and OF
the first water. Fifty thousand dol
lars worth at one clip. Now ior the
others"
Their contents were scarcely less val
liable each in its own way revealing
quantities of pearls. emeralds, rubies,
and other precious stones.
The syndicate never did do things
by halves" said Rawson, as he ticketed
and listed every item A quarter Of
a million dollars Is some capital to be
conhscated like this"
But tell me. Billie. how" | de-
msnded, my wonder growing with every
passing minute.
oh. it's the same old story. SAID
Rawson. These chaps who beat the
government. or Try to, are constantly
getting up new schemes. and they're
about as ingenious a bunch as ever
tried to work iIm-aam. There's
syndicate OF en-. and they're a slick lot.
Hazelton and BeaSley have been at It
Tor twenty Years They've served
half that time in Federal prisons, but
il doesn't seem to cure them. They
finished up their last term in Atlanta
four years ago For the past three
years we have felt tOlerably certain
they were operating again somewhere,
but we haven't been able to trace them.
Then YOU knew the other day that
this moving picture business was a
iake2' l asked.
No" said Rawson. T didn't know
it at first, but as soon as Hinkley
turned up and | recognized him a
Beasley ! felt sure there was something
crooked afoot. and when Hazelton ar
rived for rehearsals I knew 1t Of
course | hadn't the slightest idea OF
how they were going TO manage, but
that scenario gave me the clew. That
treasure ship wasn't any fake, Jlnksy,
and under guise OF having her char
tered for mOving-picture purposes they
were going to get their loot in without
attracting anybodys attentlon-the dear
little innOcents.
Rather costly method should
think" said.
The way it turned out. YES, but not
otherwise" said Rawsor The whole
outfit couldn't have cost them more
than S2,5oo. and the moving pictures
we're real enough. They'd have got
three or four times that much money
hack from their films. and even if they
had7', a saving OF seventy-hve or a
hundred thousand dollars in duties, my
dear links. is some save
.'Yetf-were lucky to have those war
rants. said l.
Yes" said Rawson, but as a mat
ter OF TACT haven't any warrants. They
were a couple OF blank dog licenses I
got at the town clerks office the other
dav and filled in with the names of
Beasley and Hazelton. 81 Hawkins is
frst-class officer, but he can't read,
and as a matter OF fact doesn't know
a Federal warrant from a town pump,
and as for the justice of the peace
we'll. he's a good judge of horse, but
when it comes to the law a dog license
to hold a smuggler on is as good as the
real thing. Tomorrow's Sunday, and
Beaslev and Hazelton are safe in the
Jug until Monday, by which time the
real documents will be here. I've
phoned over to Boston for them"
well. by George, Billie" said l,
YOU'RE a wonder. If this wasn't .
prohibition State
81 know, old man" said Rawson.
but it is a prohibition State-so I'd
rather not. really have no desire to
.a.zI -,,,. dartioinO yearS in an inehri.