The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-11

out Of range of the proprietor's whist.
breath, and taking from his outside pocs.
ct the glass coated thumb, and dropping
Ouch Damn it'' The owner dronn.a
the thumb like red-hot coal ''Whaira
you tryin 10 do? This amt your house.
What in hell's got into You, IIardy9 W.,
amt turned stool-pigeon?" sd
The veins in his neck swelled n,aliz.
nantly. and he slared down at the thumb
which lay at his feet. his gaze fixing on
ii In horrible fascination. vi
But what does that prove anvwav,"
he clustered In an effort TO recoyer b,
doughty dignity, as a man with bs,tsp
nerves and conscience picked up the hid.
palm. i"s
Remove the glove from his left bars
and youll seeIout he careful he doesn't
S1n, pre- you RE Tepned Zee pointing 10 the
managing occasionally with n sinpops
twist TO loosen the grip OF ono OF the
eight strong, arms that held him. '''s
loose flesh began TO creep across S,s
bones again, as he coiled and buckiad
like frantic. venomous reptile, the
unable TO remove the glove until the
doughty little owner stepped over and
delivered a deliberate, sense-snufiing
blow cold bloodedly,- directly In the fear
the poor devil was recovering, thee
snatched off his glove and exposed .
big bandage In place OF thumb The
proprietor ripped that off with brutal
jerk, and disclosed an unslghtly wound
freshly dressed.
IT'S his thumb. all right" agreed the
gambler hesita tatinsly. But how does
that prove he did the Manhattan Nation
al watchman this morning? I read that
the watchman lost a thumb, too. What's
the dope?'
Poe took the proprietor aside and
with shrewd wink explained quickly,
In order TO maintain his character as
Hardy, spender and sport.
I'm doing this TO keep my stand
IN with one of the Manhattan directors
see! Poe, his name Is, queer guy. doped
out this theory about the Frog, an sent
me over to get the Frog. out OF here
without making "a any 1 trouble; 11 - sesF se
the puffy. proprietor suspIclously.
I'm giving you the straight OF 1t
as this friend of mine doped It," said
first nobody but a regular eel like Frog
here could wriggle through a little win
dow In the bank where he found the
glass cut out. I was there when he
climbed a ladder. rubbed his finger .oysy
the sill Of the window, and found Ito
threads where the rope had rubbed. He
said Frog used two ropes, one tied
which he used to swing back to the the
ater on, and the other TO hold the graf
Ing and glass in place, and give him
something TO hold on to while he slipped
half asleep
Poe spoke In the character OF Hardy
with such vigor that the proprietor drew
him into a chair and leaned close in In
tense interest.
This director found the watchman's
ticker gone, and marks "a though he'd
been tied up, The Frog went TO work
and combination which ae had bought
from a friend, as just found out by
leading him on. with a pipe story. at the
table here. There was one OF the new
w;airling safes inside that vault. an the
Frog In his surprise probably pushed In
his hand to feel for a door and got his
thumb npped clean off"
But the paper said II was Summers
thumb that was taken off said the
gambler. WAS there two thumbs taken
off7'
Sure! Listen, At the same second
that the Frogs thumb Is taken of, the
wa lehman works loose from the ropes.
and turns in burglar alarm in the waN
near by, Frog catches him, crashes ~
his skull with the butt of his gun drags
him back to the safe, and does some tall
thinking, helped out by the pain In his
by the crook that sold him the keys
and combination, he knows the cops are
coming. so IL comes to him all OF sud,
the work. so he takes off the ropes
smashes the bullseye. and puts II BY the
watchman's head. Then; to make II
r,
he sticks the dead mans thumb into
the whirling safe, It's nipped off neat;
and drops at his feet. 1t all worked
fine, except that when he CROPPED around
to keep 1t out OF evidence he got Sum-
mers's by mistake. and left his own In
his hurry to make his getaway pawn
the watch he had stolen from Summers.
and get here to gamble away the thirty
dollars"
He was sure enough fool said the
proprietor disgustedly "I always did
say the Frog was crazy, or course. any
good detective could trace a crook down
by his thumb; it's even better than
thumb print
"A good deal. according TO this friend
of mime said Poe, looking anxtously to
where the Frog was being held awaiting
The proprietor's orders for his disposal:
got pretty good description of the TEL
ow just from the fact that he had what's
allied a, clubbed thumb. He said the
skin under the nail was blush brown
showing that the fellow was full OF mig
ger blood but had white skin on the
outside"
That's goin' some" said the propri-
.tor. "a fellow was just telling me the
mother. and his hair was kinky till be
lad IL Strengthened by a machine and
,is face enameed. What do you want
lone with him."
Give me q man and we " 9be niin
'ut quietly so your place won't get
'ad name, and wake up tie lieutenant
e ths precinct or somebody else to make
costly raid"
Poe wInked significantly in his char
cter as Hardy. and the nervous httle
proprietor gave an abrupt order. Tne
Iuman Frog was rushed through Sc,
ret door into the adjoining house. ana
rom that innocent dwelling Poe phoneo
or taxi. and took the Human Frog 10
hnqnnD1Ctpr6
ound a detective willing to claim the
onor OF having ferreted out the Manna.
an National mystery and having arrest
4 the criminal. according TO detail iur,
ished him by a sporting man who neo
ono II for n friend. a director IN ire
IA nhattan National. and who wished
9th names kept entirely out OF the case
Copyright, 1913, by ". G. C;1apmano
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