The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-20
vorite dive up on PARK ROW.

favorite dive up on Park ROW.
Had the Bowery "sinkers" not got
into his eyes he might have noticed
among the late jewellers a man who
spoke to no one, but took his place
near by at the bar.
Limpy had long since reached the
point of saturation and lurching forth
from his new found cronies he sought
other fields Of excitement. Likewise
did the newcomer, who bore a strange
resemblance to the lookout who had
been stationed outside at the Dodge
house scant half hour before.
What happened later was only
matter of secondhand waiting until
the hated snitch-for gangdom hates
the informer worse than anything else
dead or alive-had turned sufficient,
ly dark and deserted corner.
A muffied thud, stifled groan fol-
lowed as heavy section of lead pipe
wrapped in newspaper descended on
the Grass skull Of Limpy.
IT was the vengeance Of the Clutch
ing Hand-swift, sure, remorseless.
And yet 1t had not been a night of
complete success for the master Grim.
inal. as anyone might have seen who
could have followed his sinuous route
to place of greater safety. Unable
to wait longer he pulled the papers
he had taken from the safe from his
pocket. His chagrin at finding most
of them to be blank found only one
expression of foiled fury-that men,
acing clutching hand-the real one!
Kennedy had turned from his futile
examination for marks on the teie-
phone. There stood the safe, moder-
ate sized strong box, but Of a modern
type. He tried the door. 1t was locked.
There was not mark on 1t. The COM
bination had not been tempered with.
Nor had there been any attempt to
soup" the safe.
With a quick motion he felt in his
pocket as If looking for gloves. Find
ing none, he glanced about and seized
two pieces of paper from the desk.
With them, in order not to confuse
any possible finger prints on the bust,
he lifted it on
l gave gasp of surprise.
There, in the top OF the safe,
yawned gaping hole through which
one could have thrust his arm!
What is it?" we asked, crowding
about him.
"Thermit." he replied laconicaIly.
"Thermit?" / repeated.
"Yes-a compound of iron oxide and
powdered aluminium, invented by a
chemist at Essen, Germany 1t gives
a temperature of over five thousand
degrees. 1t will eat its way through
the strongest steel"
Jennings, his mouth wide open with
wonder, advanced to take the bust
from Kennedy.
"No-don't touch It," he waved him
of. laying the bust on the desk. 81
want no one to touch it-don't you
see how careful l was to use the
paper. that there might be no ques-
ton about any clue this fellow may
have left on the marble?"
AS he spoke, Craig was busting over
the surface of the bust with some
black powder.
"Looki" exclaimed Craig suddenly.
Finger prints!" cried exeitedly.
YES" nodded Kennedy, studying
them closely. "A clue-perhaps."
"What-those little marks-a clue?' |
asked voice behind us.
turned ard saw Elaine looking
over our shoulders. fascinated. It was
evidently the first time she had real
lied that Kennedy was in the room.
How can you tell anything by |
that?" she asked
why, easily" he answered, pick
ing up a glass paper weight which
lay on the desk. You see, / place
my finger on this weight-so. You
could see it even without the powder
on this glass. Do you see those lines? |
There are various types of markings
-four general types-and each per- |
sons markings are different, even If
Of the same general type--loop, whorl
arch or composite"
He continued working as he talked. |
Your thumb marks, for example,
Miss Dodge, are different from mine.
Mr.. Jameson's are different from both
of US. And this fellows finger prints
are still different. 1t is mathematician
ly impossible to find two alike Ia
every respect"
Kennedy was holding the paper
weight near the bust as he talked.
! shall never forget the look of
blank amazement on his face as he
bent over closer.
my God!" he exclaimed excitedly,
this fellow is master criminali He |
has made stencils or something of |
the sort on which, by some mechan-
ical process. he has actually forged
the hitherto infallible finger prints!"
/, too, bent over and studied the
marks on the bust and those Ken
nedy had made on the paper weight to
show Elaine.
THE FINGER PRINTS ON THE
BUST WERE KENNEDY'S OWN.
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