The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-09-24

ening himself out after the fracas, "Ill
stay here with the prisoners. Go get
the police"
/ hurried out and rushed down the
street seeking an officer.
Up in the den, WI Fang, silent, stood
with his back to the wall, scowling
sullenly. Close beside him hung a
sort of bell cord, just out of reach.
Kennedy, revolver in hand, was exam
lining the writing table to discover
whatever evidence he could. Slowly,
| imperceptibly, inch by inch. WI
| moved toward the bell cord. He was
| reaching out with his manacled hands
| to seize it when Kennedy, alert,
turned, saw him, and instantly shot.
WI literally crumpled up and dropped
to the floor as Craig bounded over
| to him.
| BY this time l had found a police
| man and he had summoned the wagon
| from the Elizabeth street station, a
| few blocks away. AS we drove up be-
| fore the den, l leaped out and the po-
! lice followed.
| Imagine my surprise at seeing WI
! stretched on the floor; Kennedy had
tried to stanch the flow of blood
| from wound on Wu's shoulder with a
| handkerchief and now was making a
temporary bandage which he bound on
| him.
| "How are you, sergeant" nodded
Kennedy. well. guess you'll admit
I made good this time
| Common humanity dictated that we
| take WI first of all to a hospital and
get him fixed up, and to hospital we
went. Kennedy and / entered with
our prisoners, closely guarded by the
police.
Craig handed WI over to two young
doctors and nurse. BY this time WI
was very weak from loss of blood
Still he had his iron nerve and that
was carrying him through. The two
young doctors and the nurse had
scarcely begun to take off Craigs rude
bandage to replace it properly when g
noise outside told us that weeping
and gesticulating delegation of Chi
nese had arrived.
Kennedy by this time had finished
talking to the doctors and handing
WI over to them. They had taken hin
into room in the dispensary. JUS
then the chattering crowd pushed in
some asking questions, others bewail
ing the fate of the great WI Fang
They were so insistent that at last one
of the doctors was forced to demand
that the police drive them out. They
started to push them back.
In the melee one of their number
managed to get away from the res
and reach the doorway to the emer
gency room. He was, as we found on
later, dressed almost precisely like
WI, although he had on a somewha
different cap. In build and size a!
well as features he was veritabl,
Dromio
The other Chinaman drew back be
hind the screen which hid the door
way to the emergency room and con
cealed himself.
In the emergency room WI wa
placed on an operating table and Their
was bound up properly, though he wa
terribly weak now.
Back of the screen, however, tn
other Chinaman was hiding, able t
get an occasional glance at what wa
going on. There happened to be
table near him on which were gauze
cotton and other things. He reache'
over and took the gauze and quickl,
, made it into a bandage, keeping on
eye on the bandaging of WI. The
he placed the Dandage over his lief
shoulder and arm in the same wa
that he saw the doctors doing wit
, WI.
! They had finished with WI, and on
, of the doctors moved over to the dool
, way to call the sergeant. For the me
ment the rest had left WI alone, hi
eyes apparently half closed throug
weakness. Each was busy about hi
, own especial task.
From behind the screen, which wa
: only a few feet from the operating tt
BILE, the secreted Chinaman steppe
) out Quickly he placed his own ha
) on WI and took Wu's, then took WI
place on the table, while WI slippe
behind the screen.
4 The doctor turned toward the SUI
/ posed WI. Come, now," he ordered
3 handing him over to the police. "Her
he Is at last"
( The sergeant started to lead the pri!
t oner out AS he did so, he locke
4 sharply at him. He could scarcely b.
, lieve his eyes. There was somethin
t wrong. All Cinnamon might loo
alike to some people, but not to hin
l That's not WI Fang" he e,
e claimed.
4 Instantly there was the greatest e,
, citement. The doctors were astounde
as all rushed into the emergency ROOF
j again. One Of them looked behind tn
4 screen. There was an open window
That's how he got away" he criet
Meanwhile, several blocks from tn
g hospital, WI, still weak but more tina
! ever nerved up, came out of his plac
e Of concealment, gazed up and down tn
r street and, seeing no one followin,
hurried away from the hospital as fas
as his shaky legs would bear him.
Confident that at last our arch el
i envy was safely landed in the hands {
q the police, Kennedy and / had left tn
hospital and were Fastening to Elain
d with the news. We stopped at tn
t laboratory only long enough to get th