Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-12-16
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my superior heard the story up to the
point of the locating of DR.. Giddings;
then he took the closely written sheets
prepared by the old scholar, and for
the space of fifteen minutes or so the
ticking of the desk clock and the in
sistent buzz of the ignored telephone
were the only sounds to break the per-
iod of silence.
Reaching the end of the transla-
tion, the busy man turned to his tel
ephone.
"I1l be there in about five minutes"
he snapped after listening few mo-
ments. Reaching for second in
strument connecting with the garage,
he directed tersely: "My car-right
away, please" then he turned to me.
"Well?" he inquired.
Hurriedly sketched my plan for
apprehending the murderers and de-
scribed what steps 1 had taken.
"Good." approved the listener.
"You've got the right dope. If we
catch these men it'll be a good joke
on my friend the third deputy. You've
still got that card l gave you?"
81 have, sir"
"Hang on to it. You may need it.
And, by the way"-the speaker paused
to relight his cigar-"Captain Sab
ovic died an hour ago"
"Poor fellow" l murmured, che
went too quickly to see"
"You get an orthodox priest" in
terrupted the big-hearted bald man.
"Then make arrangements with some
undertaken and give the man de-
cent burial. III stand behind you in
the matter of expenses.
"And," he added in conclusion, as
he looked at his watch, "from noon on
until tell you otherwise, you can use
my car. I'll give orders to my chauf-
feur. Good luck to you!"
The telephone was invaluable to me
that day. By its aid made arrange
ments for the laying away of the husk
of the faithful fellow who had been
true to his trust for more than gen.
Grafton.
There followed two false alarms
which brought me in haste, first to
Brooklyn pier, where three Italians
had just boarded a Saturday steamer
for Gibraltar and Naples, an dafter
ward to an East River dock, where
trio of Syrians were arranging for
steerage passage to Marseilles.
forbore scolding my overzealous
deputies, and after making arrange
ments with other newsboys to relieve
the first gang promptly at seven in
the evening, sought much-needed
rest. An hour, possibly, slumbered,
having removed only my coat and
shoes, then big fist hammered at my
door, and one of my brother attend
ants told me that | was wanted on the
phone.
A glance at my watch showed me
that it lacked but a quarter to seven;
a glance out of the window showed me
the sloppy asphalt of East Twenty
Sixth Street, clean spots glistening
here and there and near lighted street
lamps.
thrust my feet into slippers and
fastened to the telephone in the cor
ridor.
"Dis is Casey, up at pier 49," piped
shrill voice at the other end of the
wire.
whats the good word, Casey?" II
asked.
oyer tree guys just bought tickets
to Fiume," reported the cigarette
dwarfed lad I'd sent to watch at the
pier of the Austro- Hungarian line.
"Dat's city in Hungry" went on
the voice. "Der tree of 'em just
blew down here and flashed steerage
tickets and went aboard der Joseph |
der Second"
l felt for my sailing memoranda
A look assured me that the Hungar-
ian liner Jozef II was to clear for
Giberaltar and Fiume the following
morning.
"What makes you think you've got
the right men?" l asked cautiously,
thinking of my two wild-goose chases
of the day.
"Cause one O. denis got bum
lamp, and all tree o. denis got
scars like dey been hooked up in a
mar" was the reply that electrified
me into calling out the car at my
disposal.
Pier %, North River, was reached
as quickly as the assistant superin-
tendent's chauffeur dared drive. AS
the big limousine nnlled un under the |