Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-10-01

ening himself out after the fracas. I'll
stay here with the prisoners. GO get
the police"
l 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 / 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, 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 a 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 hospital and
get him fixed up, and to hospital we
went. Kennedy and l entered with
our prisoners, closely guarded by the
police.
Craig handed WI over to two young
doctors and a 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 of Craig's rude
bandage to replace it properly when a
noise outside told US that a 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 him
into a room in the dispensary. Just
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 rest
| and reach the doorway to the emer
gency room. He was, as we found out
later, dressed almost precisely like
/ WI, although he had on somewhat
| different cap. In build and size al
well as features he was a veritable
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 wal
placed on an operating table and there
was bound up properly, though he wal
terribly weak now.
Back of the screen, however, thu
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 reached
over and took the gauze and quickl!
made it into a bandage. keeping ont
eye on the bandaging Of WI. Thel
he placed the Dandage over his. lef
shoulder and arm in the same wa!
that he saw the doctors doing will
WI.
They had finished with WI, and on
of the doctors moved over to the door
way to call the sergeant For the mo
ment the rest had left WI alone, hi
eyes apparently half closed through
weakness. Each was busy about hi
own especial task.
From behind the screen, which wa
only a few feet from the operating ia
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.
The doctor turned toward the SUI
posed WI. "Come. now" he ordered
handing him over to the police. "Her
he is at last"
The sergeant started to lead the pril
oner out. As he did so, he locke
sharply at him. He codld scarcely b.
lieve his eyes. There was somethin
wrong. All Cinnamon might loo
alike to some people. but not to hin
That's not WI Fang!" he e,
claimed.
Instantly there was the greatest e,
element. The doctors were astounde
as all rushed into the emergency ROOF
again. One Of them looked behind tn
screen. There was an open window
That's how he got away" he criet
Meanwhile, several blocks from tn
hospital, WI, still weak but more tina
ever nerved up, came out of his plac
of concealment, gazed up and down tn
street and. seeing no one following
hurried away from the hospital as fas
as his shaky legs would bear him.
Confident that at last our arch el
envy was safely landed in the hands {
the notice. Kennedy and / had left th