The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-11-04

/ came ~ TubCH GOIueh tnlS morning. |
tell you you're handing forty millions
TO bunch OF crooks on q forged
order"
The captain called TO a couple OF
his men.
"Tlerncy. and you. Doolan. take this
| bug shooter in charge. And have HIM
held until ! sea that he gets what
| coming to him"
Then telephone to Stonirrton him
self, cried the frantic Maalcy strur-
Cling IN the grip OF his capturs. Get
him on the wire himself and see what
/ ne says
Patterson" he called out Take
charg" here and don't let this motor
/ truck move an inch until ! verify Thus
( order of StoninStous Then ne
I turned Ia Manley. Won come with
me" was his curt demand as he 81.
bowed his way out through the black
mass Of the crowd. ana NaAiav Iu.
lowed at his heels as h. made his way
To IN" nearest telephone
The Triumphant light soon went out
Of young Mauleys face. however. as
; he stood close beside the police cap.
tain IN the booth tie could hear that
official call for the number. ask for
Stonington. and crIsply demand of the
banker II the order for the vault trans
fer WAS authentic or not. He could
hear til" captain 5 grunt Of assurance
as he listened, and his repeated grunt
as he hung up the receiver.
"Of course it's authentic, And
want % know VIVA: this game is
What are YOU and your bunch out
there trying 10 put over
But Manlcy knew what hc knew.
Il tell you that wasn't StuuuEtou
that spoke. 1t couldn't have been"
cried the desperate young secretary.
The captain was already on his feet
and fighting his way back to the fire
lines.
Then suppose you 60 up and tell
him he's been dreaTing," Knocked the
iratc official. Then get his affidavit
to that effect and amble back with it
Marley himself was already darling
for the door
That's just what III DO" he called
out as he made ~Or the corner OF
broadway on the run, and there, still
on the run. leapcd to the running
board OF an empty taxicab north
bound.
Get me to John Stoningtons house
on Park avenue; get me there as soon
as you can he told the startled
driver. And there's ten dollars in it
if you do it quick!
Manleys wait on StOningtons door
step was doubly disquieting Still
more disquieting, however. was that
obese bankers reply to the questions
SO tiercely hurled at him
Il gave out no such order. And no
such telephone call ever came to my
house tonight"
Then get your phone. quick" Man |
ley warned him. Get police head !
quarters and stop that raid Stop it i'll
side OF ten minutes or your bankn |
look like last years bird nest"
The excited man of finance, who |
had been shouting TO his servants, sud |
denly ran to the nearest desk phone |
and struggled with the instrument But |
his struggles were fruitless"
My phones dead" he cried out to |
Manley. Il cant raise central. |
can't raise anything"
Then beat it for that bank of !
yours. advised Manley as he made for
the door
Take me with you: for Gods sake
take me with you" cried Stonington,
up his hat and coat and fol
lowing him.
Il can't" retorted the young man
as he darted for his waiting taxi. I've
got to look for crook called Oyster
joe" And while the obese Stoning-
ton danced back and forth along the
curb. waiting for his belated landaulet.
Manley sped away on his wild goose
chase for that accomplice OF Legar
who was known to him only as Oyster
Joe.
The police lines about the ruins of
he Third National bank, as Manley
vent scurrying through the streets lit
le dreaming that a stranger had pre-
,eded him on that errand. had al
-eady been strengthened by addition
II reserves as the great motor truck
With its bank guards was piled higher
md higher with the gold from the
vaults. Then came the call
nr ]
md more evident that no timely in
exception was to rob Legar and his
men OF their spOils. The heavy truck
vas already crawling out from the
,urb, its great wheels crunching over
finders and Charred wood. as a mes
enger ran up to the officer in charge.
'alling him TO the telephone.
That official held the receiver in his
land as the motor truck, gathering |
peed as ii threaded its way through
narrow aisle of open asphalt formed
~ surging humanity, rounded the cor.
Ter into Broadway, Numbered north.
ward for three blocks. and AGAIN
Urned eastward.
By the time John Stoningtons Ian ,
aulet reached the hank. following the
already sent on from head
uarters, an empty vault lay amid the
moking ruins and Legar's galleon on
iheels, loaded to the brink with It's ,
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