Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-10-21

I -, "'N' A'HS. y was l,. uer.
s"n", 'h"c" Of Bayard Alexander and
'"" representatives OF The fed.
''ai fo'"rnm"u, conferred hu,-icdly
ana lhe securities" questioned
'@'o. Were the; .atac, when Won
"ere az ID" hauA tlis month";
. Allen '''' ''''''"
MAS its vain, %. - ''''
an.n,r ''''' NV ~.
alexander is leaving tonight with
.i''S+ securities He may BE- taking
'N' ,-''"'o II cash with him. The
VIZ. mas come for his arrest Par
'',o'df'y must We guard those assets
an prevent any unnecessary demands
upon the bank"
lie may be making a run for Can.
ADA. said Allen
me securities will take him TO
Ne" York that he may realize upon
Was Cards deduction I am
'V1 The station and will follow him II
ee taxes any train. You try for his
there"
h"' ai'sr all it vas piece OF luck
t"a' saved the day for Gard. lie was
'aOiHs Tor the station in taxiCab
"hen his machine VAS halted AT
| crossing. Another taXicab pulled up
tesIoe his. waited a minute. TWO min.
utes. Ii" could see the driver from
"AeTe that individual sat not six feet
away and just opposite his window
presently this Chauffeur bent down 20
GET instructions from HIS fare The
haD IN the taXicab was talking quiet
y but SO near was he TO the special
agent that he could be easily over
heard.
Get cut of this jam" be was say
.bf- Cat across rowU to the North
sIde station. We have already missed
! the els. II You head it off at the
North side it is worth a twenty.dollar
bin TO YOU"
/ The voice was smooth and uQruf.
He'd. Yet 1t was dominant. 1t set the
driver Immediately upon edge and into
motion. And there was in il a famil-
lar note that puzzled the detective for
moment, then brought back the in.
( terv.ew OF the afternoon. Yes, il was
! Hayard Alexander talking.
I II was hard luck that caused
/ crossing policeman to let the first au-
/ tomobile through and shut of the sec
oDd. II was the worst sort OF luck
that caused the special agent to ar
rive al the North side station just as
| the gate WAS slammed and made il
necessary for him to produce creden-
| tisls TO get through. He was barely
] able 10 swing into the vestibule Of a
| sleeper as the train was getting under
way, II was particularly hazardous
! from the standpoint OF accomplishing
the end he had in mind, for he did not
even know il Alexander was aboard
! and faced the danger of having ridden
/ away on the fastest train TO New York
I and left his work behind him. Even
! If the man he was after was aboard
there was the chance that he had be
/ come aware of the chase and would
take precaution TO Outwit him.
But now there was no hurry. His
man was or was not on the train and
/ the porter told him there would be no
stop for two hours. The special agent
was still good deal of a youngster
| with an appreciation of the dramatic
and here was a situation that appealed
to him. He wondered if he were riding
! into the dusk on wild goose chase,
! or il he had cornered this fugitive
| master-crook. with a travelling bag con-
/ tanning half million dollars of other
! peoples money. lie pictured the man
he was after-the suave, Confident
/ stealthy cashier, who had stolen his
hundreds of thousands and had, by the
/ very force of him, compelled his sub
! ordinates TO bide his shortcomings
/ He wondered II this man of action was
expecting pursuit or if he was riding
on in confidence OF being able to make
his escape. He thought of the satchel
that the cashier carried and of his re-
sponsibility, as a government agent.
for safeguarding it's contents. 1t was
something of an assignment for
youngster.
And mother used to say to me-"
grinned Billy to himself, when she
sent me around the corner for a dozen
eggs: DO be careful TO bring back
the change and for goodness sake
don't drop the bag l wish mother
could see me now"
! Whereupon William II. Gard of the
United States department of justice
| arose and went to the front of the
train. From this point he worked
steadily back. making sure that he
saw every passenger, looking each
over with sufficient scrutiny that a dis
guise would not have escaped him,
making sure that the man he sought
was in the portion of the train to the
rear 1t began 10 look as though he
had actually boarded train which the
fugitive had failed to catch.
Dark was just coming on. 1t was
that hour when most Of the passen-
gers on a train are to be found in the