Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-05-19

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heap I'm the corner of the room. And
at last he found the shoe he sought
! lie recognized il by the fact that one
OF its laces had three times been broken
aud that the breaks had been mended by
lqueer granny knots" lie had careless
! ~ noted this when he had swung il
TO and fro by the end of its knotted
lace
With an anvil he pried loose the run1
down heel. IL was hollow. Empty
though tie hollow now was. it corre-
sponded in every way with that in the
shoe Alma la Sale had been carrying
under her arm when she was arrested.
No sign Of Eagan. either in this
building or the next" reported a police
man. coming i'm as Max stood examining
the hollow heel
Plenty of signs of him here. though"
answered Lamar. holding mp the shoe.
i've found what I was looking for
Were YOU Just looking for a worm
out shoe?" asked the officer. suspecting
joke. why. that thing amt worth 3
cents as junk
NO" queried Max. perhaps not
as junk. But as a jewel casket, it has
held a good many thousand dollars
worth of gems; or l miss my guess.
Anyhow, it's the link L needed to con-
meet Smiling Sam Eagan with the series
of Jewel thefts that have been bothering
you people. This old scent bit of junk
will send Sam over the road for five
year stretch. when we get our hands on
him. I'm going back to headquarters.
Core alO1g. There's no use wasting any
more time i'm this cage. The birds
flown. It's up to us to get the net
spread for him.
Ten minutes later Chief Allen was lis
tenIng attentively to Max Lamar's story.
Fifteen minutes later the following mes
sage was on its way to every town in
the state:
Wanted for burglary and for fence"
work: Samuel Eagan, alias Smiling
Sam 49,.
+ Wen have the city scraped for him.
too. of course" added the chief, turn
ing back to Lamar, but there's not
much use i'm that. He's too slick TO
hang around here. He's beat il for the
nearest out-of-town hiding place and
lie low there till it's safe to travel far
ther. I know Sans ways. our only hope
is to send these dodgers around, on the
chance some jayburg constable may rec
ognize him
The chief was rs much a specialist
IN his own way. as Max Lamar himself;
as much a specialist in crime as is a
doctor i'm anatomy. He was as familiar
with the criminal mind as is a surgeon
with the vermiform appendix.
He knew exactly what each type of
crock, under given circum Instances, IS
practically certain to do For in spite
OF Sherlock Holmes and other fictional
detectives. the working of the criminal
mentality are very simple indeed once
man has learned them from careful
study.
And in Smiling Sans" case. the chief
',ad diagnosed. the procedure with the
skill o. mind reader.
sam Fastening through TIE yard at
Tom Dunn's heels, had prudcntly allow
ed his lookout" To- pass through the
gate irtc the alley in front IF him. lie
himself had fingered for moment, so
Jhat Dunn might prove for MIN whether
Ct not the coast WIS clear.
Ii had been the wise act of a wise
man. For. scarce had the scared Dunn
boltcU int the alleyway when the two
policemen had seized him.
At firs. sound Of tho scuffle. sam had
darte1 hack from the half-closed gate
and across tho ward through the rear
iocrwsy Of the tumbleddoWn house that
adOine1 h.s own.
Always prepared for emergencies he
had snatched mp his nat and coat as he
had left the shop. on the approach Of
Lamar ana the OihccrS.
Now. in the hallway of the house he
shed his apron. threw it down a coal
hole, put on the coat and hat, and very
sedately walked out of the front door.
Just beyond the entrance to his own shop
and thence down the street
At the second corner he saw a patrol
man stTOlling along. Sam consulted a
sign above store he CHANGED to he
passing. and stepped inside the pla"e
until the policeman had gone by.
In similar fashion he made MS way
for full half nile-always moving UNI
concernedly and yet managing TO elude
the notice of any bluecoat-until he
came to the railroad yards.
Down the yards he walHed-not aim
lessly as before, nor with the SLOUGH
wC-lmen. He was, - all outward SEM
blance. an honest laborer on his way
back from dinner.
Presently his route took him past a
line OF freight cars. lie did not seem
10 notice them. Yet the keen little ewes
under the shaggy brows. took heed of
the lock of each car.
When he came TO an empty which
was unlocked, he peered up and down
to make sure no one was in direct line
of vision with him. Then, with an adroit
SHliLnessr Ouu III enc so neaVy, ne Jerked
open the bar of the car door. slid hack
the door itself, a yard or two. clambered
inside and shut the big reddish door be-
hind him.
Late that night his car was coupled
with thirty others and pulled out OF the
yard. Early next day the freight train
rumbIed slowly past a suburban station
and on into the sand-swept waste he
yond.
sam. through a crack in his 'side-door
Pullman" had kept rigid tab on tEe
trains general direction. And now he
knew Just where he was. He had caught
glimpse OF the stations sign:
carbohydrates
4 brilliant idea struck him. An idea
that brought him to his feet with a
bound. and set him to Juggling open the
sliding door of the car.
The train was still moving at a good
" pace-for a freight train. But Sam
Eagan would have taken far greater
risks. IN order to carry out the daring
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