The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-11-24
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",,or,. on" he urged. THERE'S no
.;,, " ~ waste I've ordered car.
Nevertheless there was a. "htt y, taii
Gao. Moments at the garage gre :
j., .hmr, siprcato sentences Jerked nu !
soni.. Of the conclusions he had h fI,, ~
-, Yes. We've got 10 he QuiGK ~. -
irop Wills at the house Inc cur m
rsndv BIZ this time. and they ]unpTu
hnnrd "Sow cut loose for all Sn7 =
worth" ordered McFall.
II had taken Grenfcll quarter oL en- a.
hour Ia get from the mayor Iou3 ts-oo
ibc hotel, II took the car barely thirTI
minutes TO cover the distance: a STU
rrnwd was gathered about me sA ~,
md n Thin. almost undisceTnlple WTSn.i'
of ynpor was circling from Wl.tuo ~; =,
rho iremen had q hose cut, ana even ~
the roadway they could near 1i'' '>'
wills iNmped TO the ground as t!I
rar slackcned pace. and ran lorWaii ~
They could see him making eaEus :,
4uirins and presently he came eut'''i he
sEomtrd Gar q little old-faSnioL';,Ii.
accompanied t"o-Seh''''
The chauffeur pressed over a Ie ,,a
md the car slid smoothly forward. M
ran took from pocket 44-hu tol.i se er,4
took out = clip OF cartriaEeS anu hn
II back again you got IL gun ~
asked
, Circnfrll shook his head. ,,,ra,, dron-
! .yn, nave,. know" said M"Fcli. dr"p.
; ming the weapon in his jack, Ei>T;,,d-
and liking his eyes ahead on nv .om.rl
,,s .rvirc they slackcned speed W
mike injuries. It was on me Scco o'
occasion that they learned the Elee 20
! HnintnJ car was but a. mile aheaa ~. u
Them. and Il few minutes la.eT -,
| cloud Of dust in Lront Sn4 tSeir Gmarrv.
, In - little while they. were nE ~
,rnurh TO sec a face pncrinE over ~"
hack of the leading car. EooH ;t Turi +
cried Grenfoll. and dropped WHY ~ g
shame into the bottom or me 80 ,hny.
, tags wind screen shattered' ana 'net
-a,t3I ,'a.r tho Shrek of a bullet as II
McFaiI was holding the barrel OF MS
,u;n,ratic balanced on the palm oI M
left hand. The thud OF ms aHsT n,t =
eho, vas almost simultaneous: But q
20 r,ncrt of glass from the broken VINO
screen had caught their chauffeur on W.
check The car swcrvcd. rlghtcu dEdi'''
and then the brakes were on
! II wns no muncnt 10 waste tinie II. It,
,u,ncnt MrFall stuck tho muzzle OF ms
$3.50, ,raine, The hack Of the chaut-
fcur'S neck. Ger on VIII - "
suIIcniv the chauffeur started up
again, !, was Il choice Of evils: oGs
whereas rho man in front might mss ~
he started shooting again. the oe'E|''''
certainly would not.
Tn a matter Of five minutes they were
aeain within fifty yards or The green
car, MrFall commenced TO IRE; ne wa,
taking no chances. Once only was :"
shot returned, and. as they drew nee.
or rrcnfoII. who was peering over Lne
,nr of tho sent. perceived the reason
Tas,l,t's chauffeur had also needed per
Suading with a pistol. He TAU Fnr" ~
,ha situation became clear to nm.
Make him slack up as We to come Srn nI%'Ii
$ $IaH r enf o' to iump M for it."
McFall nodded. The Scotland 1aru
man hraced himself for a leap. lnch
bv inch they drew near the other car
and FaSilci, facing around. hrcd t"'c'
Both shots went wide.
wooden thud Of McF2lls automatic
aeoin. and rs he landed his fnce vas
scnrchod bv the explosion OF the mayor S
risto!. Then his strong. why arms %I i
around Fastlet. and he draeEeo mn,
down backward. Foth cars sild 10 d
half last ms the two struggling men
fcll heavily to the ground. ,,,.
The mayor was a powerful man. hut
he had been taken at disadTantaEce..
Narrower Grenfell was as physicaI!E ~
hc. 81 the time McFnIl had come run
ming tG his assistance. he had the mayor
pinned. The central office man put
away his weapon and draEEco our u
shiny pair Of selt-adJHstinE' n ichciJ
plated handcuf's which he clipped
around the prisoners wrists.
Vow we're all hunky." he said. and
they assisted the prisoner to rise.
This is you" said Faslet. giarinS
menacnsly at Grenf"ll. "lf you hadn i,
himself What's the charge. ANYWAY:
You We got nothing you can bring against
me, This means an action for damages
cut ont the bluff" said McFall sharp,
". You'll be held for forgery. and
that's all there is to It. Let's GET
Far away. hack in the Central Office
records. long before tho days of finger
prints. McFall came across the portraits
IF n young man. He pointed II out "
irenfcll. THAT finishes H. Here Is
way back in the nineties. Soapy Smith
he is--fe was in the green goods trade
AT ono time-hut he's an expert rorEer.
Got ton years in ninety-two ant mas
dropped ont Of sight since.
LET it alone" growled Wills. "Grcn-
f"lI's going 70 tell MS how he got on 70
the old man--not but what we'd have
got him anyway" he added with touch
Of esprit dc corps. Once we nailed the
girl it was plain enough
II was lucky. admitted Grenteti
modestly You penrle have been TOO
long in tho game NOT 10 know that luck
counts q lot. But III have hocn now
here without your backing. | coald9 t
have told for sure nn my OWN that that
piece Of paper 7 picked Gn on the beach
was from = forged note without your en-
merits behind me-. Still that was luck 10
start with Then when Mcfail Eers
found out that the mayor was no graft
or W. both got II thinking on the same
lines"
'Thai's right" agreed McFall y
man who's all for purity in municipal
affairs ana lives in the WAY he did has
got a rcason---you bet :,
yes Soapy must have had II All
worked out when he went Into politics.
IF tho French police hadn't tun,hl"d thae
tho stufs WAS drifting In from tho states
NJ might have kept on forever. VINO
was going to Get suspicious OF :hn high
smoulcd mayor Of n seaside town?
IT f1gurcd this ont while ! was wait
ing 10 nut You on tho girl. ! gave NC
Fall credit for having m" same linz.
Ent wanted 10 g"t he thing done W.T.
quickly and Il didn't seem 10 mo Likely
to work ont in harry on Snf" Ines.
That was how It came into my head 10
break into the house on tho nT-cAance
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