Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-05-14

He was, be admitted, private W9tch-
man who had most of the block near
the Hotel Republic. and he usually paid
visit to the back gate of the Watson
| clearinghouse once or twice during
the course of his rounds.
He verified all that the buxom cook
had already told, since he himself had
watched proceedings from dark cor
his account was amplified and more
definite as to detail.
did you," asked IAngdon, know
! who resided in the house into which
the girl was lifted by means of the
rope ,swingT'
81 did, sor." he answered. ut was
Barker's, the gamblin' place, you know.
sor. They KEEP it dark in the back and
in the front but 1t was bright enough
inside, begorra,"
Were you Waterman for that build
ingT
mo, sor. They had their own man
to keep an eye out for the bulls, but 1t
was that very night they were pulled.
Tim, the policeman at the corner, had
wised me mp TO 1t only an hour before.
".Stick around, Denny says he,
thererl be big doin's soon. They're
goin' to raid Barker's,' seq he, and I'll
bet we pun few big bugs, or my name
Is mud
$50 was kind OF hangin' around
waitin' when / see this other fellow
posted In tho alley. First or, ! seq,
he's plain clothes man. Then looks
at his feet and 1 says nix. he's a gum
shoe crook. and then the girl comes
down the FIRE escape"
when the girl had disappeared into
Bankers, what did you dot"
II Joined Katie and says to her, said
I, its goin' to be big night, and that
girl has Jumped out of the fryin' pan
into the fire. And begorra, sor, I'd no
more than said It, then heard the sig
nal blow and saw the bluecoats march
in up the alley and across the street
at the end surroundin' the place.
Good night to Barker's,' says 1; and
we watched 'em batter in the door and
march up stairs. 1t was then that l
felt the other man tuggin' at me arm
THE other mani" 1t was more an
exclamation than a question and Den
4
mis- nodded.
"Sure the Teller that had been stand
! in some place in the shadows. 'Wot
are the perlice afterr he says all
hoarse like. Who are they lookin' fer
the gtrlT Not ON your life says /,
they're raidin' Barker's.' 'Barkersr
says he, ms IL he'd never heard Of the
place. I-I-thought the trouble was
in the hotel. I-I-heard a shot
Then says I, you've got one on me,
fer with all these auttymobiles hangin'
about, the man that kin tell a bullet
from a tire has some ears You're
| right says he, 1t was probably a tire
| And he laughs; then he skunk away, as
II he didn't like the perlice even IL they
weren't dom anything but raid a gam
blin' joint"
Can you describe that manr
mo. He was kind of fattish. and
short. He looked like the sort of fell
Ter that hits 'em up considerable. but
/ didn't take particular notice, sor."
did you and Miss O'Neill remain in
the alley after he had gomez"
Eyes, fer the police had run up the
shades and we could see right into
Barker's place. Then l seen the girl
again."
do you mean Miss Pager
Yes, sor; leastwise. suppose It was
her. She was standin' with her hands
over her face, and one of the police
men jerks 'em down and turns to an
other one and says. says he, rs this
the grip could hear plain even down
in the street. but the other bull seemed
puzzled. It looks like 1t might be- he
says. especially the glad rags, but she
amt got Maggie's ear marks. Then
he grabs the girl by the arm and says,
'Wot's your namep But she didn't
answer. Just means. and at that he
laughs and says, .Plsyin' dumb, eh?
Same old game, Now I'm dead sure
the restaurants and hooks the suckers.
Well, IL you won't talk to us, you can
tell 1t to the judge And with that he
marches her away where we couldn't
see her"
Just a minute. Mr.. Gallagher" in
terrupted Langdon. Lets return to
that fattish man In the alley. Did he
come up the street with the police7"
"No, sor. He was alongside O. me by
that time"
Then he came from the other end Of
the street,"
Dennis scratched his head.
Not as l seen, sor," he admitted.
would you have seen him had he
come from the corner beyond the Hotel
Republic7" Langdon's voice was vi
brant with eager excitement and the
spirit of It swept through the court
room in a shiyering whisper.
Yes, I'd a seen anybody comm from
either end of the street. l ailus could
when stood at the gate with Katie,
fer there's big arc light they have to
| nasa under and Won can ace them plain