New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-14


Had you seen Mr.. Pollock that
day."
mo. Not since the night before
Miss Hale, isn't it true that you
were to have joined the supper party
sor the company that Mr.. Pollock and
Mr.. Daniels were giving?"
l. mo. l wanted to, but he said it was
purely theatrical. Then l bet him
would come anyway"
why were you particularly anxious
to attend that party-on Mr.. Pollock's
account?';
mot on your life! 1 knew that there
was going TO be some crooked work
pulled off, but i couldn't prove it. l.
| had Il. grudge against someone who
was in on it. and I wanted to queer
the DEAL
":"Will you tell us please what that
deal wasp
The woman twisted her hands to-
7gether nervously, and her eyes darted
among the spectators as if searching
for menactng face. then she said
slowly.
"The-the deal wasn't pulled off, and
I'd rather-tell it without any names.
If Eve got to tell it. I'm not keen
about Switching on people,"
II stink s;you may tell it as you
please: Should IT. become necessary to
sreveal; the name will ask for it,
I. That's the ticket Well. you see it
was this way"
+, Miss Hale settled back in her chair.
as though she really enjoyed the inter-
/, est she was. creating. .,
- Barker knew fat lot of crooks of
all kinds, and he had one pal called
Bulge Dudley .who-wasn't all he
might have been, but Texas stuck to
him because he'd helped him once
long time ago, It was the same with
Larry the: Josh. Larry had soft Job
at The House, and Texas kept him for
old times sake. :.
"Well, that's got nothing to do with
it, except that these .fellers cooked up
a, plant by which they were to get a
girl into Jim's party. This girl IS
about the cleverest dip in New York,
and she was to lift the jewels and the
watches and the money and everything
she could get those swift hands of
hers on. when the party got warmed
up.
1T was a part of the game for her
not to be seen going in or coming out
of the hotel, so it was fixed to get the
fire-escape down and let her 60 up it.
When she came down again she was
to be swung up into Barker's in q
swing that is used sometimes to get
important people out Of the way if
unexpected visitors arrive"
She smiled grimly.
."And then she was to walk boldly
out the front door. Now this girl (
Sadie!" breathed Mary Page sud
denly, and at the name the witness
paled and. swinging about stared at
Mary! - q !: -:
!, "How do you KNOW she began. but
E.ahgdon intercepted quickly:
i""Eou say, that the girl failed to carry
out her part of the plot Will you tell
IFS why, please?''
:Why? Why, because Jim wasn't at
the banquet and she couldn't get in
There wasn't anybody else there who
recognized her, and she was counting
on Jim. 1t was fixed with him, but
4 gtiess he forgot. so she was left out
Fin the cold. She stuck around till
pretty late. hoping to have chance
10 get in on the game anyway, and
then when she tried to go down the
1re-cscape she found it about as quiet
as Broadway around eight o'clock. 1t
was full of bulls and people and lights,
so she had to 20 downstairs and out
the regular way with nothing to pay
for a wasted evening"
:, Were you in the hotel that night?"
II was. But not at the banquet"
= Where were you?'
lin the ladies' writing-room on the
second floor; the witness answered
without the slightest hesitation
That's around the corner from the
banquet rooin''
b. How. near is that to what is known
as the gray Suite do you known
) .i"!Of' course do. It's at the end OF /
that corridor"
Can you reach the 1re-escape from
~"
NO: There's fire tower at the
other side CT the building that you are
supposed to USE But I didn't know
that when was seized with a desire
to write letters in that room"
What time did you 60 In there?"
"Oh. don't know-round about
eleven o'clock or So
Did you look out the Window
Sure did. lots of times. l had to !
do something to prevent death from !
boredom with my own company"
I: 1T was thsn that you found you
could not reach the fire-escape. was
sit2'. i
yes. But / could see it and that
was just about as important for,me. /
All u wanted was to- have the goods
on woman that had been blabbing |
too much about me-"