New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-07

Il Joined Katie and says to her, said
!, It's 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 I heard the sig
nal blow and saw the bluecOats march
in up the alley and across the street
at the, end surroundfn' the place.
Good night to Barker's,' says l; and
we watched 'em batter in the door and
march up stairs. It was then that
felt the other man ttggih' at me ARM
''The other man?" It was more an
exclamation than question and Den
mis- nodded.
"Sure the Teller that had been stand
in some place in the shadows. sWot
are the perlice after? he says all
hoarse like. who are they lookin' fer
the grip Not on your life.' says 1,
they're raidin' Barker's.' .Barker's?'
says he, as If he'd never heard of the
place. I-I-thought the trouble was
in the hotel. I-I-heard a shot
Then says 1. you've got one on me,
fer with all these auttymobiles hangin'
about. the man that kin tell a bullet
from tire has some ears You're
right says he, it was probably tire
And he laughs; then he skunk away, as
if he didn't like the perlice even if they
weren't dom anything but raid gam
bin joint
"Can you describe that man?'
mo. He was kind of fattish, and
short. He looked like the sort of fell
Ter that hits 'em up considerable, but
I 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
Bankers place. Then 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 I could hear plain even down
in the street, but the other bull seemed
puzzled. 1T looks like it 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 name?' But she didn't
answer. just means, and at that he
laughs and says. 'Playin' dumb, eh?
Same old game Now I'm dead sure
you are Maggie Hale that buns around
the restaurants and hooks the suckers
Well. if you won't talk to us. you can
tell it to the judge And with that he
marches her away where we couldn't
see her.
'Just minute. Mr. Gallagher" in.
terrupted Langdon Lets return to
that fattish man in the alley. Did he
come up the street with the police?'
"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
Republic?" Langdon's voice was vi.
brant with eager excitement and the
spirit of it swept through the court
room in shivering whisper.
eyes, I'd seen anybody comm from
either end of the street. allus could
when stood at the gate with Katie.
fer there's big arc light they have to
pass under and you can see them plain
as plain
Zone moment" Langdon swung
about to the court clerk. "Read out
the testimony Of Kate O'Neill begin
ming with the question. Did he seem to
he watching for someone?"
"'Question: Did he seem to be watch.
ing for someone?' Answer: Yes. sir.
He was staring up at the Hotel Repub.
lie. and I thought he was watching 8
man who was on the fire escape. Then
l decided it wasn't man that saw
but just a shadow, and suddenly
;oung lady all dressed up in
THAT will do, thank you," interrupt.
ed Langdon snow, Mr.. Gallagher, if
that was a man whom Miss 2O'Neill
saw on the fire-escape, would you have
seen him come DOWN.
"No, sor. I wasn't lookin' at the
hotel" -
But that is the one place he could
have come from when he Joined YOU.
isn't it?'
no, rnere's a servants en-.
trance to the hotel, just under the fire
escape. He might have been someone
from the hotel.''
did he look like a waiter? What
sort OF a suit did be have onY'
"A check one, sor. and red tie"
Did you see anyone else while you
were standing there?"
Yes, sor. Me and Katie saw some
people put their heads out of windy
IN the hotel. then presently a police
man starts down the fire escape and
Katie says, says She, Let's get in the
kitchen; don't want to be mixed IN
in this And I says, Me neither. Be
sides, sup of hot coffee will set me