The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-07-20

| duouN HIS EINA were somehow pressing
his vocal chords.
He was, he admitted. a private watch
man who had most of the block near
the Hotel Republic. and he usually ia i'll
visit to the back gate of the Watson
boarding house once or twice during
the course of his rounds.
| He verified all that the buXom cook
had already told. since lie himself had
watched proceedings from Il dark cor
ner little further along the alley. but
his account was amplitied 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 Swing:"
81 did. scr" he answered 1T was
Bankers, the gamblin' place. you know.
sor. They KEEP it dark in the back and
in the front. but it was bright enough
inside. begorra.'
| Were you Waterman for that build
ing:"
NO sor They had their own man
to keep an eye out for the bulls. but it
was that very night they were pulled.
Tim. the policeman ut the corner. had
wlsed mc up 10 1t only an hour before.
Stick around. Denny says he.
| 'the~'lI be big doin'S soon They're
| "Oln to raid Rnrkcr'S. Sc2 he. and I'll
bet we pull Il few big bugs. or my name
| is mud
so | WAS kind of hangin' around
waiti1l' when | see this other fellow
| posted in the alley. First Off. sez
he's Il plain clothes man. Then looks
at his feet and | says nix he's gum
shoe crook. and then the girl comes
down the fire escape
when the girl had disappeared into
Bankers. what did you do"
Il joined Katie and says to her, said
I. it's goin' to he Il big night. and that
irl has jumped out Of the fryin' pan
nto the fire And begOrra. sor, I'd no
more than said It. then heard the sig
nal blow and saw the hluecOatS march
in up the alley and across the street
ut the end Surroundin' the place.
Good night to Rarkcr's.' says /: and
we watched 'em batter in the door and
march up stairs. 1t was then that |
felt the other man tuggin ut me arm
"The other MANI" 1t was more an
| exclamation than n question and Den
mis- nodded.
'Snre the Teller that had been stand
in some place in the shadows. 'WOt
are the ilcrlice after?' he SAYS all
hoarse like who are they lookn' fer
the "irl: Not on your life says I,
they're rni,!in' Rarker'S. 'Rarkcr's?
says he. as If he'd never heard Of the
place. l-I-thouaht the trouble was
in the hotel. I-I-heard shot
Then. says l. 'yon've got one on me.
fer with all these auttymobilcs hangin'
about. the man that kin tell Il bullet
from tir" has some ears. You're
right. saws he. 1T was probably tire
And he laughs: then he SUNK away. as
il he didn't ike the pcrlice even if they
weren't Coin' anything hut raid gam
bin joint"
"Can you describe that man?"
mo. He was kind of fattish. and
short. He looked like the sort Of Il fell
Ter that hits EN- up consilcra bic. but
| didn't take particular notice. sor''
did you and Miss O'Neill remain in
the alley after he had gomez"
Yes fer the police. had run up the
shades and we could see right into
Rarker's place. Then l seen the girl
again."
"Do you mean Miss Page?"
Eyes. sor; leastwise. suppose 1t 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 girl? 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 L.angGon. Lets return to
that tattiSh man in the alley. Did he
come up the street with the police"
NO. SCR. He was alongside o me by
that time
Then he came from the other end OF
the street,
Dennis scratched his head
Not as seen. sor." he admitted.
Would you have seen him had he
come from the corner beyond the Hotel
RepubIic:" Ianylon's voice was VI
brant with eager excitement and the
spirit Of 1t swept through the court
room in u shiycriII. whisper.
Yes. Id II seen anybody comm from
either end of the street. alluS could