The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1916-05-27


Il picked II from a warning that
came to Enoch Golden this morning. |
tell you you're handing forty millions
TO a bunch OF crooks on forged
orderl"
Tho captain called 70 couple OF
his men.
"Tierney. and YOU, Doolan take this
bug-shooter in charge
Then telephone 10 Stonington him
self. cried the frantic Manley strug-
CLING IN the grip Of his captors. Get
him on the wire himself. and see what
he says"
Patterson" he called out. Take
charge here, and don't let this motor
truck move an inch until / verify this
order Of Stonington'sr Then he
turned 10 Marley You come with
me
The triumphant light soon went out
Of young Manley's face. however, as
he stood beside the captain in the
telephone booth lie could hear that
official call for tho number, ask for
Stonington, and crisply demand Of tho
banker IL the order for the vault trans
fer was authentic or not.
"Of course it's authenticl And
want 20 know what this game is!
What are you and your bunch out
there trying TO put oyer?'
But Manley knew what he knew.
Il tell you that wasn't Stonington
that spoke II couldn't have beenl
cried the desperate young secretary
The captain was already on his feet
ami lighting his way back TO the ire
lines.
Then suppose you go up and tell
him he's been dreaming Knocked the
irate official Then get his affidavit
t. that effect and amble back with Il.
Manley himself was already darling
for the door
That's just what I'll DO, he called
out as he m2do for the corner OF
Broadway oG The run, and there, still
on tho run. leaped tc the running
board OF an empty taxicab north
bound
Manleys wait on Stonington's door
step was doubly disquieting Still
more disquieting however. was that
obese bankers reply 20 the questions
SO fiercely hurled at him
II gave out no such order And no
such telephone call ever came 90 my
house tonight"
Then get your phone, quick Man
ley warned him. Get police head
Dtta - .,,4. i. t4 ,t,,, tl,t 49,. ia gst..t, - a.,
side Of ten minutes or your bankH
look like last years bird nest.
The excited man of finance. who
had been shouting TO mis- servants sud
denly ran 20 the nearest desk phone
and struggled with the instrument But
his struggles were Ruthless.
My phones dead he cried ont TO
Nanley. Il can't raise central
can't raise anything
Then beat ID for that bank OF
yours. advised Nlanley as bic mado for
the door.
Take me with you for God S sake
take me with you, cried Stuniugton,
catching up his hat and coat aud tol
lowing him
Il can't retorted tho young man
as he darted for his waiting taxi Two
got 70 look for q crook called Oyster
Joe
The police lines about the ruins OF
the Third National bank, as Mauley
went scurrymg through the streets lit
tie dreaming that a stranger had pre-
coded him on that orraud, had al
ready been strengthened by addition
al reserves as the great motor truck
with its bank guards was piled higher
and higher with the gold from the
blstering vaults. Then came the call
for "Gangway, And ii became more
and more evident that no timely in
perception was to rob Legar and his
men Of their spols. Tho heavy truck
was already crawling out from the
curb its great wheels crunChing over
cinders and charred wood as a mes
senger ran up to the officer in charge
calling him 70 the telephone
That official held the receiver in his
hand as the motor truck, gathering
speed as Il threaded It's way through
a narrow aisle OF open asphalt formed
by surging humanity. rounded the cor
ner into broadway. Numbered north.
ward for three blocks. and again
turned eastward
by the time John Stoningtons Ian
daulet reached the hank, following the
warning already sent on from head
quarters, an empty vault lay amid the
smoking ruins and Eegar's galIe0n on
wheels, loaded TO the brink with it's
stolen gold. had slipped away unchal.
lenged through the darkness aud an
trace OF IL bad been lost
The objective OF that wheeled gal.
leon. however. seemed 10 have been
nicely appreciated by oyster Joe. quiet
~ smoking ON the deck Of an extremely
powerful.eugined but extremely dirty
launch moored In the shadow OF
wharf That worthy. indeed. showed