The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1917-02-03

from Manning's arms and flung herself
between the two men, meaning to in
terpose her own body as shield for
her lover. In her despair she upset
the table and swept the pistol to the
floor.
Ali Singh uttered an angry growl,
and one Of his hirelings ran forward
to recover the weapon. At that In
slant Willard Bronson ran in and
shot dead the man whose hand was
already on the butt of the pistol
Bronson was followed by Police Cap
tain Kemp and two detectives.
At once there broke forth a scene Of
indescribable confusion. Uniformed
police seemed to appear on every hand,
and Ali Singh's bodyguard, pouring in
from all quarters until they numbered
a score or more. put up desperate II
unavailing fight.
Manning endeavored to close with
Ali Singh, but found his adversary far
more powerful than he anticipated and
versed In every secret of the eastern
wrestler. Sato, too, who ran to his
leaders aid at the first sounds of CON
fiict, was active as an eel and 1.-the as
a panther. In this sort Of rough and
tumble fight at close quarters his jiu-
jitsu training rendered him d most
formidable opponent, and not even the
stalwart New York policemen, than
whom no more athletic force exists.
were able to hold him, while. unlucki-
ly, none of their shots took effect.
1t must be remembered that Manning
was unarmed and that Bronson and
the two girls were also crowded into
a comparatively small room, fact
which rendered promiscuous shooting
entirely out OF the question. Some one
had turned out the lights, and the
melee was so fierce I'm an arena not
fitted for such rough and tumble
struggle that Manning was the only
one who realized that Ali Singh had
succeeded in getting through the open
window
or course the young American had
had no opportunity of making himself
acquainted with the topography of the
house. He could only tell that lie was
on an upper floor, and his first impress
sion was that the archconspirator must
have jumped headlong to the ground.
"Quick. Kempw lie shouted. ".ili
Singh has just leaped through that
window For heavens sake, make
sure of him"
Kemp, his eyes blazing with the in
tensity Of his longing to send a bullet
through that detestable skin, raced to
the window and looked out. He did
not fire, but vanished, and was fol-
lowed Immediately by Bronson, Man
ming and a couple of detectives.
They found themselves on a wooden
veranda, and Kemp shot at figure
which was even then swinging itself
Off into space on branch of a tall
tree. BY this time 1t was quite dusk,
and the police captain did not know
whether he had hit or missed. The
branch, lightened of its load, came
back against the rail Of the veranda
with n swish of leaves and twigs. One
of the detectives, an active fellow not
ed for his feats In the gymnasium,
seized 1t without a moments hesita-
ton and leaped out.
As his body curved toward the
ground shot was heard, and Kemp
had the modification Of seeing the
man drop and crumple up. There was
more shooting among the trees, and
Kemp, rendered desperate by the no
ton that Ali Singh might again elude
him, bawled out contradictory orders
and useless questions. He babe his
men stand fast and shoot at sight any
one who attempted to break through
their line and in the same breath d.
rected them to search the garden be-
meath. There was much running to
and fro and spasmodic shooting among
the shadows. but tho revolver shots
rang out at ever increasing distances,
and q species Of foreboding gripped