River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-06-07


rowful than angry.
'"There is not the slightest doubt"
said Dr. Cumberly, stepping forward
and speaking in an unusually harsh
voice, that Helen endeavored to track
this man Gianapolis and was abducted
by him or his associates. The limou-
sine was the car Of which we have
heard so much.''
eff my cabman had not been such a
fool" broke in Denise Ryland, clasping
her hands, 1--WE should have had a diff
ferent tale to tell"
81 have no wish to reproach any
body" said Dunbar sternly, "but 1 feel
called upon to remark, madam, that
you ought to have known better than
to interfere in a case like this, case in
which we are dealing with a desperate
and clever gang"
For once in her life. Denise Ryland
found herself unable to retort suitably.
The mildly reproachful gaze of Leroux
she could not meet, and, although DR..
Cumberly had spoken no word Of COM
plant against her, from his pale face
she persistently turned away her eyes.
The cabman having departed, the
door almost Immediately reopened and
Sergeant Sowerby came in.
''Ah, there you are, Sowerby!' cried
Dunbar, standing up and leaning eager
~ across the table. "You have the
particulars respecting the limousine?"
Sergeant SOwerby, removing his hat
and carefully placing it upon the only
vacant chair in the room, extracted a
bullying notebook from a pocket con-
cealed beneath his raincOat, cleared his
throat and reported as follows:
'"There is only one car known to
members Of that division which an
swers to the description Of the one
wanted. This is a high power French
car, which seems to have been regis
tered first in Paris, where it was made,
then in Cairo, and lastly in London. 1t
is the property of the gentleman
whose telephone number is 1862 East
Mr.. |. GianapOlis-and the reason of
it's frequent presence in the neighbor-
hood Of the West India Dock road is
this: 1t is kept in a garage in Wharf
End lane, off LimehOuse causeWay. I
have interviewed two constables at
present on that beat, and they tell me
that there is nothing mysterious about
the car except that the Chauffeur is a
foreigner who speaks no English. He
is often to be seen cleaning the car in
the garage and both the men are in
the habit Of exchanging good evening
with him in passing the end of the
lane. They rarely go that far, how
ever, as it leads nowhere
"But if you have the telephone num-
Der of this man, Gianapolis," cried DR..
Cumberly, ''you must also have his ad-
dress
eve obtained both from the Eastern
exchange" interrupted Inspector Dun
bar. "The instrument, No. 1862 East,
is installed in an office in Globe road.
The office, which is situated in a con-
verified private dwelling, bears a brass
plate simply inscribed, I. Gianapolis,
London and Smyrna
"What is the mans reputed bust
ness?" jerked Cumberly.
eve have not quite got to the bottom
of that yet" replied Sowerby, "but he
is an agent of some kind and evidently
in a large way Of business, as he runs
a very fine car and seems to live prin-
cipally in different hotels. | am told
that he is an importer of Turkish
cigarettes and"-
''He is an importer and exporter Of
hashishn' snapped Dunbar irritably.
eff I could clap my eyes upon him
should know him at once. | tell you,
Sowerby, he is the man who was con-
yicted last year of exporting hashish
20 Egypt in faxed packing cases which
contained pottery ware ostensibly, but
lad false bottoms filled with cakes of
.ashish.''
But began DR.. Cumberly.
"But because he came before a silly
bench" snapped Dunbar, his eyes
flashing angrily, "he got off with a
fine-a heavy one, certainly, but he
could we'll afford to pay it. It is that
kind Of judicial folly which ties the
hands of Scotland Yard"
"What makes you SO confident that
this is the man?" asked the physician.
"He was convicted under the name
of G. Ionagis," replied the detective,
(which l believe to be either his real
name or his real name transposed. Do
you follow NE? l. Gianapolis is Iona
gis Gianapolis, and G. Ionagis is Clan
apolis Ionagis. l was not associated
with the hashish case; he stored the
stuff in a china warehouse within the
city precincts. and at that time he did
not come within my sphere. But |
locked into it privately. and | could
see that the prosecution was merely
Swimming the surface: we are only be.
ginning TO get down to the depths
now"
DR.. CumI.erly raised his hand to his
head in a distracted manner
Surely" he said. and he was evil
IDENTIFY exercising great restraint
upon himself surely we're wasting
time. The office in Globe road should
be raided without delay. No stone