The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-05-04
THE DIAMOND THIEVES

oo,-rrsrFp FROM PRECEDING PAGE
,,,.v merely gurgled with a foolish
90, instead Of seeing tho Blue
p.,r there saw a man IN BLACK WIN
diver In his hand. lie was
,u.bed low in an attitude thht
90, me think of track runner
'',',g rrr tho crack Of the starter =
.,s,ol But the fact that hit me
80, t4s thut hts revolver was
i.,ereI directly at my own started
head 81, ,,,,,h,.d
., one side. about the same as q
..,..te, a speedinE car that threat =
4 to rut mo down on a street
'",ncr went bodily against ono
', mo hardwood doors, rIchocheted
~, A. with spring and, being given
49,, start ran vAlling along me
4.-f, row ~ cabinets FOR the door
Il . o-rrol into the next room. |
,,r through that door and hack into
s.. traroam before | became at all
...t... - my surroundings
sno', know lust when II was that
t.....rred that the light had been
,,,,ccBor ful'. and that beside the bed
,h.rcEIcakim Grossot lay stood a Zig
~. - yct another man, with his back
,y,roorc.a p0yle7" | weakly de-
.,lcd for was still thinking. |
.,rrrse ~ the man with tho reNoIVer
=, 'sc next room Yet I spoke In a
nh,.nor as though the sound OF my
,oIre might waken the sleeper on the
oTe,epnonlrg for sloan" wilkins
,oid me getting between me and the
bed
.Uns'a wrong" I whispered.
"yout better come outside" VIII
tlos said 10 me- very quietly ms he
,ook mo nv tho chlow and started to
recr me toward tho outer door
| "yyhars happened %" | demanded,
m a voice a little shrlll from nervous
mess
That o'd guy in there's heen
tr,ed" He said II with frown of
What seemed TO be apprehension
Ru' he satd Il very quietly.
"k.'lcd | echoed. "How? when ,"
"Ch'orotormed'
ina, was all | waited for. 7 went
straight back 20 tho hed. The smell
~ the anneg'hciic still hung thin
above q. reached out a hand and
touched me blue gray forehead on
the pillow u was cold. Then 7
slipped hand under tho bed covers.
The body that felt there was mar
he-cold :, was true. Eleskim
GroSset was dead stone dead! And
J was the woman who had killed
him
"Gc' me ont NJ here" I slavercd.
We were almost down to tho street
door when the sudden glare OF n
fash light leapcd up against my eyes
ana almost blinded me.
is It all right wilkins" Il voice
asked out ~ the darkness behind the
flash recognized Doyle's voice.
where sloan asked wilkins.
Coming WAS the others preoc-
cupied rctort "Ilc saws he can get
her down 20 tho office"
There was moment NJ silence.
The flash went out and left every
thing dark
Well, he wants "a ret, her quick"
heard the voice op wilkins sav.
Wait" called out to the two fig
ures beside me. There's a man hid
den up in that gem room--a man In
q black mask ="
How about g. Clcvc >" asked
Doyle, in n voice ot heavy sccp,icism.
81 saw him" ! frantically insisted
| "Nothin' IN It," | could hear Will
Pfinss condoninE voice say over my
head. The only man that's up there's
n dead man
This girls sure got her wires
crossed" Doyle announced with the
Air OF man being tried beyond pa
uence.
Then I'm going hack 10 that gem
room to got them Strengthened OUT"
! announced. ran stumbling
through tho hlacknoA. with my
hands outstretchcd In front OF me.
until | came 10 the stairway. Doyle
and wilkins were calling for me to
wait But n was something quite DIFF
.ierent 10 their very hoarsc commands
Phat brought me to a standstll. 1t