The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-11-09
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| Balm gained a sudden feeling Of
! hope as he watched the judges quick
| motion, and saw the old man cringe
under the finger that tapped his Shout
der as though it had been blow from
hammer.
Let me see" the judge said slowly.
studying the others face. Don't
know your
mo, sir" the other fa1tered. 81
don't think l ever saw you before"
| Judge Crane shook his head. Never
saw me before, eh?" he repeated.
That's funny, because remember see
| ing you. and 1 remember 1t very well.
only you were younger then, quite a
| good deal younger"
Judge Cranes hand had come to rest
on the other mans arm, now, with a
surprisingly quick movement he
wrenched himself free, cast startled
eyes about the room and gained the
door in one lightning bound
Catch him. the judge shouted, but
he might as well have admonished them
to catch a curling wreath of smoke,
for with the agility Of cat the old
man rugged open the door and slammed
it in Callahan's face. The officer was
out of the door in the wink of an eye,
but he might have saved himself his
pains. for by the time he reached the
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pletely as though he had dissolved into
thin air
Never mind, Judge Crane put in. eff
we want him, maybe we can find him.
Now, inspector, I'm interested in get
ting Mr. BALM out of here. You know
me. you know that my word is good
and I can assure you, no matter what
the appearances may be, Mr.. Balm had
nothing to do with stabbing this girl.
think have
case against him have your"
Smiling. the inspector shook his
head 1--WE haven't, Judge" he re-
turned, NOW that you've scared off
our only witness. Who was that
mani"
We'll" was the slow answer, hes
got half a dozen names, but he usually
sticks to a first one. that's Sam or
Sammy. I believe he lives somewhere
down on Hester or Grand street, I'm
not sure which. but had little case
against him once. He hasn't forgot
ten He tried to lift my waAh in the
subway and I collared him and after
ward I kept track of his movements.
OF course, you know that he was made
up fo- the part of a Grandfather. He's
really ferret eyed looking little per-.
game in coming down here was black
mail I haven't the least doubt. He
thought he'd scare Mr.. Balm, who
would buy him off,
VERY WELL Mr. Balm" the in
spector put in, you'll appear If you're
notified, of course?'
I'm already due to appear in one
case, he laughed and very briefly he
Outlined the adventure of the string OF
pearls.
''Who did you say the man was:''
Judge Cr9na SIX cd cJrfons1v
1.-THE detective spoke to him as
Red" Ballin answered
"That'll be Red Larkin" the in
spector put in. HE also comes from
down there on Hester street. Wev
been trying to get something on him
for a long time. He keeps a candy
store. that looks mighty like a fence
for stolen goods"
RED Ilarkini" Judge Crane ex-
claimed, shooting a quick glance at
Balm. "Why. that Checking him
self. he added. yes, I've heard of him {"
1t was 10 minutes later that Balm
found himself again under the stars
and this time, much to his relief, free
The faithful taxi driver still sat be-
hind his wheel. waiting. and he
greeted the lawyer with a grin of
pleasure.
"It looked like you were in bad, sir"
he said. as Balm approached the car
Did you get out all right?''
Eyes, thanks" Balm laughed. "Ekr
1t was touch and go for time. To
make matters worse. a man showed
up who said he'd seen me stab the
young lady"
''Thev couldn't have proved THAR"
the driver exclaimed. climbing out
from behind the wheel. It'd had some
thing to say then. because was