Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-03-12

- rne incoming. raid i've dollars iol
- Woudnt let them deliver the OLD
ono hut took II with him In paper
sack" -.
win her lieutenants Ranking her
Kote went straight TO the office of the
sbar,n Bolt heard the story out ana
considered it thoughtfuliy
"You win. Miss Cullison. You
havan.t nroved Fendrck caused your
fathers disappearance by foul play
ana you haven't proved he committed
fhc robbery. Point of fact don't
think he do either one. But II GER
tanly looks like he may possibly have
manufactured evidence
Curly sn0rted scosnfully. You're
letting your friend down easy. Mr..
Bolt. BY his own story he was on
the ground minute after the robbery
took place. How 10 we know he
wasn't there a minute before? For
If he didn't know the holdup was 20
ing to occur why did he bring Mr..
Collisions hat with him punctured so
neatly with bullet holesl'
Hold your hawses a while, flan-
drau. and look at this thing reason
able. You're all prejudiced for Cul-
lison and against Fendrick. Talk
about evidence! There's ten times as
much against your friend as there is
against Cass."
"Then you'll not arrest Fendrick?"
when you give me good reason to
do it," Bolt returned doggedly
The four adjourned "a meet at The
Del Mar for discussion of ways and
means.
wen keep q watch on Fendrick-
see where he goes, who he talks to.
what he does. Maybe he'll make
break and give himself away" Curly
said hopefully.
But my father-we must rescue
him first"
"As soon as we find where he is
Killing him wouldn't help Cass any, |
because you and Sam would prove up |
on the claim. But if he could hold |
your father a prisoner and get him to
sign a REIMBURSEMENT to him he would |
be in fine position"
IF we could only have Fendrick ar.
rested"
"What good would that do? If he's
guilty he wouldn't talk. And if he
is holding your father somewhere in
the hills it would only be serving no.
tice that we were getting warm. No.
I'm for still hunt Let Cass ride
around and meet his partners in this
leal. Wen keep an eye on him, all
light"
Maybe you're right" Kate admitted
With a sigh.
Sheriff Bolt, though politician,
vas an honest man. 1t troubled him
hat Collisions friends believed him to
re partisan in matter of this sort.
'or which reason he met more than
alf way Curlys overtures. Young
flandrau was in the office of the sher-
IF good deal, because he wanted to
leep Informed of any new develop
nents in the w. & S. robbery case.
II was on one of those occasions
hat Bolt tossed across to him let
Ter he had just opened.
I've been getting letters from the
village cutup or from some crank, l
don't know which. Here's a sample"
The envelope, addressed evidently in
a disguised hand, contained one sheet
Of paper. Upon this was lettered ,
roughly,
"PLAY THE JACK OF HEARTS"
Flandrau looked up with a sugges- {
ion of eagerness in his eyes.
"What do you reckon it means?' he
sked. !
search me. Like as not 1t don't {
mean a thing. The others had just
Is much sense as that one. l chucked r
hem into the waste-paper basket. One
,ame by the morning mail yesterday I
md one by the afternoon. Tn no o
mind reader, and I'Ee got no time TO
,uess fool puzzles" :
Curly emptied the basket on the Y
ioor and went over Its contents care II
ully He found three eommunfcations