The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1920-03-04

He rushes % the end Of the cliff
and, seeing that the gangsters with
drawn pistols r right behind him,
he pulls a pocket parachute from his
bag and jumps off the cliff in the di-
rection Of the sea-. It is a daring act,
but Sharpe makes the descent safely
amidst the rain Of bullets that the
foiled and enraged gangsters send at
ter him. ~
While he is in the water the gang
sters continue to fire at him and he
dives under and stays there until they
leave the edge Of the cliff believing
that they have winged or killed him.
Coming to the surface he swims
around and is overjoyed to see a sub
marine patrol approaching in the dis
lance. He manages to make them see
his signal and is hauled on board one
of the destroyers and taken to port.
The gangsters with Iron Hand, Pots
dam and Anne go to their other nest
nearer the city and there they outline
plans for the capture of a gold ship
ment from an express train. Anne
manages to get away from the nest
by a ruse and ~telegraphs a warning
to the Secret Service about the plan
ned train robbery. Iron Hand prepares
to 90 to his other secret den in Los
Angeles and Anne again mysteriously
gets word to Sharpe that Iron Hand
is on his way to his hiding place.
Sharpe manages to board the train
that is carrying Iron Hand from his
rendezvous. Without being seen the
detective trails the chief of the Crime
Trust to his den. He manages to gain
entrance through the fence in the rear
of the house where Iron Hands den
is located, but upon entering the yard
he is attacked by a ferocious dog that
is on guard. He battles hard with the
animal in the yard and after being
badly used up and bitten he manages
to kill the animal.
He. then gains admittance to the
house. When he enters n OF the
rooms a secret automatic attachment
warns Iron Hand of the presence Of
an intruder in the house and hiding
himself behind a curtain he waits.
Sharpe stea'thily enters the darkened
room and when he passes through the
door Iron Hand switches on the lights
and with a levelled automatic, orders
Sharpe to surrender. When he sees
that it is the detective he exclaims:
"I thought we had e the last OF you
off Barclays Point
Iron Hand starts to play with
Sharpe like a cat with a mouse. He
calmly tells him of his plans to hold
up the Limited Express and steal the
shipment of gold bullion. Then MAX
ing Sharpe believe he is going to give
him a chance for his life he goes to
the table in the room and places his
automatic on it. Sharpe makes a dive
for the gun, but two hidden gangsters
lump on him and overpower him.
While the men hold Sharpe a pris-
oner, Iron Hand chuck'es and gong
over to n corner of the room pulls
aside some draperies and reveals a
steel closet there. Covering the de-
tective with his gun, Iron Hand or
ders him inside the closet. Sharpe
finds no way but to obey and ne IS
locked and bolted in the closet. Iron
Hand and his men leave the house and
start for the other redezvous to see
that everything is ready for the plan
nod robbery of the gold shipment.
Sharpe, although locked in the
heavy steel closet, refuses to give up.
From a secret pocket he takes a num-
Der Of ccl'apsible tools among which
is a file and jack. With these two IN
s~truroer+s he commences work on the
door. While he is w%orking>to free him.
self. Anne enters the house and comes
to the room where Sharpe is 1rpr1s-
oned in the steel closet. She hears
him at work but does nothing. When
suddenly she sees the door begin to
open and Sharpe energies she is sur
nr:sed and roarvels at his ability and
hides herself behind some of the
heavy curtains with which the mys-
ferrous room is hung.
The detective manages to get out OF
the ROBBERS den unnoticed by the
ruard and ruehes to a telephone booth.
He calls up Captain West Of the bord-
er ratrol and tells him of the train
robbery Iron Hard has Planned. He is
| shocked to hear that West has already
received a message of the plot that is
supposed to have come from him. He
says nothing but leaves the phone
booth wondering who or what the in
visible power is that is aiding him.
He rakes arrangements with West
to Illustrate the planned robbery and