The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-21

SECRETS TO
HIS GRAVE
Mad ''lnside" on Operations
Of Dope Fiend Gangs; Pre-
dicted Crime Wave

Three days before he was shot to
1eath In a gun fight with Bandit FL
uner cady and cady's pal. Deputy
merritt Robert c. Scott was talking
~ Z reporter for The Star.
SCOTT had been on n cruise OF the
nputh End. booking for . certain
crook.
In . lodging house down near
lIrUs ave. =. and Washington ST." he
oold the reporter. II ran into a nest
- The hardest. boiled men I've ever
suRR or THESE DAYS
WILL HAVE A CRIME WAVE
They're all dope nends. and
1Aey're all broke. one Of these days
tAey1l all get their heads together
Ind begin TO figure. Then we'll have
= crime wave that viii beat anything
He Il this town has experienced"
And % II turned out. In three
1hys Scott was dead. He was killed
~ : member OF just such = maraud.
~ gang Of -hard-ooils" as he had
<nocribed To the reporter. possibly by
80 of the very men he had seen In
- lodging house.
Scott had already heard we'll
nunded rumors Of a Flying Squad
#1on Of S." for he mentioned to the
IMPORTER that q crook who had had
fsOuble with some Of his pals had tip
ID him off that such an organiza'
ION vas operating here.
Nov much the deputy knew con-
Ursning the individuals who com
Nripe1 the flying squadron" none
Wt1l ever know. but he told the re-
1ortsr be was on their trail. and
0hded.
when I get this gang all lined up.
H0un have a story with red head
3lnea on IL a foot high"
D00rON KID" APPOINTMENT
EvER KEPT
Ocotf's crook informant. he said.
80 mere youth IN appearance. but
- old man In tho ways of the un-
1orworid. whose actual age probably
40 about IS. He was known a. the
Hoston Kid"
The Boston Kid" and the reporter
~ The star were TO have met a few
1nys after Scott's murder. but the
0ppolntment was never kept. BE-
&OnGements. was no longer alive.
- ~Jlid- has since disappeared He
- 70 eail az the sher,ffs office and
- ~ Scott. but since tbs dcputy's
80 has not bean seen.
0oott said the KID" had como TO
- flrst because he was in troubis.
- tcld me- said Scott that he
- - advance man for q gang Of
4 DG>Unckmsn. card man. who
o1oDo plAoes marked for robbery
- 1oarnsd she lsy Of the land
- card man II a fellow who car.
unoo0co1p agned ~ some doctor
- explains that the bearer was
1R1eken with tuberculosis or some
M1DR wasting disease while working
- some corporation ana b totally
IN for hard labor. tho able to do
UEht work.
UoEB 10 OFFICE FOR
IMPORTATION ON SAFE
The Kid' carries such a letter.
H goes to the ONCE whose safe "a
- b cracked and. II possible, OBJ
1njns = few hours light employment.
- while talking 20 the manager finds
81 enough 70 suit his purpose.
He learns when pay day In. how
moch the payroll amounts 70. and
notes the location Of the safe. Then
- returns TO his gang. makes a map
- the ONCE for their guidance. gives
fehem the rest Of his information. and
0ks part Of the work Is Z e.
when the safe Is cracked he gets
3 split Of the 'swag.' II the gang
= honest II not. and he finds him
oe1f being cheated. he sometimes
makes rumble. as was the case OF
ehe Boston Kid
The Kid came to me and ex
p3ained that he had quarreied with
his gang In Tacoma One OF the
erAcksmen. he said. had shot at him
missed. and he had returned the FIRE
also missing. The KID came to Seat
tle and asked for protection for hi,
nfc, promising to tell all about this
Gung's operations"