Evening star., 1921-10-10

all right, and that you have been
ever since your gang was broken up
and Tony Lomazzi was caught. That's
good enough. isn't it? Now, come
Henderson"
Nicolo Capriano's fingers plucked
sullenly at the coverlet. A minute
passed
BAH" he grunted finally. "a little
honey eh when you want some
thing from old Nicolo! Well. then.
listen! Dave Henderson came here
last night in those torn clothes. and
with his face badly cut from fight
that he said he had been in. 1 don't
know whether his story is true or not
you can find that out for yourself.
don't know anything about him, but
this is what he told me. He said that
his cell in the prison was next to
Tony Lomazzi's; that he and Tony
were friends; that Tony died little
while ago; and that on the night
Tony died he told this fellow Hen
derson to come to me If he needed any
help"
He dropped into the chair again, and
leaned attentively over the bed to-
ward Nicolo capriano. $50 he came
to you through Tony LomazZi, eh?
Well. SO far, I guess the story's
straight. I happen to know that Hen
But where did he get the bomb? He
certainly didn't have it when he left
the prison. and he was shadowed-
so you said before" interrupted
Nicolo Capriano caustically. We'll,
in that case. you ought to know
too. or not. He said he met a
stranger in a saloon last night, and
that they chummed up together. and
started in to make night of it
They went from one saloon to an
other. Their spree ended in a fight at
Vinettos place up the block here.
where Henderson and his friend We're
attacked by some of Badly Vickers'
gang. Henderson said his friend was
knocked out. and that he himself
had narrow squeak of it. and just
managed to escape through the back
door. and ran down the lane. and got
in here. 1 asked him how he knew
where l lived. and he said that during
the afternoon he had located the
house because he meant to come here
afraid the police might be watching
him, and he had intended to wait un-
til after dark" Nicolo Capriano's
eyelids dropped to hide a sudden
cunning and mocking gleam that was
creeping into them. You ought to
derson's if the man was knocked out
and unconscious at Vinetto's as Hen
derson claimed-and if Henderson
was telling the truth the other would
corroborate it,"
We've already got him." said Bar
voice. The friend" alias a plain
clothesman. had proved anything but
an inspiration from the standpoint of
the police! Go on! The story is
still straight. You say that TN"ve
Henderson said he intended to -
here anyway, quite apart from ~ *
ing his escape from Vinetto's. What
fo~? ,"
Nicolo Capriano shrugged his
shoulders.
Money, dare say" he said tersely
''The usual thing. At least. l suppose
that's what he had originally intend
ed to come for-but we didn't get as
far as that The. fight at Einetto's
seemed to have left him with but
one idea. When he got here he was
in a DEVILS rage. The only thing
that seemed to be In his mind was
to get some clothes that wouldn't at
tract attention. instead of the TORN
ones he had on. and to get out again
of getting even with this gang of
Baldy's. He said they were the ones
that sent him up on account of their
evidence at his trial. and that they
the stolen money that they believed
he had hidden somewhere. He was
like a maniac. He said he'd see them
ard everybody else in hell before thev
got that money. and he swore he'd
get every last one of that eang-and
get them in bunch I didn't know
what he meant then. I tried to quiet
hin, down but I might as we'll have
talked to a wild beast I tried to get
him to stay here and go to bed-in-
stead he laughed at me in a queer
sort of way and said he'd wine every
one of that crowd off the face of the
earth before morning. 1 began to
think he was really crazy. He put on
the clothes 1 gave him, and went out
again"
Rarjan nodded.
You don't know it," he said quietly,
"but that's where the police lost
track of him-when he ran in here
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