Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-16

uvh sech " see me NJ All, DUt ne turns
his nose like dc joint was dirt an old
kosakcf dog. I'm pretendin' to DO
lnmpin dc bracelet, see, but I'm wisin'
myself up to dc layout. Old Kosakoff
has got de guys number all right an
he 8 try n to get him off down de odder
end OF dc store SOS ! won't pipe what's
goin' on, but ] edges along too an I
hears dc guy say somet'i in about 't'irty
tousand' an ] thinks I'm goin' dippy.
Old Kosakof don't turn hair,
dough he's busy openin' door at do
back Of de store when all Of a sudden
dc guy pulls sonnet in out Of his coat
pocket just as IL It was handful of
Junk an ] see fash of green fire
dat would knock your lamps out. Kos
akof turned round den an grabbed him
by de arm an hauled him into de back
room, but I'm still foolin' wit de
bracelet when dey come out. Kosakoff
goes to de door wit him an says
GOOD night, Mr.. Crawford. Call again.
DC guys no sooner gone den filings
bracelet an beats it. Old Kosukoff tries
to stall me, see. but I'm on my way
an l trails dis guy to-to dc house
where youse caught me last week.
How did YOU know that he lived
there! the inspector asked.
Causc he could have made il
.tra sht from Thoid TO FIT an den M
but instead of dat he lodges mort an
len sout' an back an trough again.
ookin behind all de timc an ! knew
sc signs: many's de time | tlotlees dc
Dulls dc same way. only he's IN anna
tour. sec, an he don't get on TO Il dat
m trailn' him. lie hits Fift' at last
way above his house an den he thinks
he's clear. an he bcnts it home an
opens dc door wit his own key. spots
ne number an de general lay an cbases
PACK To me own hungout. couldn't
fggcr whcdcr he'd lifted dem green
stones or was just ont of, dough an
ashamed to have anybody know he was
partin, wit some OF his own. but
fought derc'd be more where t'tirty
ou"and wort came from. ] made up
my mind dat I'd work alone an make a
maui dat'd open dc lamps of de gang.
an | been watchin' dc house off an
on ever since den. De window bein
open dat night last week was just plain
luck, for Id brought me keys wit me
TO try on de little side door. Honest
{ Gawd. ] was workin' alone an Rosa
kof don't know I'm wise TO him.
oh. can that" McCarty put in be-
iorc the inspector could speak. ''You
didn't quit cold on Kosakoff until you
had the goods on him. When did you
wise Yourself np that he was as big
fence aS he is?'
Bodansky hesitated. running the tin
OF his tongue along his thin. bloodlcss
lips and glancing quickly from one to
ne other. Then a sly grin broke over
..Yousc go, mo r;oh, +" ho .J.;.,
"No uuy dat run a dn,n,, liLn dot, ".,ntu ao,i;,I
chcan snarklcrs an IN hro In'' .;.,.I i.,.na
for a livin could erob a t'irtw t,om.ard
deal wit'out battin' om orc nv cuS~hu mhu
would i,t s,rni, n,,, 81" w. "m WI.
unless nod bccm t;nnod nffp '' 80 ue.o
dat maybe I can aet in "m nr EosaEsSe.s EsSea..s
game wit him whom hn 6nd, n,'t r. -,
wise 70 his rnaI Inc bm, 'iaS ia,s ous H h;ni III
uuick mesclf when I doncs n't uh, ~, I,i. his
pals is, I cor nIcrtv .onoo oo' ;" ""I In, n..
when I'm ont of mo o,os 81 % nn'T
amt opcncd mo tran ,hont aG, h;n, II" ot
even 70 do gang till now c'' "'''' Ho'
Much Won Know nbomt wbo b;s ro,s
are '" Njcj'ortv ;"craJ ro"oat;, mno m'S pas
"If wc weren't On ~ b;p .nn,n ,n;ii
inst letcly how couM Won ,;sa 50, rournoi, une,,
up?'' ' ' '''' SCI"
"wcl. had steer. didn't ~"
Bodansky retortcd .TL snntrod hir,
ia tntn
Dcre's ro,,nIe ~ oJJor fa,on ,S 90. Jo'' 7
knows-by sirhtNan: ! b,mns :on, "" OK
in TO him mn rioht dora mo ,oos 60. g. y.
kind Of frost .b;t for N, ' m,;so aoSa sh;s
dunn mist bc n sort of a c,oar;r; h,,,so
for dc rest an him do k;ng mn of dot
partic'lar buncb but d;dn't Lnou, a dat
he was dc main guy Of ali-dc bssd
20 between for Rronhe;n b;mseIfot;i, 7
ices spanish Lon m, D;smond Har-n
sneakin' in do sido door ;;
A oIick GLANCE nrepnont wifi, roor
ing passed between Ncf'arty md he
chief. Bronheim had hccn tho mn.r
notorious fence IN tbo East Sidc anJ
long and fru .lcss had been th" cfforts
of the police department to lor,ta thn
go between they knew must exist,
"Bronhcim's doing n stretch now ~,
the river - McCartS asserted ''
Sure, but he gets ont in ,'rcc
monts, an dcy're roundin' nm do or.
ganization again" Bodansky pulled
himself up suddenly. '.Say don =
know dat I'm lust talkin. rongS mo
hat. I amt got not'ln' on Kosakoff
at dat. II ain't n crime for n swelI
guy to 60 over TO dc East Side % sol,
de family Jewels an as for smoniSh
an Harry, dcy might have reformed.
an gone derc pcaccablc. like done tn
buy sonnet in for dcrc coils, 1nty ~
got cold feet like I told Won. an Iaid
OH de whole works. You cant nrnyH
not in BY mc.'
"Iou'yc gone too far 70 sion now.
joe" tn, INSPECTOR said Stcrnly' "Yo,,
come through with rhc whole business
or wen put you on the stand ugnin,,
kosakoff. who were tho other fence,
you saw going into his placcy''
But Joe BOdansky's suddenly aroused