The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-10

Grant in his eagerucsA
"Aw' give him a chancci" he said
impnticntly. III he says 80, that's
good enough for me. Bundy never
pulled It steer In his life. an n no
says this Is a cinch--thnt goes' Give
him a chance"
IT'S like this" said Billy Kane
eIt- n thousand-to-one shot that
this secretary chap who croaked tho
Old millionaire ana got away with
the goods Is fsill in New York. Why7
Well, I'll tell you why After pull
ing the murder, according 10 ths
papers, ho beat II out Of the house
with the loot. and evidently hid the
stuff somewhere. Then he came
back to tho house again and the
footmnn. Jackson, grabbed him But
there was a good hHlf-hour between
the time the police found out about
the murder and before this guy
Kane came back 10 the house oct
me1 And during that tlmo the po-
lice got busy and shot flycops around
all the stations and ferries It's
cinch, the way look at Il. that aft
er he crawled into that lane and
they lost him there. that he's been
crawling ever since somewhere
around New York lie never loft
the clty-hc never had chance"
Red Vallon whistlcd low and com,
piacently under hs breath; Kariin,
lingering his vaudyke again. nodded
sharply now in approval
Besides" added Billy Kane. 'he
had sort OF queercd his own game.
He'd hidden the loot somewhere,
and he couldn't make a direct get
away then, ltc had to get hold
of tho goods again before he went
All right What | want 10 know IL
who's got the better chance of grab
bing him--us or tho police? lie isn't
one OF us He's working On his
own. We'll all right II we nip
him, and he's satisfied with n little
rake-off. and is willing to cough UP
the rest, thatll be treating him fair
II he isn't strong for coughing up.
wen find another way of making
him come across that he won't like
so wen. and wen get the half mil
lion. and he'll get" Billy Kane
completed the sentence with sig-
nlflcant shrus OF his shoulder.
An oath, tho more callous and
brutal for the soft purrins way In
which II fell from his lips. came
from Red Vallon.
What do you want done. Bun
dy?" Karlin was terse and to the
point, 1T looks good to me, II you
can pull It Oft"
IT'S the biggest haul well ever
gee our mItts on II we live hun
dred years." BILLY Knne's eyes
shifted for an instant from the
wall TO fix themselves impressiyelY
on the two men. i've been lying
here all day, thinking II out. What
do want dono7 Well. I'll tell
you! l want every string and every
wire we've got pulled. Savvy7
We've got 10 beat the police 10 It.
We've got to get Kaue--first. I
want all tho boys that the bulls
think they got sewed up as stool
pigeons to stool pigeon the police
and get all tho inside dope. And
then that fellow Jackson. the foot
man. looks like bet we cant
throw down. He's dead--but he
looks like good bet. He lived
all through the night. but the papers
don't say anything about the story
he told. Perhaps he knew some-
thing that will help, perhaps he
didn't; hut he doesn't go into the
discard yet Find out who he was
and all about him, and get next to
his family. II he's got one, II he
Jold any story TO the police any OF
the family that were clustering
around the bedside will be wise TO
It. Get tho idea2"
Birdie Rose IN the boy for that"
Red Vallon's bullet head was thrust
forward in vicious earnestncse, his
red-rlmmed black eyes were glitter
ing with feverish lisht,
Let Birdie 60 TO IT, them" said
Billy Kane.
birdie was slated for the Merx-
Ter affair tonight" HARLAN spoke a
little duhiously
shift him" snapped Billy Kane
curtlX Reds right, Brides the
boy for the job
"AlI right" greed Karlln. and
shrugged his shoulders, He turned
20 Red WALTON. "Put Bull Mccain
In Brides place, then. See that
he gets to jorrys back room before
10"
I'm fix H." grunted Red Vauon.
Whats ncNt Bundy? This goes
all the boys fall for f."
There's only one thing more
until something begins TO crack
open Billy kane's lips had tight
enod, his eyelids had dropped stiu
lower, II was only a bare fraction
ot an instant az most--lc at all-but
it seemed that door had moved