The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-29
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Boss Bounty


down, and good job when you net
mere. or course. thisll all be for.
gotten In nix months-pnblir never
remembered anything longer'n sin
month";. By and by you can come
right back here II you want ia. n
would get the old man out of a bad
mole. You nee. and you. too. IL
you're out Of the state there's moth.
Ing 10 hold Andy Hatch on"
No. Gus. I've thought IL ali over.
i don't want To make trouble any
mere ihan you DO. But I'm going
TO stick l can't do anything else.o
An ineorriglhly stubborn young
man, dogeedly bent ON destruction.
You amt doing right by your
family" Gus accused. with tho II.
cense Of friend
Certainly. the family was not
hourishiDG. but Donovan simply
couldn't help H.
6rayely. Gus tried the last shot;
You know you're In the way. Gene.
Handy Andy Iiatch's got plenty OF
ftebds--somc OF en- reckless
enough, too. They know you're
keeping him In Jail. I'm afraid
they'll bump you off one Of these
days II you amt reasonable"
That sonnded like no idle threat
to Donavan. He knew IN his bones
that those three men had meant TO
do something to him--bui somehow
hadn't. IL would be III for the III.
tie family II he should I've bumped
on. And in thinking II all over he
cherished no idealistic decisions,
Tho waste and pillagc Of public
funds, the thud OF the footpad'a
billy, the crack OF the murderer's
pistol. the roar Of sawed-off shot.
gun, the criminals faeile escape
from the laval those murky and
bloody things were individually
bound up IN rotten regime which
tho sovereign public permitted Mt
the ballot box. An obscure Eugene
Donavan had no notion that hs
could make the slightest Impression
upon that
But he had somehow found him
self and WAS helplessly tied to his
own integrity. With an Apologize
little emile he answered.
well. I cant help 1t. Gus. i've
got To stick"
Genial Gus regretfully gave tho
blockhead up
The family had their Christmas
at an outlay Of $3.50.
Every night an he left the ware
house--sometimes with big snow.
flakes sitting down through tho
field OF light shed by an are lamp,
sometimes In a barrage OF sleet. al
ways In the dark, Donavan won
dered whether the humping on
would happen then.
lie had no illusion about that.
Had he chosen TO cast In his lot
with Uncle Frank. the boss' power
full. informal government would
have protected him against the for
NAL law like shield OF BRASS he
would have been In no danger. But
tho formal law was only a shield of
tissue paper against the vengeance
of the invisible powers He might
I've bumped off" as snugly and
safely as one losses away an apple
core.
AT the spring elections the Mar
tindale. Brophy Cochran. Hanson ma
chine won easily.
The following week Hatch was
put on trial for murder. and Dona-
van rather wondered at the strange
postponment OF that humping off
He gave his testimony as he had
given IL before But Ollie Dunn now
swore that he had been in the cor
ner OF the building when the sec
ond robber ran out of the paymas-
ter's Office and-positiveiy--the man
had black mask over his face.
completely ooncealing II except tho
eyes. Hatch had an alibi alsu and
was acquitted.
Commenting upon the aeauittal
Gus wh.ipley observed. Wen,
Gene made a dsyil OF lot of trou-
Bile. first and last, and that al ha
lid do. lie might "a known Il He's
a good fellow AT heart. but q fear.
rm suekcr-stuheofn no naIae for
~"
nonayan dia not regret That
Hatch was acquitted. II was 4 r.
lief rather. FOR now Andys friends
would have no motive tor murder
Ing an nhscure. defsnseiess ball
eierk Who waa supporting u vito
and chilli an slender wage
The city went cheeffullY nn th
lts wetlrr and ertme@=ss1n' tninG
uany thousands ~ ptseuFe 5aulf
who. Ike Eufsue p1hA3an. wQuh
face death hptt f',g canHelvngt aaka,
YET wtso never tftsd a flnssg 10 or
Ter 10 hstas their personal concept e
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