Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-10
Waiting for the tsna

road just before it passed the Mys-
terry House. and while we watched for
Kennedy's. signal, l had the driver Of
the a lift the hood and pretend an
elaborate tinkering with the motor 10
cover our stop by the road side.
Nothing passed az we waited except
a delivery wagon, and as that did
not turn into the house. ! felt reas-
sured that we were so far unobserved.
of the operatives.
Through an opening in the trees
we could see Kennedy's signal.
From our point of vantage it was
only a matter. of minutes for us to
reachSthe house. We drove forward.
turned in at the exit from the grounds
and left the a squarely across The
gateway so as to barricade it.
Come ont" l shouted to the four
operatives, as we leaped out with
drawn revoivers and proceeded on a
run up the cinder drive.
From the other direction along the
road I could see Speed already turn
ing in. He noted how ! had left my
car. backed his OWL across the en-
trance in the same way and With his
four men, began running up the
driveway. "
AS I ran / could see that Kennedy
must have got somewhat of a star,
OF. US, for already his patty was Wis
ible. emerging from a clump of woods
in the ear
Thus we c~onverged on the house.
almost without warning, n I am
convinced that it was only the sud
denness of the onslaught hat saved
us from a rapid fire of bullets from
those in the house.
MAJ ring tho fr0nf nnrah lint ef;11
able to see about the side Of the
house, I saw that ONE distance back
of it was an old barn. There l could
see that Kennedy paused just an in
slant to leave Clare in the shelter of
the barn, unwilling to have her in the
actual fighting which he thought
would take place when We all reach
ed the house.
There were several cars about the
side of the house ;>showing thai there
were the usual afternoon visitors. But
we did. not stop.
On my end managed to break
through a French window that open
ed out OF the side porch. while I
could hear Speed %battering at the
front door. already barred to him. In
the rear Kennedy was attacking a
stout back door.
No One There.
The French windows bulged in be-
fore our blows and we found our
seives' IN the room where the roulette
wheel had been in operation. had
expected an immediate attack. In
Lstcad there did not seem to be a soul
in the house. Besides, the roulette
wheel was gone. Several other. arti-
cles of furniture which might have
proved of an discriminating nature
were smashed. I knew. that it was
all merely a blind; that they must
have seen us coming.
Speed dashed In through the CEN
trai a at tbs: moment that Kennedy
coming from the ear, Joined us.
kofhxhow II all seemed too easy. Tne
silence was ominOus.
We dashed from room ito room.
Everything had been wrecked. evil
IDENTIFY in the greatest haste. Had
someone tipped them off, after al?
Where were Nine. Rene and the
suave Jacques?
Suddenly there was a violent explo-
sion and q radiator in the living ,oom
blue up as INT had been a bomb. Not
2 second later, another in the hall
shattered. scattering flame far. and
widelas from the unjointed end Of
q pipe q jet Of gas apparently shot
out in q long tongue,
We retreated to the middle of the
room IN which we were as amid fly-
ing snliHters and pieces OF steel anoth.
or radiator exploded. One after an
Mother they went. like a bombardment
and instantly ALMOST eyesy door and
window was a curtain of flame.
Must rave contested the gas main
somehow with the steam heating and
wired the thtng-like q set OF bombs"
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