San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

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WINGED, through the fiancee Of the
paying teller.
On the assumption that Keller had
told the girl and that the girl had
told the gang, Pelham theorized.
If he could reconcile the discrep-
ancy between the two Minnie Greys--
He took Slim Dickinson with him 20
the offices of Mason & Marsh. He
gave the guide a hundred dollars.
go in" he told him. land buy
Liberty Bond. / know the offices.
The stenographers are all in an out
side room. See if Minnie Grey is
there"
A quarter Of an hour later Dicken-
son reported that he hadn't seen Min
ME Grey inside.
"We'n wait right here" said Pei
ham.
In a doorway across from the brok-
erage house they waited until the Of
fees closed for the evening. Pelham
recognized the original of the photo
graph that he had seen in Keeler's
room. He indicated the girl to Dick
enson and ordered him to follow her.
Pelham went directly TO keelers
apartment. The young teller was still
in a weakened condition and was
wrapped in a dressing gown when he
received Pelham.
"Keeler." said 'Pelham. you told
Miss Grey about the trouble with the
grating that protects your cage"
Keeler's face went dead white.
"How dare you say such a thing!
he cried.
Suppose told you that ycLr Min
ME Grey doesn't come from jun!
What would you say TO 'hat:"
The fire died out. of Keeler's eyes;
Pelham was so patiently in earnest:
aid not indulge in heroics," said
Keller. But I'd ask you to explain,
and il you couldn't I'd throw you
out of here. wounded shoulder or
not"
spoken like a man, Keller" said
Pelham. "But | have a man in New
York who comes from Juno, who
knows Minnie Grey extremely well.
He says that she left Juno about two
years ago, and has never been heard
from since. He says that your Min
ME Grey is an impostor. Now, did
YOU tell your fiancee about the mis-
hap TO the mechanism Of your graf
ing?"
Keller had mentioned it to her He
admitted it, white-faced. dazed at Pei
hams statement, yet believing, be-
cause there was no reason for Pei
ham to lie.
'"Pelham do you think they'll arrest
herr" he asked.
Nothing has been proved yet
said Pelham. "But if proof follows
I'm sorry. old man." he said.
Keller, lying upon a couch, buried
his face in the wide sleeve OF his
dressing gown Pelham got Jerry
Tryon the phone. I'm at the
apartment of Keller. the teller OF
the Ore and Metals Bank, Jerry.
Race up here with at least twenty
men. Hustle"
No sooner had he hung up than the
phone rang. Slim Dickinson was on
the wire. Il followed the girl to her
home: waited outside while, until
she came out. Then she took a taxi
to Washington Square. At least that's
where my chauffeur says / am. She
went into house and she's there
now. What'll / do?"
"Wait for me-" cried Pelham.
He turned to Keller. "Tryon will
be here in a few minutes. Send him
right down to Washington Square.
It's tough, Keller" he said gently.
"You haven't proved anything yet
said Keller defiantly.
"For your sake / could wish that
we wouldn't" replied Pelham.
He left the apartment. Presently
he had alighted from his taxi-cab and
was standing on the southside OF
Washington Square with Dickinson,
watching the house into which Dick
enson said the girl had disappeared.
| As they stood there man alighted
I from limousine and walked rapidly
across the sidewalk and up the stoop
of the house. He let himself in with
a latchkey and the door closed behind
him. Pelham turned to Dickinson.
"That," he said. lis one of the men
who staged the first attempt at rob
berry of the Ore and Metals Bank"
"Let's go in and clean Them sug-
gested Dickinson.
"Let's watt" said the cannier Pei
ham.
Ten minutes later Tryon and
score Of his private detectives emerged
from taxis. "A sentence informed him
of the situation. While one OF his
men ran to summon the police, Tryon
sent some of his men around to the
back of the house. With the others,
and with Jimmy Pelham by his side,
he crashed in the front door.
Three hours later, in Pelham's
apartment. Tryon congratulated his
former patron. "As neat piece OF
detection as I ever heard Of he
commented. "Of course you had
luck. Running into your guide aud
him happening to know what the real
Minnie Grey looked like didn't hurt
none. We split the reward. Mr.. Pei
ham. And if you'll only come in with
me"
Pelham shook his head. -You don't
believe in the Gray Ghost, Jerry"
Tryon laughed heartily. "Just be-
cause none of those prisoners that
we took tonight will talk, you think
| they're afraid Of the Gray Ghost.
don't; / just think that they're wise
guys. waiting for their lawyers
"How do you account for their hav-
ing all the loot of the bank gathered
in one box, at their house. undividede
Doesn't that look as though they We're
awaiting instructions from their
chief" demanded Pelham.
"If they'd had a chief. he'd have
got his a couple of days ago. de-
elared Tryo=
"If that chief happened TO be the
Gray Ghost, he'd have so many irons
in the fire that he'd be necessarily
delayed in removing some Of Them
objected Pelham.
Jerry Tryon rose. stretched his