The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-07-23

Amt. You and
rough.
But Harp's wife is away and the
| MacLaren kid is unconscious but not
| quite croaked Harp believes he's 60
ing to croak. but Harp figures he can
save lot of inquiry If he makes II
look like an accident happened while
falling at his house; so he stages the
accident stuff and calls In DR.. Ber
tram Darand because he's young and
in swell society and comes of the
right kind of family so that anybody
would believe what he says
well, Doctor Darand comes to the
house and Cotton pulls the accident,
but Darand sees through it; and
there's nothing to do but croak both
the kid and Darand, when that good
looking skirt. Kitty Hewitt, butts in.
She's soft on Darand and she calls
the cops. Crane and Harp have just
time to skip; Darand amt hurt sat
all, so he gets the MacLaren kid to
the hospital, where he comes to and
spills his story. well, everybody
makes the big howl. They gotta
clean up the city. A guy, going down
the street, mindin' his own business.
passes bull he's spoke civil to every
day for months, an gets tapped on
the shoulder. SO here we all are
"And all because of that Hewitt
dame!"
M
cause as whispered about the cell tier
of the Jail to those of the sixty who
did not yet understand the whole rea-
| son for their detention. Another
crime cleanup was on; and 1t had
been brought about by Kitty Hewitt
who was not, herself, Of the under
world. but was known to be the
friend Of Ed Pellen, notorious gun
man.
Such was the resentment spread
with increasing intensity, throughout
the various regions Of the Chicago IN
derworld on the evening of the day
after the habeas corpus lawyers hat
done their duty and the sixty from
the Jail returned to their companions
and confederates.
Ed Pellen had been in the pickup
Indeed, a pickup in Chicago which
did not include Ed Pellen was on the
face of 1t half-hearted affair. The
police always picked up Pellen, but
never were able to "hold" him. Ant
though today there was nothing
proved against him, so that again he
had to be released, yet the newspa
pers played him up as principal
in the affair. His picture was one
Of the three large photographs spread
across the second page Of the eve
ming paper which DR.. Bertram Daranl
had open beside his plate as he sal
down alone to his supper
The photograph to the left, al
abominable snapshot Of Bertram him
self, exaggerated-so It seemed t.
Bertram-every feature of his OWL
ineffectiveness. 1t showed. to be sure
good-looking and refined young
man, but ineffective; yes. all Of that
particularly in comparison with stht
photograph of the handsome and dar
7ioVNihS youAS thdA oRPooltC ~.
The very legends under the pic
lures seemed to Bertram contrast
in effectiveness; for the lines describ
Ing himself said:
"Dr. Bertram Darand, who wal
called In by Harper Cotton to witness
the prepared accident at Colton'
residence. Doctor Darand, youn,
physician in practice on the nortl
side, is the grandson of Marshall Oar
and, one of the leaders In Chicag,
thirty years ago and famous as {
builder Of the Worlds Fair Docto
Darands mother was reigning bell,
in Chicago society"
The legend under the CONTRASTING
picture read:
Eddie Pellen. alias Big Black, ALA
Walter Singer. ETC.. best known a
Eddie the immune Antecedents
birthplace and early environment un
known"
| Between the pictures of the tw'
men, as though between two rivals
was the photograph of a girl--a gay
looking, blithe and lovely girl, will
fair hair and smiling lips and beau
tiful eyes gazing toward Pellen. Hel