The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-03-12
CHAPTER xxx

There was a wild upheavai in thu
crowd as the man who had left hi.
opponent unconscious on the sidewall
lowered his head and plunged through
There were cries Of SOMEBODY
grab him!" but no one attempted it
perhaps because of that peculiar in
ertia that seems to afflict crowds 81
often. perhaps because of fear, fol
he was menacing figure, even il
flight.
AS he broke through the QUITE,
edge of the throng and passed Jimmy
and Barry, perhaps some ten yard.
away from them, Jimmy got s
GLIMPSE of him with his dishcvelet
hair, his battered nose and his collar
and necktie askew. $3.50
Then he was gone. and when HI
had disappeared from sight Jimmy
was assailcd with the uneasy. feeling
that he should have tried to st0T
him. Something familiar about tha,
fleeing figure raised the question
whet it hadn't flashed before his
eyes before. =
They were picking the other mar
seious, but there was ! deep cut i,
the back OF his head where it hae
struck the curb, A policeman ar
rived, ordered the crowd back ant
rang for \ patrol wagon.
The victim, unsteady on his feet
tottercd and had to be helped in by
the policeman.
"Come on, Barry" said Jimmy
"It's all over. Just street figh
between a couple of toughs."
Then he saw Thomas Fogarty
surveying the scene through amused
eyes. A cigar stuck at . rakish angle
from his mouth. He removed it *
spit on the sidewalk, and then h,
laughed, q quiet, contcmptuous laugh
Jimmy touched his elbow. Hello
"Why., hello, Mr.. Rand. Haven
seen you for q long time. Did yo,
see it," He jerked 4 casual thumb
in the direction Of the patrol.
"Yes. saw 1t, all right" He in
troduced Barry colvin.
"Glad to know you, Mr. Colvin."
"Nice boys. weren't they?" Barr.
said with his ever-ready grin. "AnI
how that little guy-the one VIII,
got away---could sotk!"
yeah" said Foearty. 1--WE .seel
EN- before One Of 'em was XII,
Divis. He used to be pug. USE
to be a pretty good preliminary boy
but he, wouldn't train"
GOOD Lord!". Jimmy groaned
"Now | know where I've seen tina
face before. When he ran past me
knew there was something familia
looking about him, but for the lif
of me | couldn't place it.
1T was his nose, of course. 70,
said he was a fighter. I can place
him now. 1t was that broken nos
| of HIS"
He turned to Barry. "That ma,
! was one of.sthc pair that followe,
me that night He was. the one VIII,
came running with the gun. What
| dumbbell am! i In N.Y. hands and GU
| again--just like that!
IF he'd had . cap on, I'd hav'
known him in minute, but h.
didn't, and his hair was> all musse.
and his collar torn. II I'd only ha.
| more time to think"
what the devil are you talkin
about :" asked Fogarty through lip
that were tightly clenched on hi
cigar. And Jimmy told him the stor,
of the encounter he had had.
"Does this Kid Diyis, as you cal
him, travel around with q man b!
the name of Ike Jensen! ~ he asked
Fogarty.
"Sure. Regular buddies. That is
they used to be. / haven't seer
Jensen for some time. By the wa,
do you know Ike p
Slightly" said Jimmy. and h,
was about to add why he was 81
anxious to find him, but he thought
better Of it.
Instead, he turned to Barry Col
vim. "Come on. Barry, we're going
down to the police headquarters to Sc.
O'Day.'
"Kid Divis7 Sure, 4 know him.
Lieutenant O'Day reached in thu
drawer where he had cached his
Chewing" why I" he asked.
1--WE just saw. him in q stree,
fight" jimmy explained.
"This man Divis," said O.Day
twas one Of the first we brought IN
here when Va ,Arsf began to search
for Ike ~ SEN Ssm1onc tipped me
off that Divis, was m old associate
OF Jensen'& hut he swore up laAd
down. when we got him in 1eYA
that he hadn't seen Ike for w1dks,
1&siashssaaastA las1~a3s tt11own.ivs,.. q q,