Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-04

AckIand Center. a little old town
in New England. is proud Of its
beauty and traditions. But the mod
ern world Is fast crowding in on its
peace. Finally a notorious road
house. falkland. Is opened BY a gang
Of hootleggers. Liquor flows. Girls
Of the town are lured there. Editor
Hamilton Pew Of The Weekly Age"
fights falkland. and u shot 20 death.
the identity Of his a%ssailants never
being ascertained. Homer Pew. his
brother. takes up the fight in the
newspaper. Stella Bagot, a home
town girl who has made good in
New York as a magazine writer.
IN home 10 write about the fight
against the gang. She is driven to
Ackland by Ernie Hallam. a married
man. much in love with her, He
wants her 70 meet him in Boston.
Eomer tells Stella how his brother
was shot down at LAKELAND.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER IL
"fes, according to Horwitz. He
says he saw the last handful or them
leaving the porches N a hurry. The
colored musicians and the walters
were in a panic. There had been
quite q few people on the floor, and
the orchestra was always pretty
noisy. Horwitz dropped the sapient
remark that people like a lot or per
in the music. Hams cody. he SAYS,
lay By the wall a few steps 70 the
right Of the main doorway. Appar-
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and moved toward The tables in the
riEht-hand corner. tie couldn't have
been there long. None of the walters
had seen him or taken an order from
him. His hat was round nearby,
where il had fallen from his hand,
The musicians. AZ The farther end az
the room. hadn't seen him al all,
They were Just a pack Of frightened
negroes. anyway. The headwaiter, a
man known as Albert, a Greek. says
he had stepped out Ia the eastern
veranda. All he seems able or will
ing TO recall Is that three
young men. accompanied by three
girls. had n table in that right-hand
corner. He thought they'd been
drinking before they came in. as the
girls were laughing pretty loud: and
SAYS he told the waiter. who served
also rs a bouncer. TO keep an eve
on them. But the bcuncer seems 10
have been IN the kitchen when the
shots were fired"
Between them they ought u be
able 10 identify some Of that party
They claim not. The man Albert
says he didn't single any OF them
out. He was pretty busy. As he
puts II, the boys might have been
any three Of a thousand Of the wild
fellows who drive around in automo-
biles nowadays. and toe girls were
just painted-up fIappers."
Haven't they a coatroom7 How
about hats and things7r
THAT has been looked into. The
courtroom boy says that only n few
hats were left with him. Most OF
the people. he says. leave things in
their cars. His story Is that after
the music stopped he followed Hor.
witt 10 the dancing floor. and tina,
when he returned to his post the hats
were all gone. That the owners
must have slipped in at the front
Of the building and got them.
That's the story. It's pretty battling
DO you know why your brother
went out there"
Homer flashed a quick. thoughtful
look mo. | don't. Stella II has
puzzled me more than / can say"
He must have had a. purpose"
"of course. But we have no light
on that
There's no trace Of the men who
telephoned the warning TO your
brother ~
Nothing. beyond the fact that II
was runE in from a nay booth in
Waltham."
1T certainly seems TO indicate
some connection between Oakland
and the bootlegging ring. Did they
search the place for liquor."
"Wykeham says they did. And
found nothing. We don't seem able
TO get up that street at all. OF
course. il We could dig out Hams
motive in going there We might have
something Lid better tell YOU. Stella
that the smoke screen PEOPLE are
making unpleasant capital Of that
Persistently. Asking why he ras
there. after an his attacks on the