Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-04
By
E. PHILLIPS
| OpPENHEIM
Copyrisht. 1919. BY North Amer.
lean Newspaper Alliance ana
Metropolitan Newspaper eerv-
lee.

burglaries ever planned stripped him Of
half of his treasures He was uninsured,
and from that moment he seems TO have
been inspired with q hatred Of the po-
lice who, am sorry to say, utterly failed
to make a single arrest. That burglary
to nv mind, was the work of Joseph
and the beginning of his career. After
wards Martin Hews retired to Breezeley
Marshes. From that tine-I speak con-
fidentially. major-he has been, at vari-
Gus intervals, under police supervision"
gested. except this-Miss Essiter?"
His only sisters child" Bloor con-
fded. 'I know nothing about her, ex-
cept that her mother was married In
New York and that she went to live
with Martin Hews some years ago. A
strange household, ma jor-a very strange
household, indeed"
Bloor leaned across the table.
Tell me-" he invited, "how you have
been employing your time the last few
days." a
rotten grind. that's all"
Meaning"
1--WE squeezed my way into three re-
cepjtons. But haven't seen a soul who
even suggested to me what Joseph
might be like. I have followed women
about who were wearing wonderful
Jewels until became an object OF sus-
picion myself. I have eschewed my
rooms and dined and lunched alone at
|, restaurants until am sick Of them"
at thought Miss Essiter was to go
about with you," my companion OBJ
served.
''she was, but she rang up during the
afternoon of the day I was down there
for lunch. and told me that her uncle
could not spare her. She is coming
tomorrow night for the big show
that Lady Bonofar is giving in
Grosvenor Square. If Joseph really
goes to functions at all, I don't; see
how he could miss party like this. ;,
"T suppose not" Bloor assented
thoughtfully.
II wonder If you'd think it pre-.
sumptuous," went on, III I ventured
extraordinary that, with all your re-
sources, you still have no idea where
| to lay your hands upon a criminal who
Is known to be the head Of gang"
Ny companion smiled.
"a reasonable criticism, major" he
admitted, but let me assure you that
few people have any idea as to how
slowly 1t is necessary for us to work
when we are after big game. We
| Two months ago we had no certain
information as to any Of Joseph's
haunts, or as to his personality Now
| look here"
He drew a little plan, starting from
! the Bethnal Green Road. and working
eastward toward the river. This he
enclosed in circle, and passed 1t over
to me.
"Josepi1's headquarters" he pointed
out, ARE somewhere within that circle.
A month ago the orbit was much
larger. Now every day my men close
in a little upon It, have % men
at our present rate Of progress, there
will be less than half a mile to guard
at the end of next week
We'll, that's something" acknow-
lodged.
I'VE have at the present moment
marked down in that locality seven
men guilty Of various crimes, whom
we could arrest and bring to justice
tomorrow. We keep our eye on them
but we're waiting. We want the lot
We want Joseph. Now wait moment -
sketch. To my amazement, my own
street was there, Charges street and
Half Moon street, and Shepherd:
Market. Again he drew q circle, and
this time there was very little space
indeed enclosed.
Somewhere there" he confided-"a
close reighbor Of yours, you see-our
friend has shelter Of a different
sort. It consists Of two rooms only
and. 50 far. we have found 1t impos-
sible to locate him. It is, believe
very seldom used, but he was there
without doubt, on the night when
he paid that visit to you. The place
we should really like to discover
though, is the place to which Mr.. Van
Doom, Of Amsterdam, drove when he
left Christie's, and I will tell you this
much about that. He passed Lords
Cricket ground and took the road to
Finchley. There he disappeared, but, II
you were to go along the North Road,
you would probably find few more
motor-bicyclists about than usual
Those are our men and each one OF
them has a very good idea Of what he
Is looking out for"
II apologize, inspector" I said.
| Then you come to the question OF