Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-23

Although she iU0S a notorious gOld-Glig.
ger Eunice BOrdeH gaze only big-timers
tumble.
'"Sit down there" growled the officer
"Oh you guys are brave. aren't you? Push
ing a poor defenseless citizen around Take
these bracelets OF. you stupid donkeys. What
did do to deserve this treatment?"
That's what we're going to find out pretty
soon, see." And the ofdcer, big, raw-boned
fellow, pushed him in the face so hard that
MitchellS head whacked against the back Of
the chair. They were playing right into Dukes
hands
small crowd was gathering outside the
window and some few came inside the store
to allay their curiosity. Walt was trying to
get the Gibbons-vernier Motor Co. ON the
wire.
e. o hello. This Gibbons-v ernier
Co? This is the Halliday Vernier Sales
Co in Abingdon. Abingdon on-the-H ud-
son no. Arlington yes. that's
When Mr. Long at Gibbons learned that
Mitchell was trying to sell the car for thou
sand or less he burned up the wire. Hold
him. hold him." he shrieked. He gave US
checks in payment for that car this morning.
Take care Of the car, will you? He's from
Chicago, is he? He told US he was Cleveland
business man. He's a crook, that's what he Is! !.
Mitchell fought every foot of the way to the
station house His collar was torn of his neck
and he was q sorry-looking sight with his
bloody nose. In vain did Duke protest that he
had an important date in New York. +
When he got to the jail Mitchell demanded
o trial right then and there They just laughed
at him and slammed q cell door in his face.
He then started to raise his cries to high
heaven. He played to perfection the part Of
the outraged citizen.
PrH1; ~naIIrx nf k1ao
who told him he'd sock Mitchell in the jaw
If he didn't pipe down.
Mitchell dared him to sock away, and he
did. Police had to come downstairs into the
cell blocks to separate the two
It was o moral victory for the Duke. Once
more alone in his cell he rubbed his bruised jaw
meditatively and reflected that they'd pay for
all this. and through the nose.
The county papers carried stories Of the
"slick Chicago gangster'' that had tried to pull
q fast one on q prominent Abingdon business
man." Two Of them had editorials the next
day warning New York and Chicago gangsters
away from Westchester County. The New York
Sunday papers copied the stories in part. Lots
Of fine publicity that Abington-on-the- Hudson
would pay for later, and pay for dearly.
Sunday afternoon the Duke" had two pro-
feSsional callers. DR.. RiSkind, before he left,
had filed eight pages with notes on contusions,
abrasions. shocks and what not-all suffered
by the prisoner while in the hands Of the
Arlington authorities.
-Counselor-at-law Marcus Soblow was, mean
while, listening and questioning Duke Mitchell
on matters OF technical Importance
They both took q most cordial leave Of their
client. The thing had run of like clock work.
7 ATE the next morning, the chief Of police,
a sadder and q wiser man, looked across
his desk and over the brass rail that represented
the bar of justice in Arlington, at Conner, his
lieutenant.
Conner, I guess they just got us dead to
rights on this business, but what's done il
done. It gives us an awful black mark. There
was no excuse for that rough stuff. They
tell me that bird can collect plenty from this
township, and it looks like he's not going to
leave any stone unturned
'That quack doctor of his says his patient
has become mentally unbalanced or something
from the treatment we gave him. We know
it's lie. but what can we do? I'd like to give
him a little treatment right now!
He can get a dozen witnesses to say that
he's been raving ever since we arrested him.
Crazy, like fox that bird ISL
cashed the checks knew it was all up. Those
two cops ought to get a medal Bright boys"
Conner shook his head mournfully.
Outside the station house Duke Mitchell and
Eunice, who had come up the night before,
were holding family reunion. s-
"You took 'em over like Dempsey took FEpN
didn't you, honey?" Elaine attempted %
smooth his wrinkled cravat
IT'S an old racket, but never saw 1t tN2s
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