Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1932-03-31

WneFe Louie Bert0ilni is DelcflHS HIS
CUTS. Chnvens down there with EN-
tipping the Washington cops what
questions to ask. thought I'd stay
up here with Mother Brady to see If
yon came around all right You're in
Mothers room, YOU know. Next door"
Joe. still not sure of his senses,
looked across the room. to a pink
faced old woman. attired in grand
motherly fashion. who sat rocking, her
feet rising with every movement of
the chair then striking the floor fatty
again. She laughed and rolled her
head
IF that wasn't hot one" she
gasped. in sudden denial Of her inno-
cent. benign appearance Louie sit
ting on one side Of the wall with an
ear on me, and me sitting on this side
with the same kind of an ear on
him.
Pete grinned.
Mothers quite help in an ear
job mcronhnning n wall. you know.
Nobody ever suspects her. she even
fooled .Tamisan when he stalled in to
give her room the turnover. Mother
knows her racket Tougher'n keg
Of nails. and the hest room-nlant in
the homicide squad"
II created but faint impression on
Joe
I'm free. then?" he asked, half
afraid OF the answer. "I'm-free?"
AS soon as can get you back to New
York. and qnash the indictment and
warrants Maybe few weeks. Just
formalities
The telephone rang Mother Brady
answered IT. then turning. motioned
Pete Maxwell to the receiver Fol
lowing that she went quietly to the
bathroom, returning with new pack
Of cold towels. replacing those on
Joe's confused forehead.
"A bit of bump you got" she said
and went back to her rocking. Pete
Maxwell still stood at the phone, wide
mouth half open. sharp eyes peering
disinterestedly at the ceiling.
"Yehs" he said and again was silent
for long time. Finally he straight
ened That's about the way we
figured it then. Yeh. the kids all
right"
He hung up the phone then and
came back to the bed. Joe was sit
ting un
Well kid, it worked out about the
way we doped it. Maybe you remem-
Der one time when I was talking to
you about jig-saw puzzles? Well,
That's about all there is TO this racket
putting EN- together, getting EN-
wrong. and finding you have to start
all over again. Well. about the time
Hymie Fradke put on his show,
taftket my puzzle MI 10 pieces. May
be 1t was because I'd taken n liking
to you. But everything seemed too
perfect. I don't like hundred per cent
cases. said Pete. There's usually a
hole in them that you could throw a
mule through"
Il had escaped then said Joe.
'Yeh. A good thing you had the
way 1t turned out. But one day, n
telephone tip comes in that you're
playing the accordion on circus out
in the sticks. so Just traced the call
1t led straight to Louie Bertolini's. So
we started putting out the tails.
I'VE found out first Of all. that
Fnllhouse had beaten it out of town
on some kind Of rush Job AS it
turned out. Louie had gotten excited
and phoned in the tip, thinking all
that was necessary to close the case
was to head you for the chair again.
But Jamison was wiser. He figured
you might have learned something
from Hymie Fradke when you were
cell mates and that he'd better find
out Just what that something was.
THAT'S why Fullhouse was so gem
erous' Pete went on. lin wanting to
get you away and take care of you.
Chuv was. Just talking about it on the
phone-Louie's doing swell job Of
coughing. Fullhouse had to find out
how much you knew. and guess they
finally decided you knew too much.
So they framed up this little idea
about proving the house. and Full
house leaving you and ducking back
TO town with Boston. who was waiting
for him in fast car. while you stayed
there and held the sack until the watch
man could come along and bump you
over with few shots from Tomcat.
But I'm getting ahead of the way
things worked out.
"They were pretty excited about the
way Eouie'd halled things up, and be-
gan holding conferences Pretty soon
we saw there was hookup between
Louie and Big Friday there. Mean
time. we'd set a tail on you and Full
house but he lost you. Then your let
ter came and the little gal turned it
over--to prove you were straight.
Pretty game little kid. that gal we
were pretty Badly stuck until we
found out that the whole crowd was
getting ready for n fast lam out OF
town. Figured to lay low for n year
or 50. Chnv says. We followed EN-.
They met Jamison here at the hotel.
we didn't know what was up, but we
had Mother Brady caring on 'em from
this room. They kept the radio
SnunU,l mr. So Shp c0Ii1u't cot rnuph