The Washington times., 1932-02-06
How a Menacins Specter
Terrorized a Big City
CHAPTER XIV

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Daisy Beaumont had been a
resourceful girl all her life. Little
education-but lots of expert.
ence. In her case there was
that psychological difference be-
tween brilliance and intelligence,
so often differentiated by those
Who have made study OF the
mental processes of the animal
called man. E.
Daisy had had many loves.
Like many women she had
learned things of those she
loved. she had once been in
fatuated with Russian dancer
and had a smattering Of the
ballet. she had once cared for
a poet and she had learned
something of iambics and penta-
meters, but had not remembered
it. she had once loved a boot
logger and she learned that rye
was made from alcohol and
burnt sugar, gin from juniper
and alcohol, and that Scotch
got its smoky flavor from creo-
sote. and she had been a tele-
phone operator and a loving
lineman had shown her how a
wire was tapped.
In the little 12x14 room where
she and Mickey had been tossed,
Daisy had explored every nook
and corner. She knew that her
own life was in danger. she knew
that little Mickey, who proudly
declared that his father could
click any man in the world"
was in Jeopardy, and she sought
some means of escape. 1t was
in her search that Daisy uncoV-
cred what she knew to be wire
tapper's outfit. In Belmcnte's
place one might find almost any
thing. =.
She not only discovered this,
but she discovered that the
telephone was located just on
the other side of the wall Of the
room in which she and Mickey
were confined. This wire-tap-
per's outfit consisted of what
was known as the bug
merely receiving set with two
wires. At the ends of these
wires were two little crayfish
pinchers, which bit through the
. insulation and formed the con-
nection. And the wires were
exposed on her side. Daisy
had not been in the closet with
Mickey more than an hour be-
fore she discovered the "bug."
A Frantic Call
She could hear, by pressing
her ear to the wall, when they
were using the telephone. And
the telephone was being used
plenty. But during a lull she
connected the "bug" and called
the Morris Hotel.
Ed, anxious and excited, lis
tened to her.
"I'm at Belmonte's Lodge, near
Cannondale," she said, and she
told him exactly how to get
there. They've got Mickey here
and the whole mob's armed.
Don't tip off your brother, be-
cause you've got to crash in the
way l tell you. There's a back
road-if you come in the en-
trance they'll get the signal
from the lighthouse. Bel
monte's here now an all the
rest o. the mob. Hurry, sweet
heart, I love you, and I need
you-"
Ed did not call from the
hotel. Instead he went to the
corner. When he got head
quarters he asked for Lieut..
Tom Deegan.
"Hello, Tom" he said, 'This
is Ed-yes, yes-never mind.
GODS sake, don't tell jim.
Well call him just before we
get there. We've got to do this
thing right. . I've got the
low down can you get 10
fightin' men who can keep their
mouths shut? Okay, bring
me a gun and pick me up at
Clark and Devoe. I'll be on the
corner"
He didn't wait more than 20
minutes, pacing up and down
In front Of the place. A lone
car, with only Tom in it, came
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