The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-29


/ surface Of the river.
A STRANGE roaring sound made
n the youth fishing in the White
river fiatboat look upstream. He
saw a great bubbling Of water, and
what appeared TO be a miniature
tidal wave
On it foated two human figures
Bob and Ava, exhausted, were fight
ing to keep afloat. But in their
weakened condition, they could
hardly catch their breaths.
The young fisherman realized
their predicament. and with skill
born Of long practice unanswered
! his boat into their path. A few
moments later, and after much
/ effort. he hauled Bob and Ava
aboard and then padded for shore
/ Bob and Ava had come through
the experience unframed, though
very weak.
! AS soon as they were ashore Bob
/ Communicated a private car from
/ Will Evans who was driving by
with Russell julius. and went to the
\ hotel. There Bob insisted the house
physician give them each a thorough
4 examination. He found Ava suffer-
ing from exhaustion, and Bob nearly
as tired Outside of that, they were
/ all right. Ava he ordered to bed,
and Bob stationed guard outside
her locked door. Then he returned
( 10 the postoffice.
He found Sergeant Brown.
/ anxious and annoyed, in the
! operations office, and told him of
/ the ordeal through which he and
Ava had just passed. Brown ordered
men from headquarters to investi-
gate.
Bob glanced through the routine
reports of detectives who had
worked on various angles of 5he
case. Every purchaser of a noise
less portable typewriter in Indian
apOlis in recent years had been
checked and accounted for, even
Eddie Ash, who had bought one Tor
his trips to cover sports events. The
stamps on Black Hawks letters
could not be traced to their pur-
chaser.
The distribution of Blue Book
maps had been so extensive that it
was impossible to trace them. For
mer employees of the various chem
ical works in the indianapolis area
had been checked without result;
further work along this line was
still to be done.
TINE body of the "Whisperer,"
Il who had killed himself, after
being thwarted in his attempt to
wreck Union station. had been ex-
amined, and no clews to his identity
had been found.
Police headquarters had reported
that a number of suspicious-act
I persons found lettering around Union
/ Station had been taken for question
/ ing. but had been released. District
Attorney Val Nolan had inadver-
tently been questioned by rookie
cop. No trace had been found OF
the black car in which Bob's aSsail-
ants fled from the Breen home.
Black Hawk. up to this time, had
made seven statements-tWo let
/ tiers to the President, one to the
| Governor, one to the newspapers
warning about Union station, one to
Bob in the aX-handle and one, by
voice. to Bob and Ava in the tunnel.
Possibly the cryptic personal
want ad was from him. But up to
now there was no specific threat
pending Why did he leave this
additional suspense, Bob wondered.
II
A S a precaution, Bob put in a tel
"A ephone call to the family in
Crows Nest with whom Dolly, Ava's
sister, was staying. They told him
she was all right, and that no stran-
gers had been seen around the
house
DO you want guard?" Bob
asked
NO" replied Ava's friend. That
would only attract attention Well
let you know if there is anything
suspicious"
Perhaps they had not been fol-
lowed on that trip, Bob decided.
TO Be Continued)