Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1933-06-29

cha doing, Reagan-taking me for 4
buggy rider
81 mean it." The local chief turned
on Fiske. do you know who this
Teller u, Mr.. Fisks7 He's the cops
delight. He never makes 4 mistake
"Say, wait Z minute, Reagan I
guess I've missed more easy ones than
any man in the country. Honest I
have. But my people don't advertise
the failures so awful prominent
"Hooeyl" said Reagan with hearty
admiration. And the minute l heard
you were In town l followed you here
| want you to do me q fayor-s big
one7H
"Yeh. r
Take charge of two cases here:
the robbery of this bank and the muir
der over at the college"
mani / never fool around with
Killings. They're too dog goned
messy
You're handling this bank thing.
amt you7"
maybe"
'Then you'll have to take on the
other"
"Whyr
Because announced Reagan crisp
ly, they're tied up tight together. I
don't know how they were done. but
I've got the baby who did 'em both
or knows who did. This Teller killed
Thayer and then came over here and
COPIED the mill pay roll"
Whats his name?'
aVernon- Maxwell Vernon
Randolph Fiske looked p~leadingly at
Harvey, and the Gargantuan detective
slowly extended his hand to Reagan
Done with you" said Jim. IT you
really want me. I'll take charge. But
II | do, things are to be handled my
way
"Oh. boy!" Reagan was enthusiast
tic. Take my word for 1t, Harvey
you're the boss. / won't do nothing
but hang around and listen"
Wrong" grinned Jim. You're gon-
ma falkland you'll start right now"
well, that beln' the case. I'll say
that | wouldn't like to be La this kids
shoes. guess you want to know all
the dope I've got on Vernon, don't
| your
.Sure."
Randolph Fiske started to interrupt.
~ fold Hanvey-"
A big, 1eshy paw was raised In nd
monition.
"Id rather hear this direct fron
Reagan, II you don't mind
The banker nodded and Reagan pro-
| ceeded.
First, the robber was using Max
Vernon's car and It's a ten-to-one bet
that Vernon was driving i- Second.
after the robbery occurred Vernon
drove right through Birmingham and
on to Steel City. i've just come back
from there"
How far rs Steel CftyTs
Eighty miles from Birmingham A
hundred miles from here. He carried
ulN Tai III q uEniGI HIT lltAEI GU aUT u
new one On a trade-In basis. Next
morning they closed the deal and Yer
non turned In his old car on 1 new
one, and paid the diference-tweIva
| hundred smackers-iH cash. Now the
| funny part, Harvey. Is that from all
/ can gather Vernon has been broke
for about q MONTH"
"What makes you think that7"
He tried to borrow money several
places-and didn't get 1t. Now 1 ask
you this: II a man ia dead broke one
week, how does 1t happen that the
next week he buys a e expensive
car and pays twelve hundred In cash
ON the deal?s
Harvey nodded. Sounds queer,
Reagan. And then what!"
Plenty Reagan's face was beam
ing with pardonable pride Il dir
covered that when Vernon traded In
his car, there was something missing.
the floor rugl"
"Floor rug, eh1 What does that
meanY'
1T means this: I'm sure Mr.. Fiske,
here, has told you all about the rob
berry and how Mr.. Burke and the stick
up guy pot-shotted each other. The
Teller must have been hit pretty hard
because there was blood on the floor
OF the bank and a trail of blood be-
tween the front door and the curb.
Amt that SO, Mr.. Fiske7"
Eyes. 1t was rather plentiful, too
It'll say 1t was. Now, then. It's nat
ural to suppose, amt 1t, that this
palooka was bleeding pretty free and
easy when he piled Into the back OF
| Vernon's car"
IF 1t was the boys carr
"Well take that for granted. Any
way, he was bleeding. That blood
would have gone over all the floor
rug. because we got to remember that
a man who has just robbed a bank
wouldn't be fool enough to nit on the
back seat Of any car. Chances were
he was curled up on the floor. Now.
then, | Just naturally believe 1t would
have been common sense for Vernon
and the other guy to have lost that
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