The Washington times., 1934-10-27

body was found on the spot
marked az
Every five minutes during
the looting he was to send a man
to an automobile standing in the
street at a point marked on the
map with q star, to see If there
were any new instructions. He
was to tell his men that If he
were shot down one Of them must
report to the car, and a new
leader would be given them.
when the signal for the get
away was given, he was to send
one of his men to the car in
which he had come. If it was
still in commission, this man was
to drive it, not passing the car
ahead Of him. If it was out Of
whack, the man was to report to
the star.marked car for in.
structions how to get a new one.
suppose they counted on finding
enough parked cars to take care
Of this end.
While Clarke waited for his car
he and his men were to throw
as much lead as possible at every
target in their district, and none
Of them was to board the car
until it came abreast of them.
Then they were to drive out
Montgomery to Columbus to
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CHAPTER III
"Get that?" I asked. Here are
$50 gunmen, split into groups
under group-leaders, with maps
and schedules showing what each
man is to do, showing the fire
plug he's to kneel behind. the
brick he's to stand on, where he's
to spit-everything but the name
and address of the policeman he's
to shoot! It's just as well Beno
couldn't give me the details-Td
have written it off as a hop.
heads DREAM"
Every interesting" the Old Man
said. smiling blandly.
"The Fat Boys was the only
timetable we found I went on
with my history. II saw a few
friends among the killed and
caught, and the police are still
identifying others. Some are local
talent, but most Of 'em seem to
be imported stock. Detroit, Chi,
New York, st. Louis, Denver, Port
land, L. A., Philly, Baltimore
all seem to have sent delegates.
AS soon as the police get through
identifying them I'll make out a
list.
"Of those who weren't caught,
Bluepoint Vance seems to be the
main squeeze. He was in the car
that directed operations. I don't
know who else was there with him.
The Shivering Kid was in on the
festivities, and I think Alphabet
Shorty Mccoy, though I didn't
get good look at him.
Sergeant Bender told me he
spotted Toots Salda and Darby
Mclaughlin in the push, and
Morgan saw the Dis.and.Dat Kid.
That's a good cross-section of the
layout-gunmen, swindlerS, hi
jackerS from all over Rand.Mc-
Nally.
"The Hall Of Justice has been
q slaughter.house all afternoon.
The police haven't killed any of
their guests - none that I know
Of - but they're Sure.God making
believers out Of them. Newspaper
writer's who like to sob over what
they call the third degree should
be down there now. After being
knocked around a bit, some Of the
guests have talked. But they don't
know a whole lot. They know some
names - Denny Burke, Toby the
Lugs, Old Pete Best, Fat Boy
Clarke and Paddy the Mex were
named - and that helps some, but
all the Smacking power in the po-
lice force arm can't bring out any
thing else.
'The racket seems to have been
organized like this: Denny Burke,
for instance, is known as a Shifty
worker in Baltimore. Well, Denny
talks to eight or 10 likely boys, one
at a. time. How'd you like to pick
up piece of change, out on the
Coast?' he asks them. Doing
What?' the candidate wants to
know. Doing what you're told the
King of Frog Island says. You
know me. I'm telling you this Is
the fattest picking ever rugged, a
kick in the pants to go through -
air-tight. Everybody in on it will