The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-26
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

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Il ny, perspiring figure of Sonny
Boyd, and Hagan and Larry Glenn
looked at one another There was
pregnant silence, broken at last by
Hagan's devout, Well I'll be
damned"
Larry grinned Exactly" he said.
The upright and respected Mr..
Donald Montague, leader of the bar
and admired by one and all, has
been passing hot bonds"
Mike Hagan shook his head.
Can you begin to see, now, why
it's tough for guys like me?" he
asked. Here's Montague, a big shot
politician, showing those bonds off
on louise like Sonny Boyd and
then they wonder why coppers like
me can't run the racketeers out of
town."
Larry nodded Sympathetically.
Il know The cards are stacked
against you. But before 1 get
through here" He paused. then
went on: Mike, I'm beginning to
get on the trail of something here.
At least a part of that Red Jackson
gang is floating around Dover. And
part of the loot they got in that
Nicola robbery turns up here. 1t
passes through the hands of Don
Montague, who is one of Dovers
most respected citizens. Before we
get through I'm going to have the
whole picture. And when 1 do
things are going to be different"
Hagan looked at his earnestly.
Larry, 1 hope to God you do
it," he said. I'm just cop-but
by damn I'm good one, and I'm
tired of being held in check by
bunch of crooked politicians and
racketeers working hand in glove.
Root this thing out, and cops like
me may begin to have some chance
around here. And if we do, then
the decent citizens of this city will
begin to get the kind of law enforce
ment they're paying taxes for
He finished, slightly embarrassed
over his outburSt
Going to have little chat with
Mr.. Montague?" he asked. @"''
Larry nodded and looked at his
watch.
Lord, I'd no idea it was so late"
he said. He'll have left his office
for the day, by now. Oh, well, he'll
keep until tomorrow. That's one
think about these big shot slickers
they don't run away from you,
anyway"
NO" grunted Hagan, "they don't
need to. You can't do anything to
EN- if they do stick around"
T AIRY meditated. I'm not so
- sure he said slowly. This
man Montague is beginning to draw
too many cards in this whole
miX-up. Look: we trace these stolen
bonds to him. He also appeared
for our friend Harkins when
Harkins came in to prove that he
wasn't mixed up in robbery Of
which no one had even accused him.
There's one definite connection with
the jackson outflt-well, one pos
Sible Connection. -. BY the way, tell
me about that alibi. You say it was
alright. What was there to it?"
"Oh, it was alright enough said
Hagan. "Harkins'd been out canoe
ing with girl that Friday after
noon. Started out about half an
hour before the robbery and didn't
get back until after dark. She was
with him all the time And the guy
that rented the canoe to him, out
on the Grand River, he came in
too"
Montague rounded 'em up, of
course" unused Larry. Hagan
nodded.
Funny thing" he said. He
didn't even go out of his own Office
for his star witness"
How do you mean?"
why, his own secretary. Swell
looking girl she is, too. What's her
name again"
He broke off as he saw Larry
gaping at him with open mouth.
whats the matter?" he asked,