Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-18

ngent TO make inquiries of the assist
ant district attorney who had issued
the search warrant. hut when Informed
that Flynn and Angellotl were down
with Flu he called up Lanny at
Stephens office, and received a meticu-
lous report. you say the girl fed in
the car my dicks arrived inY' he
queried. That's terrible. A desciip-
ton of the car must have been broad.
cast to all outlying police and the sur
rounding country stations Immediately
by FLYNN and Angelloti, and Nance will
be picked up somewhere down state"
We've done our damnedest," Lanny
replied cheerfully. angels can do no
more. | borrowed the car you left out
front. It's in a garage. III send you
the claim check"
For a week. the chief waited for
news of Nance Relden, but no news
came through beyond some gossip
around the central station that the car
had been driven but three miles and
then abandoned-for which evidence
thdt tht almighty WAS Sllll vi Il6 slut
the worthy fellow was grateful.
So Nance was still In the city Me
Namara's mind worked so automatical-
ly he did not even have to tell himself
that, undoubtedly. she had taken sane
tuary within a short distance of the
spot where she had abandoned Flynn's
car, nor did he have to remind him
self that Flynn and Angelloti would
come to the same conclusion. He had
no difficulty in ascertaining the spot
where the car had been recovered.
Folsom street and Sixteenth, eh?'
he reflected. Observation-Disclosures build
ings and cheap apartment houses,
cheap rooming houses and working
mems hotels. No. she wouldn't go to
one of those. Not what she is-she has
class-and she has two hundred dol
lars in her possession. She's holed up
with a friend. What friend? Why.
Ella Gates, of course"
He had already secured Ella Gates
address from the banker In San Jose.
However, he realized it would not be
wise TO call upon her and run the risk
of having Flynn or Angellotl run ACROSS
him in the neighborhood or see him en-
tering Ella Gates house. The obvious
thing, therefore. was to cast about for
a job In another part Of the city and
see that both detectives were assigned
to 1t. If he sent them out of the city
for a day or W they might suspect
his purpose and have some other dick
friend of theirs shadow him during
their absence.
While he was considering where he
could dispose of them, the president
of the Security Trust company In San
Jose rang up.
Miss Penelope Gatlin has just been
In the bank. Chief" he told Mcnamara.
"She has purchased a letter of credit
for ten thousand dollars and has with
drawn In cash the remainder of the
funds on deposit to the credit of her
checking account, amounting to eleven
hundred dollars"
is she In the bank now?"
"Yes."
"llave one Of your clerks follow her.
Give him some expense mOney-Iu be
responsible for its repayment. And
when you get his report please tele-
phone me-"
At three-thirty the banker telephoned
again. "She purchased a ticket to San
Erpnnicnn IN nm nf thn L,,,o. -..--
here at three-ffteen. She spent two
hours shopping"
The buses, Mcnamara knew, entered
the city via Mission street, the bus depot
was at Fifth and Mission streets. Ella
Gates lived on Howard street, between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth. Howard
street runs between Mission and Fol-
som-and Flynn's car had been found
abandoned at Sixteenth and Folsom.
Nance was smart. She had left the
car a block from Ella Gates home and
walked there. Mcnamara reasoned the
incoming bus would drop the girl off at
Sixteenth and Mission streets-a reg
ular %stop-and she would then make
her way to the Gates woman's house.
lie glanced at his watch. He had
an hour and a half to intercept her;
for that hour and a half he must have
Flynn and Angelloti In another sec
ton of the city. To his annoyance he
discovered they were out on a detail.
so he decided he would have TO risk II,
called a taxi and drove to Ella Gates
address. He discovered 1t to be a
cheap wooden apartment house, but
the directory in the vestibule gave him
no information as to which apartment
Ella Gates lived in, so he rang the
landlady's bell and the door opened to
admit him. To his inquiry regarding
Mrs. Gates, he was Informed that she
had moved to parts unknown a week
before. nor could his informant give
him any clue to aid him In discovering
her.
AS he came out Of the apartment
house he glanced warily around and
was amused to observe Detective An !
gelloti leaning against q cigar stand
across the street. He was certain the
detective had recognized him, for An
gelloti Immediately turned his back. |
The chief walked up to Mission street.
boarded a street car and was at the
bus terminus two minutes before the
bus on which Nance had left San Jose
rolled In. But Nance was not among