The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-26
Copyright John P Dille Col

!, tell his story, but at last he man. aged to do it. In halting, uncer. tain sentences he told the whol, story, aided by Larry's quiet but in. sistent questions. Bit by bit, Larry learned 1t all; the meeting in thu Golden Feather, the conference al the apartment, his own notion that Montague might be willing to make the purchase, Lewis's desire tt raise money to buy 8 new car.
 When the boy finished he sal in the corner of the seat and listened to Larry's brief, succinct explanation of the true circum- stances of the deal. At last he shook his head in bitter self-con- demnation. .t.
 "Did you ever see 8 bigger fool than me?" he asked miserably. Larry smiled at him.
 ""You have been pretty much of Q fool, Bobby" he said. q think we can arrange things so that the consequences won't be too serious for you"
 Bobby's face suddenly became white. It had not occurred to him before that by dealing in stolen bonds he had made him. self criminally liable.
 "-the main thing" Larry was saying, "is to run down this gang and get them all locked up. First of all, can you remember where that apartment was that they took you to?"
 Bobby wrinkled his brows, then shook his head slowly.
 Not exactly" he said. "T re- member 1t was out on the west side in an apartment hotel, but I didn't pay much attention to where we were going. It was of West Park boulevard somewhere, I remember"
 "You didn't notice the name of the building?"
 The boy shook his head unhap- oily. No. Gosh, I'm sorry"
 Think you'd know 1t again if you saw it?"
 Bobby thought this over. T might. Yes, l think I would"
 Well, there aren't so many apartment hotels out that way but what we ought to be able to find it Now, about another thing, Bobby. You say this Lewis wanted $10,000 to buy 8 car. I didn't know your firm had any cars that cost that much"
 we don't" said Bobby. Sixty four hundred is tops with our line. He said 1t was . special custom job."
 Larry was silent for a moment. Then he said: ..
 Bobby, you'll help me all you can, won't you?"
 Lord, yes," said Bobby fer vently. "1s there anything I can do?"
 I'm not sure. There just might be. You see--that. $l0,O00 car is 8 funny little item. It may turn out to be important"
 "How?"
 "Well - did you ever hear of arfnored cars? don't mean like the express trucks: I mean cars that gangSrerS use, made out of bullet-proof steel, with bullet proof glass in the windows. and SO on."
 Bobby nodded. He looked up sud- denly and asked, "You think this"
 Tt might be-" said Larry slow iy. Listen. Bobby, we've never ct been able to find out where those cars are made. Somebody must have . pretty elaborate sort of factory somewhere to turn them out: but wherever it is, it's pretty well concealed. All we can learn is that the most suc- cessful gangsters do manage to get them. Now there's just a chance that this $lO000 pur. chase of Lewiss was one of these cars. If so-" he paused to let his words sink in: If so. that means that State Auto Sales, Inc. is Q secret distributing point for them"
 Bobby gasped, and once more murmured Good Lordi" weakly.
 'Did you ever sec that carp" asked Larry.
 '.Not close up," said Bobby. T remember the morning Lewis came for it. Mr. Hopkins him- self took him back into the shop. and next I saw Lewis was driv. ing away in it. It was just a big sedan: looked like any other good car as far as could sec"
 Larry nodded. "They do." he