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The Washington times., 1935-10-19

touch q hair Of her they'd better
be ready to kill my whole homi
eide SQuad-and they're kind o
tough, even If they haven't hac
much luck so far with Carston.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
"Well, fellows, in a minute
we're off," Bill Bradford, the spe
cial agent-reporter declared tO
seven or eight other Treasury De
partment men as he dialed Alex
CarSton's office number on the
telephone.
After a moments wait, Julie an
Swered on the other end. In q
brusQue, businesSlike tone and
omitting any preliminary greeting
to the girl he loved, Bradford de
manded CarSton. Trivialities over
the phone might suggest to any
one tapping the line that Bill was
more than just q reporter inter-
ested in giving . tip to the gang
boss.
At the other end Of the line,
Julie entered CarSton'S inner
sanctum, where the gangster and
five or six Of his men lounged
about, CarSton playing a game OF
solitaire at his desk.
Bill Bradford on the phone,
Mr.. Carston. It seems important
from his tone"
Carston picked up his desk
phone with q nod to Julie, and
Bill began his story-the plan
which he and Julie had hatched
between them to get the evidence
which would soon send Alex Car
ston to Alcatraz Prison as an In
come tax dodger.
This is Bill Bradford, Carston'
Listen. Company'S coming to
your house"
Carston evinced mild surprise
yeah? Who this time"
"a mixed crowd" Bill explained
"G-men, and a coupla local fly
GODS. Seems you don't kick in any
income tax and there's a law OF
some kind or other about it. II
they nail you and find your
books, you'l end up learning the
jute business with Al Capone.
Thanks, Bill" and Carston
smiled a little into the inanimate
telephone. "I'll repay this little
courtesy some day. Anything you
can. think of that I can do for you
now?"
yeah" replied Bill. "Quit
making copy so I can get day
off some time"
AS he finished talking to Cars,
ton, Bill hung up the phone and
turned to the other agents:
"Okay, boys, On your way
Now get this straight. Take Cars
ton, Rich and anyone else you
find in the office down to the
United States District Attorneys
office for queStioning-keep them
there at least an hour-and leave
the rest to me-"
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Bills Scheme

Bradford wasn't asleep yet,
either. In fact he was up and
very busy. He was cloSeted with
the Chief Of Detectives.
Eyes" he said, II think we've
got it alright.
"At noon, you'll have two men
in Carston's office in the hotel.
I'll be around-by accident. Your
men pick him up and tell him he's
wanted for queStioning-about the
disappearance Of Andrews. He
won't think anything Of that.
He'll laugh and wiSecrack and
come along.
"I'll have four Of my Federal
agents standing by in a room
across the street that we hired,
ready for my signal. They'll come
in on my call. One of them has
q camera. Because of the Dutch
Schultz decision we won't take
Carston's books out-that was
ruled Illegal seizure and therefore
not admissible evidence. But
we'Il photograph them. There's no
law yet against doing that and 1t
isn't on record as a violation OF
the precious privacy Of o citizen
even q citizen Of the standing
and worth of Alexander CarSton,
Julie will have the books. That
part is UP to her and she'll de.
liver. My men and yours will by
then have arrested every Carston
gangster in the hotel-Shoot them
If there is an resistance, that's
orders from the Secretary of the
Treasury.
"But the one big thing-big not
only because 1t means more than
my life to me, but big because
without her evidence the books
are useless against Carston and
our whole Job is a washout-is to
protect her.
"Any Of CarSton's torpedoes
would take a shot at her though
she was surrounded by the whole
United States Army If he suspect
ed that she '7aS on our side. She's
a game girl. But she's girl. She
can't defend herself against gang
SterS' guns. When we raid we
have to close in and handcuff
every thug left alive before they
can possibly guess how she stands,
"Then we'll formally put her
under arrest and lock her up as
q Federal witness and guard her,
even in the safest cell in the house
Of detention, night and day;
there's nothing Carston won't try
and little he can't do"
"How about yourselfP" asked
the Chief.
"Oh, I'll manage. I'm an Of.
ficer Of the United States now.
think Carston would be too wise
to have me knocked off - 1t
wouldn't save him much after we
have the books photographed and
Julie safe, and 1t would raise
plenty of hell. What I'll have done
by then will have been done. To
kill me would be a dumb gesture
Of unreasoning revenge.
"Carston is a devil, but he isn't
dumb. He'll have enough to keep
him occupied without taking it out
on me. If he could stop me be.
fore we trap him-yeS; he'd chase
me q thousand miles and shoot me
down in a church. But he's a
cold-blooded, calculating big-timer
and he seldom wastes shots"
"All right, boy" said the Chief,
arising and sticking out his hand.
you've got backbone and a level
head. And as for the girl, if they
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Federal Men Spring New
Tactics In Their War
On Gangsters
BY JACK LAIT
From Original Story by Martin Mooney
LIBERALIZATION Of the Cosmopolitan Production Ph0tOPE0I
Released by Warner BTOs.)
WHAT HAS HAPPENED
WHAT HAS HAPPENED
BY JACK lat

Just been acquitted on
bribery the denounced the fury codrds
traitors the lucky BIG Shot has returned
IN triumph to his "bsness offices Uhere ne coners oev ~"
After CGrson begins orrJ about the income
thing WGry Gordon and Dutch ScnHtS
Visions AlcGtTGz Jdde ne ana n" ounGoS
start making the rounds Of the gambling resorts
managed Cedric AriGOe Carston
meets his friendly Bin Bradford newspaper reporter oo
assigned the big racket So Bradford tells CGTston that
he likes the lGtters secretary lot.
reporter that and later Bradford
dimes NTH When he suggests that they then motor to he
dancing Julie Gardner remarks that the name o. tos
GDGyS her boss the teSH sounds so much IKE
AlcGtTGx"
eUentng Of dancing Julie at home returns
to the 122 Ctab and mentions the murder Of UoGn by chor
Later AndrewS finds tGge at the club SAFE tes
telephone the district
attorney for police to driUe Oft CGrSton's gwnDeT
ATnGOe does Andrews at another telephone tips oft
to the The then orders his "0UndoleS"
"6et" ArttGDe the police take him from the club From the
doomGn girl pGSSeTby That the whole city
district attorney determined pin the murders the
CGstoH Bradford calls the district attorney and the
chief police tells them that Andrews trusted Carlton heTc'
man. might sing questioned about the killing Of his wVe
Andrews "sncs" as Bu predicted They lock JGk signed
district secretary inserts the OF
1ndtcbook steel cabinet Later he sells the
confession to CGrSton for $4,000
tells Bradford that she the only person able to deeper
CGrStoHS code records.
CGron3 trial Andrews Is kidnapped on goU
onO gundoers The D. decides to resign
but changes talk wh Bradford who has become
q
convtct CGrSton.
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For a millionth OF such q
plan, Carston would have maSSa.
cred his whole gang Of killers and
terrorists, perjurers, bribers and
fixerS.
And not only was her life so
desperately at stake. but the life
of Bradford, the reporter-Special
agent-assigned to get Carston at
any cost but to bring him In alive
if possible and convict him-waS
as fully doomed If Carston's never
beaten hand retained an iota Of
its force or cunning.
That Bradford bore credentials
of the Nations Department Of the
Treasury would mean nothing to
Carston. Anything "besmirched'
by the law he loathed with a hot
hatred and a cold contempt. He
had been a "cop-fighter" in his
early, unframed hoodlum days;
the hatred had been only deep.
ened through his bloody ascension
to Silklined wealth and racketeer-
ing supremacy.
Yet, on the morrow, this slender,
romantic young girl, who realized
the complete peril Of her aStound-
ing dilemma, must steel herself
and go through with this Stagger-
ing business.
CarSton, so far, had no intima-
tion that Bradford was more than
q newSpaperman, affAble and
trustworthy beyond his duty to
publish the news.
He knew that Julie and Bill were
in love, and he would naturally
be more Immediately suspicious
of them both at the first intima-
ton of an overt act. He had
them both covered" by his spies
and knew every time they met.
He rather liked them both
so far-or he would never have
permitted this alarming relation
ship between them. But Carston,
with all his hair-trigger diStruSt
Of everyone, had an inflated ego.
He couldn't conceive it thinkable
that Julie. whom he had honored
with so much trust, could "go
Democratic"
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Weaving the Web

AS Carston hung up on his end
of the line, he turned to Julie and
Rich.
"Well, they're raiding us to try
and find the books. 1t was a
friendly tip"
"Deyll never find 'em dere," ="
Rich spluttered, pointing to the
Dashboard Of the wall.
"Oh, yes they will. These G.
men are no chumpS, sucker.
They'll tear this joint to pieces" "
CarSton admonished.
"Well, lemme take 'em down t.
de Castle" Rich suggested.
"You get more pinheaded every
day, Rich," interposed the racket
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NOW READ ON
CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Julie Gardner put out the lights in the little room she occu
pied Alex Carsons hotel and she went to bed She didn't
watt off to sleep, though she was weary.
The morning Of her next awakening was to start day
fraught with fearsome possibilities Her life to be
haxarded against the power the daring the relentless cruelty
Of Carstn the who had spared anyone who at
tempted to hand she his only conftdante had
Bill Bradford him up surrender his records
the key whereby they might be decoded to the Federal
Government which closing Carson send him to
Alcatraz as an income tax defaulter
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king. 'The place is watched, I'm.
less they're fools, which they
amt"
Julie interrupted:
81 could"
"You could what2" CarSton de-
manded.
"Well, I could maybe hide them
in my room," Julie offered.
That's the girl, Julie. That
pretty head isn't just stuck on
your pretty neck for nothing. "
Then to Rich. "Get 'em out.
That's one place they won'G
friSk."
As Rich crossed the room and
knelt at the Dashboard against
the wall, Julie objected.
But Mr.. CarSton, now I think
maybe I'd rather not. I don't
want to get mixed up in this
Tin"
I'm telling you to take them
down to your room, See," Cars
ton ordered in a menacing voice.
"ThiS is no spot to get cold feet. "
Rich pressed q concealed spring
and q section of the Dashboard
slid open, revealing a hidden
niche in which lay two small,
black leather covered books. He
took them from their hiding place
and tossed them to CarSton.
The Boss" rifled the pages, the
contents of which could send him
to the penitentiary-and, handing
the two discriminating volumes to
the trembling Julie, ordered:
Take these down to your room
and stay there with 'em. Stay
there until either Rich or I come
to get them. Understand"
Julie nodded her understanding
Of the order with an appearance
Of resentment, and turned and
left the office.
'"Tip the boys off to the raid" !"
Carston ordered Rich. "T don't
want any rough stuff, and tell 'em
that if any one Of 'em pulls q gun
I'll beat their dumb brains out
with it."
"we're perlite. is dat it?" Rich
Queried.
Every polite-and why not?
The more fight we show, the more
they'll think we got somethin' to
hide"
#**
The lobby of Carston'S hotel
headquarters was only partially
filled. The usual underworld
hangerS-on, hoping to snatch q
few crumbs from the vice laden
table of the Racket Rajah, ap-
peared suddenly surprised from
their lethargy by the bruSque en-
trance Of eight determined.look-
ing men.
AS the octet entered the lobby,
they withdrew badges from their
pockets and pinned these small
gold emblems to the left lapels OF
their coats so there would be no
difficulty in instantly discerning
who was friend and who was
enemy in case Of gun-trouble.
They crossed the lobby rapidly
to the elevators, and firmly and
quietly pushing the operators out
Of the two lifts, commandeered
the cars.
AS the elevators rose, the hotel
operator hurriedly plugged in to
CarSton'S office.
raid coming up," she informed
CarSton when he answered.
Carston hung up the phone and
turned to Rich.
Here they come, Rich" Then,
yawning and looking at his wrist
watch. "Took 'em a long time
getting here"
"You don't seem worried, boss,
and If you amt I amt"
Don't use that word amt.
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ESPECIAL AGENT"-YOUNG LOVE JOINS RANKS OF G-NEN
Fixers Fail
To "Beat
Rap"

do with income tax or Somethin'.
He said you'd un'erstand."
"Well, don't. But it's a nice
invitation an I'll take 1t up {.
You dom mind if I give my
mouthpiece a ring, SOS he can
join uS?"
young? That chiselin' crook?"
"The bar association said he
wasn't. He's been up on charges
nine times. Him an me, we JUS
have q hell Of a time defendin'
our good names"
go on an call him. It's your
privilege"
Sure thanks it don't
cost 2 dime. I pay him by the
year."
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It was with 8 sudden shock
Of indeScribable horror that An.
drewS came to-" and grew con-
sciouS Of who, where, and how
he was.
The terrific pain Of the blow
on his skull, the excruciating tor
ment Of the tightening wires. the
agony of his overlapping lips
pasted together by the cruel
tapes, all grew comparatively
faint as the overwhelming realiza-
ton curdled his very marrow
he was a prisoner in Carston'S
Castle" he was sentenced not
only to die, but to die by the
barbarous inquisition tortureS that
Carston reserved for perpetrators
Of high treason against his Sc
curity and domination.
And Andrews had turned
"squealer." But for the volunteer
visit Of the District Attorneys
greedy. double dealing secretary,
CarSton would now stand con-
victed Of murder in the Ar1nitage
massacre, which had cost five
lives at the muzzle-ends Of Cars
tons Luger "tOrpedoeS";; his whole
system exposed, his aides headed
for the electric chair with him.
Andrews knew too well what
the penalty for this must be. He
had been a Carston gangster for
years. Himself a murderer, he
had sung to escape trial on the
charge Of killing his young wife
when his fancy had fallen on an
other woman.
He, who had never shown
mercy, knew now what it would
mean to be shown no mercy-at
the hands Of CarSton, the mon
ster. He tried to think lucidly-
was there q chance to escape?
Soon he tried not to think at all
it was too awful, too hopeless.
Nothing could save him-and
then he heard Carston'S voice,
piercing him like q red-hot blade
into his clammy, shivering flesh.
Carston entered the room where
Andrews lay on his back on the
floor. A cigar glowed in the
mouth Of the master criminal.
The mouth was drawn into the
smile of q demon.
How We, Buck?" he taunted,
through his almost closed lips.
Cant sing with your pan all
plaStered up, huh? Can't even
alibi yourself. Well, skip it. I
read that paper, you dirty, louse-
livered rat"
And Carston grabbed the cigar
from his mouth and drove the
burning end of it into the green,
panic distorted face Of his captive.
Andrews flinched and writhed,
but couldn't even cry out.
"Yeh-right in that vat-into
the q1icklime," CarSton com
manded in the cellar Of the
Castle" an hour later. "Take off
them wires first, then chuck the
rat in. Yeah, I know he's still
alive an can still feel. That's all
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you bum. It amt dignified, see,
Csrston admoniShed.
A DG1Taning Page
This is no spot to

As the raiders entered the
hotel lobby, Julie sat in her room
glancing quickly through the
pages Of CarstoH's personal
ledgerS to refresh her memory
in order that she could instantly
and without loss Of time point
out to Bradford which pages to
photograph as the ones contain
ing the most tell-tale evidence
and the most important data
concerning the vice baron's Illicit
income.
AT one particularly damnine
page she stopped and read il
through, shaking her head as
she mentally transcribed the
coded writing into mental tigur
ing.
Total net income for 1884
$2,708,0 900. No tax paid. II Bill
can put that up to q jury it
sounds to me like good-by Mr.
Carston. hello Mrs. Bradford!
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Alex Carston scarcely looked up
as the inner door Of his office
was flung open and police lieu
tenant, five Of the towns hardest
plainclotheSEnen, and two Federal
T-T1aen, wearing on the left 1apelS
Of their civilian coats the gold
badges Of the Treasury Depart
ment, entered,
"Oh, h'lo," he gree ted.
"Howya, Lieut.?"
I'm searching this place"
answered the lieutenant gruffly.
Zine. If you find q foun-
tain4pen, it's mine-loSt it last
week."
Hun tin anything in
p'tic'lar?" asked Rich, Carston'S
sole attache present with him.
'Yep-the missing link"
'Take him." laughed Carston,
thumbing at Rich.
Carston arose laziIy to his feet
and sank his hands in his trouS-
ers pockets.
"Go to it boys" he said, gen.
tally. Better search the middle
drawer o. the desk first. That's
where you'll find the cigars"
The examination was rather
perfunctory. The men knew they
would find nothing of import
ance, and they didn't-a nail-file,
a deck Of cards, and then a 1urid
detective-story m a g zine. The
lieutenant held it up and sneered
at CarSton:
Catching up on your national
PUBLICITY"
mo" chuckled CarSton, Study
ing for the civil service exam.
I wanna join the force"
Laugh while you're in the
humor," retorted the off icer.
you've made monkeys o. the po-
lice for q long time. But you may
find out that a monkey looks
most like q monkey in this burg
when he's in q cage lookin' out
through bars"
"Rich, give the Lieut.. a cigar
he Just rang the bell!"
IT wouldn't chance it," filliped
the lieutenant. Probably poi
soned."
"I smoke 'em mySelf-and I'm
healthy"
"Feel strong enough to take q
little ride with me? The United
States district attorney wants the
pleasure O. your comp'ny. He's
lonesome an feels like talkin'
some shop. I think it's got to
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okay Wit mean remember. you
muggs, this goes for anybody
what double-croSSeS Alex Carston." I"
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"Yeh-right in that vat-into
the qIicklime." CarSton COM
manded in the cellar Of the
Castle" an hour later. Take off
them wires first, then chuck the
rat in. Yeah, I know he's still
alive an can still feel. That's all
Evening star., 1935-11-01
TRAVELLING COSTS
APPEAL IS DENIED
McCarI Rejects $235 Plea
of Wilson Whose Wife
Used Foreign Ship.

Despite his contention that agents
OF an American steamship company
sought to discourage his wife from
using one of their vessels, presumably
because she was accompanied by an
infant son, Warden NICK. Wilson, first
secretary Of the legation at The Hague,
must himself pay s235 for travelling
expenses for his family because
foreign vessel was used.
This was set forth in q decision
yesterday by Controller General Nc
Carl, turning down an appeal from
Wilson, who had listed the charge
and asked for reconsideration. The
case has been hanging fire more than
q year, since McCarl held up Wilson'S
accounts because of breach of the
law requiring American officials to use
American vessels.
Exception should be made to the
general rule in this case" Wilson
told the controller general, because
attempts to obtain passage on a
United States ship the S. S. Man.
hattan) were made difficult, not to
say impossible, by the New York agent
OF that line, who apparently wished
to discourage Mrs. Wilson from trav-
cling with an infant child. They stated
In the first place that they could not
give satisfactory accommodation (cer-
tainly not the best available). In the
second place, they confused Mrs. Will
son by saying they would not grant
the usual discount. In the third place,
they implied that only ambassadors,
ministers and consuls we're given dis
counts or special consideration. She
knew this could not be proper regu-
lation, and for that reason got in
communication with the Holland
American Line, who offered excellent
accommodation at the usual % per
cent discount"
The trip was made from Hoboken
to Rotterdam. and McCarl. again
holding that Wilson would have to
bear the expense, said it did not come
within the scope of those cases where
foreign vessels may be used.
Evening star., 1935-11-01

Those sued Wednesday were Edward
M. Tyler, Seward Bacon, United Drug
Co., John Broadway, Paul J. Chris
tian, Earle d. Crammond, Harold and
Max Fish, care Of Smith Dry Clean
ers; Rees B. Gillespie, Paul E. Hadlick.
L. M. Haskins, Universal Auto Service
Co., Gladstone Williams. o. Wohlge-
muth, William N. Wood, A. j. We'd
derburn, Bascom N. Timmons, Harvey
v. Jacobs, Maurice Kafka, Walter G..
Kolb, Ben H. Lambe, w. j. McGarry.
John N. Myrick, Conrad Praetorius,
Waldo r. Pearce, Terry B. Simms,
william H. Spignul, Maj. Thomson.
James A. Taylor, Samuel B. Vigner. j.
P. Wetherill, Terrell Brazelton. JEAN
Boardman, Morgan Bradford, William
E. Buckley, David o. Buckley, Electric
Therapy Products Co., John D. Err
win, Robert Jackson, Royal c. john
son, D. E. jenkins, Inc, Douglas Nor
gan, Louis r. Moss, Benjamin ]. Mills,
Phillips G. Laucks, James A. Purcell
and Bissell Thomas.
Evening star., 1935-11-01
DECEPTION CHARGED
BY COL. ROOSEVELT
President Hopes to Fool U. S. on
Paying Bill, He Tells
G. O. P. Rally.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ELMIRA, N. Y, November Col.
Theodore Roosevelt, speaking at a
Republican rally last night. accused
his distant cousin, President Roosevelt,
of deception.
"He (the PresidenN has cast around
to try to find some method of fooling
the people, making them believe they
are not going to pay the BILL" Col.
Roosevelt said, referring to the Chief
Executives methods in raising money.
Accordingly" the colonel con-
tinued, ''he has borrowed the money.
taken the peoples savings and spent
them, betrayed his promises. He
hopes to deceive the people, by this
method Of procedure. to make them
think that some how or other the
money for these extravagances Is
coming from some particular class"
This, Col Roosevelt said. is "of
course. hypocrisy, and hypocrisy Of
the basest sort.
The expenditures of government
must all be paid for by the people
and must be paid by taxes" he AZ
serted.
Evening star., 1935-11-01
Success of Home
BOlsters Pastors
Faith in Prayer
Institution for Children
Receives Aid From I'm.
expected Sources.

By the Associated Press.
NEW BRITAIN, Conn, November l.
An institution built by prayer is
what DR.. J. E. Klingberg regards his
children's home.
He founded it 80 years ago as a re-
suit Of chance meeting with a po-
liceman. In his latest statement to
donors, DR.. Klingberg reported that
since then he has received, without
solicitation, $783,502 in money from
persons in every part Of the world
and $5o.o00 in food, clothing, furni-
ture, fuel and other material
A firm believer in the efficacy of
prayer, the one-time pastor of a small
church has been guided by one
formula in conducting the institution
Trust in God, make your wants
known to him in prayer and wait
patiently for his help"
Three waits served as the nucleus
for the home. His attention to them
was directed by kindly policeman.
That marked the beginning of an
experiment that time after time bor-
dered on the brink Of failure, only to
be saved by help that came to DR..
Klingberg from unexpected sources.
To-day the home houses SO boys and
81 girls.
Evening star., 1935-11-01
GEMS REPORTED STOLEN

PITTSBURGH, November / @.-A
young woman who identified herself as
Miss Dolby Rutland of Alexandria,
Tenn, told police last night an SIS 900
pearl necklace and some other pos
sessions were stolen from her parked
car.
The police report said some one
threw a brick through the window of
the car while it was parked near q
downtown hotel. Officers added Miss
Rutland reported that besides the
valuable necklace, she lost another
necklace worth SIS, q $3.50 suitcase
and $25 radio.
Police said the young woman left for
an unannounced destination.