The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-25
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CHAPTER T'HIRTY-EIGHT


Mr.. Dunn is here and he went
up to her office this morning and
she's gone out Of town without say
ing a word to anybody, or leaving
any message, Or
Larry Glenn's eyes dropped to the
olotter full OF fngerprint enlarge
ments. As he glanced at the set
which, according to Tony La Rocco,
had been made by a woman, a sud-
den thought struck him.
Listen, Bobby, he said, DO you
remember the night you and l had
dinner in Jeans apartment? Re
member I took her fingerprints, to
show her how it was done, and you
Kept the slip of paper l used? Have
you still got lt?"
Yes" said Bobby, surprised.
Then get it and bring it down
here just as fast as you can travel.
Hurry. 1t may be Important"
Larry hung up, replaced the tele-
phone, and stared off into space for
a moment Then he gave his head a
ierky little shake, as if to jar his
wandering thoughts back into place,
and turned again to Tony.
Il may be able to get an identi-
flcation for those prints in half an
aour." he said. Meanwhile, we've
got to get after this thing That
Jackson gang left that farm house
some time this morning-Im con-
vinced of it. Call up the airport
and tell en- to have plane ready
for you and AL Peters and me. We
can be back at Midlothian before
mid-afternoon, and we'll just raid
that place and see what's in it. After
you've made the call, fill out a
search warrant-mako it charge
Of harboring- it over to the
United States Commissioners and
get it sworn, and then go on out
to the airport. Al and Ill meet you
there
Tony departed, leaving Larry TO
stare abstractedly at The prints
while his mind raced on furiouSly.
Jean Dunn in the company OF the
most notorious gang of bank rob-
bers in America-it couldn't be!
1t was too wildly, absurdly imposSl-
bic to think twice about. And yet .
that old infatuaCion with Sandy
HarkinS: the fact that Jean worked
for a crooked lawyer who seemed
to be the gangs mouthpiece; this
sudden ineXplicable absence from
town. these Woman'S flngerprlntS
on the silver-well, he'd know for
sure. soon enough
He waited in rising impatience
until, at last, the girl at the outer
switchboard announced the arrival
of Bobby Wallace.
Larry asked her to send him in
at once, and when the young man
arrived, Larry barely paused TO
shake hands with him before say
ing, Lets see it. Bob-quick!"
Bobby handed him the sheet OF
note paper on which, for after
dinner jest, Larry had made an i'm
preston of Jean Dunn's finger
prints
Larry laid it on the desk beside
the unidentified prints Tony had
copied from the table knife. AS he
bent over them, comparing them
with cold eXaCtness. his face be-
came gray and hard; when, at last,
he stood erect and looked at BOBBY,
his ewes were very tired.
What's it all about?' asked
Bobby.
just this" said Larry Jean
Dunn is-or was. six hours ago
in the company of Red Jackson and
his gangsters!'
THE hired sedan from the
u county seat sped swiftly over
the road to Midlothian, bearing
Larry Glenn, Tony LaRocco, and
AL Peters, behind it came another
car with the county sheriff and
three Of his deputies, their aid
hastily enlisted by Larry on the
theory that locla cooperation
never comes amiSS.
The two cars covered the III miles
to the Engle farm in just over II
minutes. and spun into the drive
way with a crunching of Tres on
gravel and a whining Of brakes.
Mrs. Engle was standing in the
back yard She let out one yell
"a frightened squawk for her
husband-and then froze into i'm
mobility as a bulky deputy sheriff
staggered over and told her that
since she was under arrest, she
would do well to keep quiet.
EnGle came out the back door
Just in time to encounter the Fed
eral men Larry thrust search
warrant under his nose; the
farmer blinked at it, read it, and
then looked up sourly.
YEAH" he said bitterly. Ask
in questions for the triple-A.
ought to've known"
He. too, subsidized as deputy
took him in tow, and the raiders
went into the house.
The dishes on the kitchen table
had been washed, since morning
and as they went upstairs they
discovered that the bedrooms had
all been aired and Strengthened
during his earlier visit fluttering on
linen.
CHANGING out back window
Larry saw the sheets that Mrs
Engle had lugged into the kitchen
during his arlier visit fluttering on
the clothes line.
Having been cleaned and straight
ened, the bedrooms contained little
trace of their occupants of the night
before.
After half an hours careful peer
ing and prying, Larry came down
the stairs deSpondently. convinced
That the house would offer no clew
as to the gangsters destination.
There remained. then. only the
tedious process of combing the
countryside for traces of them
now, OF all times when Larry want
co to make speed on the trail more