The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-26
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Copyright, 1886

With gossip over the sudden dis
appearance of Frank kendrick,
whose engagement to Marcia has
been announced. Since his disap-
pearance, a shortage in Ken
bricks funds has been discovered.
With her friend, Helen ,Wad-
dell, and others, Marcia is in a
restaurant when there is a hold
up. Marcia loses a ring that was
her mothers. ~.
Learning that Frank is in Chi
cago, Marcia goes there to try 10
persuade him to return and race
ii, financial obligations. Before
she reaches him, Frank leaves
meanwhile, Tony Etellieei su'-
meets hi. brother, Carlo, of being
involved in the holdup and finds
some of the loot in Carlos home.
Marcia, learning her trip was in
vain, takes a plane home. Storm
forces the plane down and pas
,enpers seek shelter in farm
house. Among them is Bruce Me-
Dougall, a stranger whom Marcia
has encountered twice before.
Marcia arrives home. Shortly
after, there is another holdup.
Marcia and Helen drop in to see
their friends, the Bradtord:.
Bruce MeDougall is there he IS
an artist and has decided to make
hi. home in the suburb.
On Christmas day, when Marcia
and her father arc away, their
home is robbed.
NOW co ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER XIV
PERSONALLY" said Philip Can.
field, "I'm getting plenty sick OF
il! What kind of police depart
ment is this, anyway? Why isn't
the town patroled?" =,
"But, Mr.. Garfield" protested
the chief, "think how these fell
lows operate. We have the de-
scriptions of the four men, yes.
It's getting so that practically ev-
crybody in town has seen them.
But that doesn't tell us who they
are. They don't live here; we
haven't the faintest idea where to
look for them"
"Well, something has to be
done, certainly! What have you
found out about the gang, any
way" Az
same four men. We're almost GER
tain that they invariably use
stolen cars-the two they had in
the bridge party holdup were
found the same day, abandoned,
and were identified as having
beenstolen over at the Junction
only a couple of hours before the
robbery. In the bridge party case
we know they had lookout and
two drivers. Probably they had
the same help in the other rob-
berries"
"Has it occurred to YOU" ask
ed Mr.. Garfield, chat the look
out and drivers may be local men,
who know the town perfectly,
know how to escape by the best
routes - and, more important,
know when and where to plan the
holdups?"
eyes, it has. Well, we've tried
to get line on the three outside
men. We found a couple of de-
livery boys who remembered see
ing the two cars parked at Mrs
Henderson's at the time of the
holdup there. But could they re-
member what the drivers were
like, whether they'd ever seen
them before? They could not"
II might conceivably have af-
forded a degree Of satisfaction to
the police as they sought for the
pieces missing from their puzzle
to know that Carlo Stellicci also
had a problem growing out of the
series of robberies.
The removal of property from
its hiding place in the old trunk
in his basement had worried him
acutely for several days. And be-
cause his career had not been with
out blemish, he failed to have that
trust in his fellow men which, had
he possessed it, would have led
him to make immediate inquiries
and SO solve his problem earlier.
On the day after Christmas
Carlo closed his garage at 5
o'clock. His two helpers departed
in a car belonging to one of them.
Carlo himself walked to the sta
ton and boarded a train for New
York.
There he took a taxi to a point
in the East Forties and walked a
block or two until he found a
restaurant, where he ordered din
ner. Loafing through the meal,
he at last left the place and en-
tered the subway, taking a local
train. At the next stop he emerg-
ed on the street, a dozen steps
from the entrance to a store and
apartment building. A minute
later he was admitted to an apart
'ment on the third floor. Four
men were at a table, playing
cards. They greeted Carlo with
out warmth and went on with their
game.
The garage man watched the
play, glanced through a magazine
and smoked a cigar. In half an
hour bell announced other call
ers in the vestibule downstairs,
and the players finished their hand
as a knock sounded on the apart
ment door. Carlos two employees
entered
One Of the men at the table re-
NAMED at his place, idly shuffling
the cards, while the others took
seats about the room.
tI guess the meeting can come