The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1937-08-20
The Cloisters
Ocean Drive, Palm Beach

' March s..
My dear Boy,
|, Great things are happening! I hardly
know where to begin. You remember
I told you Thomas had been attacked?
Fortunately his injuries were slight,
had a long conference, Thomas and I,
and he advised me the only way to
meet these "gangsterS" was on their
own terms, that is, equally desperate,
equally armed, man for OF course,
you can understand, dear boy, that I
was most reluctant to take such a step,
but Thomas persuaded me that it was
never been ones to shirk our response
bilities. So finally I permitted Thomas
to wire for Is friends of his, and within
two days they had all arrived! Well,
we have quite a house party. Some of
them are very charming, although on
the whole they are a very quiet lot.
Well. by the next Monday we were
all on our toes. I whiSked my men over
to Mr.. Ambrogio's in five closed limou-
Converse's) and marshalled them all
into the shop. Then I went myself into
the back room where I could get a good
view of the proceedings through a cur
tanned doorway, and still not be seen.
We had a little trouble with Mr.. Am
brogio at first, out of my boys,
Pineapple Jack Norman, Strengthened
everything out.
Well. our whole plan worked out
to collect the duty, my boys explained
carefully to them that the jinX was up,
and they departed peacefully.
But Thomas warned me that we must
not be too elated with our easy victory.
They'll be back" he said, and he was
right.
Thomas posted men at numerous well
hidden points along the street, but not
one man was in the shop. I did not
understand this strategy then, but later
I realized that he had been very wise.
second story window of a house across
the street. Thomas explained to me
that we should probably see no action
until after dark, and at eleven o'clock
everything was still quiet. But at twen-
ty minutes of twelve a black sedan
drove slowly down OSceola street and
just as it passed poor Mr.. Ambrogio's
shop, firing began. The place was a ruin
in only a few seconds. But as the sedan
started to pull away, my boys took
charge and riddled its tires. The sedan
careened suddenly and ran into a tele-
graph pole. The "gangsters" leapt out
and ran, but they escaped uninjured.
I had instructed my boys to draw no
blood.
Since then we have not been ION the
lam" as Pineapple Jack says. We have
organized all the cleaners, and dyerS
in this section, promised them damages
and immunity, and set our traps. To-
day we have had three encounters with
Barrere n come out on top each
time. And Freddie, we have made a
capture! Your mother now owns one.
of the finest armored cars in existence!
It took a great many tear gas bombs
for us to engineer the coup, but we were
successful . What a car it is; the
windshield is an inch thick, O can
pull a lever and drop a barrage Of sharp
lacks on the road, and also there is
an attachment which lays a smoke
screen!
Oh, my dear boy, I wish you could
have seen Lila and me last night, driv-
ing up to the Bath and Tennis club,
spraying tacks and followed by the
thickest, blacklist, dirtiest fog I have
yer witnessed. It was an hour before
traffic could be resumed along the
drive.
We are both in good health. I think
Lila misses you nightly, however.
Your loving MOTHER.
March 6.
Lady this is the last warning see. You
gone too far lady and n more peep
out OF you and it will be too bad we