Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-05-30
M Jeriak6veru .Hmerican Should Read


resistance, Van Has KS troops pushed
feien3eSA.y forward, feturning 10 Wash.
iGgt< ftnning met Finele who had
come there to do espionage work but
continued TO pose as a friend. A week
later he saw Fincke enter a restaurant
Now continue with he story.
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You may be all right, but we're
playing no chance" he decided.
What you say to little Jump up
to the forty-hfth with me just to
make sure2"
IF you insist" Benning said In.
differently.
Behning, as they returned across
the street, did not risk looking about
for Crane and the sergeant. With
expert eye he watched his own
chance Of attack. His prompt ca
pitulation had the eject of throwing
his captor slightly off guard. As
they passed the entrance of a gown
shop, Rcnning seized the fellows
gun arm and drove him into the
dark entrance Of the shop. The Inn
pact crashed the heavy glass door.
the two went sprawling inside
through jagged aperture OF broken
glass.
The Boggio honehman gave cry
Of pain as the glass tore into his
body, but foundcred into battle with
a surge of frantic strength that shook
his arm free Of Behning's grip. Ben
ming regained his hold before the
spy could bring a pistol into play.
They had staggered to their feet In
the uncertain battle over the weapon
when Crane and Adams dashed up.
A sharp tap Of the sergeants serV-
ice pistol promptly ended the fray.
Keep a watch outside, Adams
Bcnning instructed.
With Cranes help he bound the
prisoners arms. A Waterman In
tan uniform, attracted by the crash
of glass, rushed in with drawn pis-
toll. Crane promptly dismissed the
watchnan on the mission Of notify.
i.lg the owner Of the shop OF his
broken door. -
They were getting their prisoner, I
still in a daze, on his feet when
Sergeant Adams hurried in from the
street.
Your Italian Just came down.
sir" he reported to Benning. Hes
now getting into a cab"
Follow him!" Benning promptly
instructed. Follow him as long as
he stays In New York. II b. nA.j
tempts to leave the city. arrest n -
You don't need to be gentle II
gives you any trouble, Sergeant
"Yesr," said Adams.
Benning instructed Crane to take
the prisoner to Governors Island
there to be held in close arrest.
Crane was next to report to Benning
at the nearby McAlpin. Benning
walked to that hotel and called Co.
lionel Flagwill on the telephone. Flag
will was tied up In conference with
General Hague, and an hour passed
before he responded on the tele-
phone. Benning reported events In
pertinent detail.
There were several moments OF
silence as Flagwills mind searched
through Behring'S disclosures, then
he burst into excited enthusiasm.
THAT sounds ike the real quill,
Benning sounds like the trail we've
all been looking forl
I'm instruct Colonel Wallace at
once to give you whatever you want
from corps area, Benning. Have you
decided on any plan Of attack"
Tonight, SIR" Benning replied, Il
thought I'd keep entirely away from
the Empire State. In the morning
intend TO go up to the forty-ffth
alone and give the Andes Gold Min
ing and Milling Company the once
over" /
Benning was having late break
fast at his hotel the next morning,
after q busy night plotting moves,
when Crane came in, his face glum
and heavy with tragedy.
Your Italian got Adams last
night" Crane said at once, SINKING
heavily into a chair at Bennins =.
table.
Adams, when we brought him TO
hospital, told me Boggio got suspi-
clous when his hcnchman failed to
join him outside Empire State. He
had the cab drive him under the
Hudson and headed to the Newark
airport. Adams followed closely.
Boggio slipped behind hangar to
observe his rear, and as Adams
came up. shot without warning. He
'"N biuiIS waiting az tiiS dlpOit
which took Off Immediately"
Sorry" Benning said glumly. y
I'VE put out a warning at once"
Crane went on. "Our intercepts
picked up the engines Of the plane
over Lexington at two this morn
ing, It was travelling high and fast
and must have been Boggio's plane.
Our estimates give small hope that
pursuit aviation can pick him UP In
Texas, but we've put heat on the air
corps to make try"
The public radio in the dining
room was buzzing with war bulle-
tins. Van Hassek's attack had
jumped off at daybreak, but at eight
o'clock had made small progress
against the Second Division. Eu.
rope was In turmoil, expecting war
to break at any hour in France and
Belgium. Unconhrmed reports came
through London Of an immense troop
concentration on the Chinese coast
another report Of a Coalition fleet
nobilizing in Mediterranean waters.
Enemy bOnbing bad captossl -