The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-10-31

building which he knew was cut
up into small kitchenette flats.
This was what he wanted. He
went 10 The door and read the
sign. there was an empty flat on
the fourth floor. He walked TO the
alley and began TO mount the
out side rear stairs. his feet soft
~ crunching in snow He heard
a door open; he stopped got his
gun and waited, kneeilng in the
snow.
who's that?"
II was womans voice. Then
a mans voice sounded
whats the matter Elem"
Il thought heard someone out
here on the porch
"Ah. you're simply nervous.
You're scared Of all this stuff
you've been reading in the pa
pers."
But I'm sure heard some
body"
"Aw empty the garbage and
shut the door. It's cold
Bigger flatiened asalns, the
building. in the dark. He saw
a woman come out Of door.
pause. look round: she went 10
the far end Of the porch and
dumped something into gar
baee pail and went hack inside
I would've had 70 killem both
II she saw me. he thought He
tiptoed up the fourth floor and
found two windows. both OF them
dark He tried 10 IN the screen
in one Of them and found il
frozen Gently he shook IL 10 and
fro until II loosened. then he lift
cd il ont and laid it on the porch
in the snow Inch by inch, he
raised the window breathing so
loud that he thought surely peo-
pie must hear him even In the
streets He climbed through into
a dark room and struck match.
An electric light was on The other
side Of tho room and he went 10
II and pulled the chain He put
his cap over the hub so that no
light would seep through 10 the
outside then opened the paper
Yes; here was large picture Of
him. A. the ton of tho picture ran
a tall line ~ black type "a
HOtR SEARCH FAILS TO IN
EARTH RAPlST In another coll
umn ne saw. RAID moo NEGRO
MES TNCIpIENT RIOT
QTETLED AT 47TF AID HAL
STEAD There was another map
az the South side. This time the
shaded area had deepencd from
both the north ami south, leavinr
a small square of white In the
middle ~ the ohlone Black Belt.
He stood looking a. the tiny
square OF white as though raz-
ing down into the barrel OF a
gun lie was there on that map.
in that white spot. standing in a
room waiting foi them 10 come
Dcad-sef. his ewes stared above
tho top ~ tho paper There was
nothing lofi for him hut 10 shoot
n out. He examined tho map
again: the police had come from
tho north as far south Re Fortieth
street: and they had como from
tho south as far north as
Fiftieih street That meant that
he was somewhere In between.
and they were minutes away. He
read.
TODAY and last night eight thous-
and armed mon comhcd cellars. old
buildings and more than one
thousand Negro homes In the
black belt In vain effort 10 ap-
nrehend bigger Thomas. 2o-vear-
old Negro raplsi and killer NJ
Mary Dalton. whose homes were
found last sunday night In a
furnace"
Bieeer's ewes went down the
mage. snatchinC ~ what he
thought most important word
snread that the SLAYER had boon
captured. hut was immediately
denied "heforc night police and
virilanics will have covered INC
entire Black Belt" "raidine num-
erons Communist headquarters
throughout the CITY" "ihe arrest
Of hundreds of Reds failed how
over. IN uncover anv clues" "nub-
lie warned nv Mayor against
boring from Within" Then
"a curious sldelight was re-
vealed today when II became
known that the apartment build
inc in which the Negro killer
lived Is owned and managed nv q
sub-firm Of Dalton Real Estate
company"
Tie lowered the paper; he could
read No more. The one fact 10
remember was that eight thousand
men. white men. with guns ana
ras we're out there In the nirn'
looking for him. According 70
this paper thev were hui Few
blocks away. Could he Get TO me
roof M this building? n 50. NAV
he he could crouch there un'''
thev nassed. lie thought OF bury.
Ing himself deep IN the snow OF
tho roof but he knew that tna'
was impossible. He pulled me
chain again and plunged the room
IN darkness. Using The flashlieni.
no went IN the door and onened
n and looked into thc hell. " was
empty and a dim lirht hnrncd ~
tho far end He nut ont the nasn-
light and iiptoed. looking At tne
ceiling. searching for ? trandoor
leading 20 the roof. Finally ne