The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 6, 1930, Page 6

by FRANK L. PACKARD - SYNOFSIS: Down on the small, somewhat n ¢f New York, the which she lived. Indeed ny tongues, Enid |had become so overflowir g Canadian, n- the cor ccome a novelist, |edge reached alr shere for a book. |way. ch of it from She ga ) paper a m third t ur- efforts to a tongu an ambu n around th She I ly opened the and let herself in. use was in the hall, witching on mi- ssed or and openc the lig b y is un- |entered a modestly furnished b Known t> the police. Walking room. Her temples were throb- home alone she is confronted |hing Her hat felt like a band| lof tight-drawn steel. {tore it from her head |was in riot. This 'en her. She drew her ha |her eyes, fighting for composure. Yes, now she was quite all right again. She pulled out |drawer and, opening her bag, took out the automatic. The brown pa- by Frank who drops a pac at her feet telling her it for Martin. He slinks away. Enid sees a car speed by; hears the staccato of machine gun fire and intuitively realizes its | significance. hapter 4 A “SQUEAL },'m‘ wrapper fell to the r. She In s tri sticed that the ela How: caught he bly rubbed she started to run toward while she ner, where had fall on the tucked the automatic away She jer a pile of lir in the dra gtorm of machine gun bullets poured from a big sedan that had fcr, closed the drawer, and picked | quickly disappeared up the brown paper wrapper. 1t Quick as was Enid, Second ave-|hecame unfolded as she lifted it. nue had, as though by magic, sup-|There was nothing inside. plied a small crowd in a twink- She knitted her brov ling. One glance at the still fo d way. Had the photograph confirme cions- {€lipped oul when E k had | ide- J Shive Frank pped the wra cad? Was Shi walk? That could hardly be. She; How did she kno he (locked hastily in her bag. Yes, wat only wounded and unconscious. | here it was! What wi ing? | The Big She lol Three or four 1 were bending {it curiously. over the prone figure on the s walk. She was being jostled, pre: closer, by the newcomers to the|cne face and fi geene. Everybody was talking mor- |very clear and dist bidly, excitedly, hysterically, some:for a snapshot, she thought group, e cut off, Shive Frank lay ¢n the sidewalk, filled with bullets, Gangland justice! And more closely then suddenly she s at the photograr for a long time wit! There was noise police were dispersing inside the room the save a low, broken like a sob. Shot the Big the Big Shot . . . . were repeating them- and over, racing like refrain through in awe-struck tones | “Who did it? . . . . How did it happen? . Took him for a stared at ride, en? . . . Is he alive? . . . . widened I seen de car dat done it . . .God outside, the rest his soul! . . . . Some nifty job, the erowd; U tell de world! . . ..” Was no sou: One of the men got up from the cry that wa sidewalk and brushed his knees' ' “The Big nervouely. He delivered his verdict |Shot . . . . with twisted smile IThe words “Croaked? Sure, he's croaked! tclves over They splashed him plenty. He's | some gha: a sleve, see—just a sieve!” He brain, laughed raucously. ' The Big Shot “Don't nobody know who he is?‘"icncrs untold crimes were laid! | 1 | the man at whose walled a woman's voice. ngster, a racketeer, a thief, a Half a dozen voices answered at irched thing and, perhaps a mur- once; one rose above the others: {derer! “I'll say I know him! It's Shive; And standing there in Frank out on his last long vacation bureau, she saw herself in the from the Big House—that'’s who he |mirror. No, nol self. js1” neone she had hever seen before. — 160,600. The ¥ Both the man's words and voice ange dark eyes that were full of | Something special is on tap for ! nex®fa Jjangled—callously, horribly out of pain and terror burned back at her |Doug firemen tonight at the| ' Starting off with a few tune. Perhaps it wasn't intention- cut of a bloodless, ashen face, @ |regular meeting and none of thejcluding Bettencour:, of all Perhaps it was only nerves.|face that was like a ghost's. Enid shivered, and began to edge| her way back out of the crowd. |bureau top. She here was the patrolman on post, and swayed a little. breathless from his run of possibly | The Big Shot was her brother. 2 'block away. Pretty soon there Frank L. Packard) would be a car from district de-| tective headquarters. Questions! | There wasn't anything she could tell that would be of any immedi- ate value. Shive Frank had al-| ready been identified. | Bhe did not want to be questioned | We call and deliver 1 —not tonight, anyhow. The girl | / who had been with Shive Frank | just before he was shot! The re- 1 Potters would make a lot of that. | shut her (Copyright, The law or her brother? Enid faces a momentous question, Read her decision tomorrow. — e — i dlines! Would the story of the aph be of any value to the police? The police might think so, i yway. They would ceptainly her to go over to the station se. They would want to see photograph. It was in her bng.‘l was an aufomatic. Suppose they | that too! Under the circum- they would be suspicious at Invitations | Letterheads | Folders ¢ Cards decidedly not tonight! Before | Statements i shé said anything she would sec anglop” Martin. If he thought it ne- Billheads ‘»@. , that it had any bearing on 1 e Frank’s murder, he could the story of the photograph to | 3IG SHOT a bureau | completed the work and found them 1 in goo: aricus premises for gasoline stored was also made and permits are to be issued to those whose business warrants it for the keeping of more than hand. . | The new radio ordinance was or- |dered into effect at once and the city ble forms hich are to be her It was | | General Abelardo Rodiguez (left) the Northern District of Lower ( the reins of office to General Jose of Staffto President Portes Gil. The retiring Governor has announced that he will make a tour of Europe before taking up commercial ac-| tivities. Both the new and retiring Governors received a part of their education in the United States and have been close friends for many years, VARICUS ISSUE Payment business meeting Tuesday night, $454.28 be- ffice % an front of | 2Valab mem| The photograph fluttered to the;presem. eyes | LAST CHAPTER IN SERIES ‘ Were | day {the wheel wa |dence last Friday night, when Ju-! LET Aimquist Fiess your Suit (neau defeated Douglas for the third Fhone 528 ;nme. this sea Floor indi week than {new is being servers have noti | proveme bt |firemen. Mr week, and no |ing has been done, | ments of the team look at least as promising of a real battle as a week | ago, and Do take of playing laway from this {they do not thin |esting are going to have another| |guess coming. | : I = y— N’ LIKE | MAM/i.’)/ L\ s Cigalt d flues Have you trlea the Five o'clocll Dinner Specials at Mabry's Cafe? THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, FEB. 6, 1930. POLLY AND HER PALS By CLIFF STERRETT You MUST EAT, DEAREST. ) OR YOu WONT GROW UIP_f T0 BE A GREAT BIG 7 GIRL e — T'PULL THAT Past and Present Chiefs i ter eight years as Governor of ornia, Mexico, has turned over Maria Tapia, until recently Chief 4nternational Newsreel) DOUGLAS NEWS !i Accused As Poisoner ON BY CITY COUNCIL the first Council | bills was the regular of of the exact amount necessary to | the current expenses. | rt on the annual inspection and chimneys was made Mayor Kilburn who with the ance of City Marshal Bliss has shape. Inspection of iated 'ress Photo Pearl Topper, 27, who is held by police and accused of having at- tempted to poison 10 children at a | summer camp at Montvale, N. o five gallons of gasoline onl fast August. | MEMPHIS TO GET BIG FRO FOOTBALL PLANT| offer of the U. S. Marsha! MEMPHIS, Feb. 6 to furnish prison labor for { Which hasn't been cor cipal improvement work was;Of @ feotball town, has b y considered. Several im-(Pro gridi I )bs that are being held up! ©Out of tou ack of funds to lege foctball b as widening and|versities are nearb Ann's Avenue, leveling jidn’t have much of ball grounds, |t 80 goofy over t saw-mill site 'uhtil Claren 2 the cemetery could Prince, too! ith such help| He organ |l ted Gr | champions an |the game so wenl {decided to build clerk instructed to secure su for the 1930 licenses issued to owners) 1 g sels. me the uth o 1 care of e e BLOW-OUT FOR FIREMEN I Mcore of Loyola, Aj souri, the Memphis jseveral outfits and s should overlook being walloped n took on g - > —— OF BASKETBALL FRIDAY! 1 the tables turned last P‘rl~l The mysterious loose cog in| so much in evi-! 1 basketball. ns are better this| While nothing ittempted, many ob-| d a marked im- | the way the Doug-! ing with the local | has been ill this much actual practics; but the move- ! t in bo; s has the advan-! on the home floor contest, which may e of the differ- 20, those who stay ] game because | t will be mter-T ATTENTION=HERES ONE WAY! BUT GETTING BUSINESS IS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN = SOME FORMS OF PUSLICITY ATTRACT UNFAVORABLE GOMMENT= IF YOU ARE THROUGH WiTH BoGUS | ADS, AND WANT THE REAL _THING, PHONE US RicT o | aid th ————— | HUNGER-STRIKE the Chicago Rears, who handed the last BENEFIT DANCE 7 ST R R [GEE WHIZ THAT ) / AW GIVE THE KID R BRAT BURNS ME / \ A BREAK, LINK! NT WANNA GROW LP TBE AN ‘/chj,”; UP! BHE JESS © ~— ! LIKE HER MAMA - ( HiAT Sty THINKS 116 SMART 8 il PY. = s V0 1 g 7 S, S it , sponsored by the Moose | les for Mrs. Arvid Johnson, | IsHuP well attended the floor g The s IS CHICAGO, 1Iil, Feb. 1, |Right Rev. Sheldon (oot | CARBAGE HAULED AND LOT CLEANING E. O. D.VIS Phone 584 e ra e DU ans a pasting. a wnders hired Ken Strong wa York University, Douglas vkoff of Georgia Tech, Shelton ) oma, Wilson of Louisiana 15 cthers, all good. Then he i reen Bay, and Memp! Packers, 20 to G He y Cal Hubbard played wded with dancers. 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