Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1929, Page 26

The Wolves of the Waterfront By Eddar Wallace. (Copyright. 1920, by Norih American Newspaper Alliance and Metropolitan Newspaper Bervice. Synopsis of Preceding Installments. The eflorts of Tnpector Joiu Wade of the | London police {0 capture a &ng of criminals | he india rubber men are compii- | der of Lord Siniford. wao Deing Du leasue Wil the ship parently under the command of a sinister individusl named Alkness. is usei by the Zaug. Golly Oaks. a river-front idier. whom Wade suspects of being invoived In 'an ef- | £ him. disappears and is sought | ‘while his wife, who is_re- | € abdaction of the wirl with | by the | 1. °% former siavey in & | believed by Wade 1o be Delia Pai- tison, an heiress. . (Continued From Yesterday’s Star.) SEVENTEENTH INSTALLMENT. HE secret of the Seal f Troy was | a secret no longer. The cap- | tain of the ship had wired a frantic protest to the B zfllln’ government and the British gov- | ernment, after receiving a protest from | Brazil, had issued & statement explain- | ing the reasons for searching the vessel. That afiernoon, along with an ac- | count of the murder of Lord Siniford and the raid on the Lothbury Bank, appeared the story of the Seal of ‘Troy | and a list of the depredations of the india rubber men. The report of the | court proceedings involving “Mum Oaks received scant notice, for there | was nothing in the charge to distin- guish it from other minor cas no mention having been made of Lila | Smith's name. There was a brief refer- | ence to the fact that Mrs. Oaks' hus- | band had been reported missing for | some time and that the police would be interested in_knowing his whereabouts, | In view of the developmends of th | past few days. John Wade was not sur- prised to receive a summons to meet the Big Four in conference. He rather dreaded seeing his chiefs, for they were not ready to accept excuses or forgive expectedly pages was an ancient bill-head, “Dean & Abbit, surgical instrument maker: while aleng the bottom was printed surgical in war. and these had evidently been read and re-read, for in the margins were innumerable notes, most of them indecipherable. 1 A number of the books dealt with the theory of musle. volume on voice culture. and the rest of the library was made up of books on travel and philosophical works in German, Spanish, Prench, and Itallan. Caesar's Latin Commentaries and & magyar primer Jay on a table. The tiny desk in the corner was spotted with ink, as was the foor. Evidently Golly was untidy. Searching the drawers of the desk, John made another discovery. The astonishing Golly was & dabbler in the occult. There was no evidence as to his financial position; mno _bank-book, nothing to indicate the extent of his possessions. Wade shook his head. Golly the greatest puzzle of all. He pulled up | the carpet, and went carefully over the floor space, tried the walls but could find no secret place. He had made one find that greatly amused him. It was a small book. ilt-edged and platitudinous, that bore n the incription: “Presented -to G. H. Oaks by his employer, Willlam Dean. ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant. ‘Wade could have laughted at this, if he had been In a laughing mood. The character of Dean's business was un- revealed, for between the “Dean’s patent rubber gloves for all work.” Was there an as- ciation between rubber gloves and rubber masks? ‘The remainder of the day was un- satisfactory. ‘The police of four There was a|Oal THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €, TUESDAY, “Have you & license for that?” asked Wade. “Sure,” grinned the man. He was a thin-faced, undersized in- dividual, who claimed to be an Ameri- can titizen. His passport was in order and he had been in England three yreeks, The m.om‘:‘ men were also from the Un! ta eir pass- ports showed that they $ad arrived on the same ship. ~ What had brought these men into the country? Scotland Yard sent an urgent cable of inquiry to the States, and the following reply was received: “Three men well known gunmen here. Riceini_and Orlvitch twice convicted murder.” “Is anything known about Golly ks? I mean, has he a criminal rec- ord?” asked Wade. and the head of the record bureau nodded. “He had a conviction in 1915 for stealing from his employers—sheet rub- ber.” Wade's eyebrows went up. “Sheet rubber?” he laughed. “Thal's funny The servant didn't remain good or faithful. ~ Anything else? ““There was a charge of receiving stolen goods, which was not proved. He ran a gang in Wapping when he was a kid. They used to fight the Brick Lane | gang—but he never got in trouble over [that. Then he went to Birmingham and organized gold-stealing business. Birmingham's full of jewelers and gold stealing used to be pretty easy. You just substituted an alloy for the amount of gold you pinched, and it's surprising how easy it 1s to get away with three or four pounds of gold. And not even the testing office knows the differenc John tried to recall his_earlier im- pressions of Golly Oaks. He had cer- tainly ‘never regarded the man as more than a petty thief, weak creature who submitted to the nagging of his wife without protest. It was difficult to be- lieve that he ever organized as much as a gang of rabbits. Has he had any canvictions?” “None,” said his colleague. And then, thoughtfully: “It's funny how old Golly ettled down, for & bit of a time, to being- a_respectable citizen. Perhaps ‘Mum’ Oaks tamed him. And perhaps he never was tamed. “That's my bet. sald Wade. “I' beginning to get new ideas about Golly.” (To b2 continued.) [FUNDS FOR SCHOOLS BACKED BY CITIZENS Washington Heights Group In- dorses Appropriation for Coming Year. Proposed appropriations for schools were Indorsed by tht Washington Heights Citizens' Association at a meet- ing last night. The action was taken after Dr. Edward E. Richardson, presi- dent of the Congress Heights Citizens' Association, spoke and advocated the | increase of the appropriation from $2, 400,000 to $3,000,000, Communications from the District Commissioners regarding sewer con- truction for the section advised that although the work would not begin at present, it was expected that the project’ would get under way in the near future. A committee, consisting of Dr. J. B. Payne, Charles R. Dodge and A. F. Davidson, was appointed on the rec- ommendation of the Federation of Cit- izens’ Associations to determine the ex- | tent of the territory in the association. | Dr. J. B. Payne, president, presided. YALE ;iUDENT DROWNS. 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It was @ stroke of | talk ended in-a atorm of sbuse, the genius to send for the bank manager, | Woman flying into fury that cut short and, of course, your being there and his | the, interview. Knowing you was a bit of Juck. One of | _Wade himself stood in even greater the city policemen had seen Cardlin, as danger than he had realized. at first. he called himself, and he produced a He was constantly meeting several of Seotiand. Yard. card!. No, we'Te mnot | the men he had seen outside.the police taming you. Wade. but we want Aik- | COUrt when Mrs. Oaks was charged, Dess and Oaks very badly.” They appeared in the neighborhood of "1 knew Onks very well 20 years ago,” | his_home;_he met them on his way said one of the officials, “He was the | 10 Teport for duty; once, when he was cleverest fence in London and must | €ngaged in & special patrol of the river, have made a fortune. He speaks five or | D€ passed three of them in & boat, two six languages.” rowing and one sitting in the stearn. ‘Wade stared in amazement. He met them again'the same afternoon, “Oaks?" he said incredulously. “I've | COMINE up the river as he was going down, always regarded him as illiterate.” and they obviously altered their course “Not he,” said the other. “Oh, yes, |0 pass ‘him at shot range. Fortu- he's ungrammatical, but they teil me |Dately, there was another police boat he speaks French and Gerrhan like an | 8Cross the river, ard he signaled it to Santaten man™ close with the craft. No sooner %lgae ” rowers see n one of lem sf , T suffered terribly with 1t 5o impressed Wade that he made a |And. picking up_somfething from "the plen T ont RS W call that afternoon at the Mecca. He |bOLom of the boat dropped It into the TeleE L tried every remeay knew Golly's room, and had once made | ¥ater. A minute later, Wade's launch Byt with witle or a superficial survey of it. 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