Show I Ir I f 3 An Important Capture 1 C. C reign reigned d in a local department I store the other day when Detective Reed I Billings and four assistants surrounded The Painter Kid and his pal a co couple of f notorious I c characters alternately working department stores tores and unsuspecting tourists who ho have retired retired with I more o of the worlds world's goods than they are able to toc I c re for The Kid and h his s 's pal made a desperate effort to get away if talk can become desperate and nd ven even demanded that the officer officer- produce a warrant which as eve everybody knows is is' is in an n lution ution confined to the use use of amateur sleuths and ande Je be e it known that Billings is no amateur for he 1 only shrugged his shoulders and talked mean when hen his prisoners had the audacity to ask for some documentary evidence of the general desire cf of f the police dep department for their appearance 1 We dont don't know maybe this P Painter int fellow and J Js pal are slippery for foi there ther is no evidence that they ever readIed reached the police station It is almost a a week week s since nce Billings surprised his fellow officers pith J this important pinch and became the envy of I the departmental sleuths At that time he had hisen his men en safely jn in custody in-custody custody but it is not said he used handcuffs or Oregon boots hoofs s' s so there is no telling where the Kid and nd his pal drifted to Anyway the sergeants sergeant's e blotter is IS as yet by the name I I 91 of Painters Painter's boy although Billings Billing made it plain to toline line e c Kid that he Val up against it cold and hadn't t better talk too much if he desired to reach the j U tation station in itt one section No doubt the Kid is smiling while we are wondering why h he isn't t i the e eg g guest t of Billings at the city jail |