Show j true 2 I 1 detective stones VANISHING MAN I 1 I 1 I 1 by ibe wheeler 8 inc alln gideon I 1 absloam chief of W detectives of cle Oleve velaida laid ohio was as i 1 notified ov o over v er ta tie e long dis birce anlie ft lie from buffalo that tie police polle of tl ti at city I 1 ad captured the tile torn men resl oli bible foi the burdei ot of I 1 patrolman I 1 eroy he lie smiled his shoulders and muttered I 1 line tile in borki ork I 1 that mu enuch ch Is out of th the e ni way ay but had liaw only known known it his troubles were only beginning tor for one of the bandits a man by the name ot of determined to fig fight lit foi fol his life with every enery weapon that the law afforded him securing an attorney familiar ft ith the kinks and twists of criminal II 11 law aw he quickly succeeded in ing an alibi which appeared to be iron clad halt half a dozen mit witnesses nesses swore tl ti at at the time bouker was as shot meane had been in their company and that it was physically impossible for him to reach the scene of the crime in I 1 time to take part in the murd murder er q lawyer followed his client clients s instructions to make the alibi good enough for me to have 24 hours clear ance once I 1 in out of cleveland jiey hey 11 never find me and the di district at torney rather than imperil the entire case decided to drop the proceedings against and concentrate his bis attack upon the other three men who had the foresight to provide tl em selves with caballe legal assistance there fore in spite of the pleadings of chief babshaw was released less than twelve hours later the chief of detectives secured evidence that riddled the carefully prepared alibi evidence which proved that me iney had been directly implicated in the murder but it waa mas too late the gunman had vanished apparently into thin ar arl I 1 spurred on by a realization tuat he had bad I 1 ad the man he wanted actually lodged in jail only to have bane him slip through a loophole in the tile legal wall which surrounded him It abshaw de ter mined to nail the escaped murder er if as he stated it took ten years and every man on the force to do it the city of cleveland was combed from one end to the other every known meeting place in the under world was as watched and raided and closed but the days lengthened into weeks aid tie weeks into months and still there was as no trace of at night when his aay ay s work was finished Il It abshaw wo did relieve the man always on watch match at the former home for the chief had a theory that some day the fuget fugitives lye S wife would provide the clue which would lead them to the man they wanted yes I 1 know it its a hard work and find tedious work N ork babshaw would say ai he took up his nightly vigil but tj fieres pre 5 no vj woman oman alive that can out wit 1 I it us if we me keep steadily at it As events proved however rab shaw was mas wrong the clue which led t the final capture ame nine from an ait other and unexpected source it was inas some eleven months aftel after ft tj e bouker murder after had be n traced to toledo and an I 1 st louis and toronto and varl vari ous points in beti between NeEn the police al ways nays one jump behind him hat rab shaw dropped into the cleveland post office to purchase a stamp there wa mac nothing unusual in tb ill action itself lie ile I 1 ad boegl t stamps at that window of times bean e but there 9 as some I 1 ing in the attitude of the vi oman ahead of him in line some thing furtive about he the manner in wl ich she attempted to conceal the address of the letter which she car ried which made the chief of the de tec tives wonder what hat avas ft as wrong avi en he caught a flash of her face I 1 alf hidden under a long black blick veil I 1 11 had an intuition that he knew hei bet idason for trying to prevent anyone aiom seeing the letter the woman mas s siefer in law As she purchased ed the 8 amp and icat I 1 int forward to effie it It abshaw stepped S swiftly out of line and sue eded in catal ing a glimpse of the nv elope one glance was mas all ho neede I 1 the missive NN was as addressed to john M oliver at it number which Il abshaw knew was mas in a secluded and biet part of Indian indianapolis apAls early the follow ln lne morning rab haw took up his ills vigil outside lmke where oliver was mas supposed t tic living but no one answering to the description of tl e missing man wade his appearance so the Cleie cleveland land chief aeten line 1 to force the issue by sending ti t I of the local police in to find out if anyone by that name re there Sc scarcely arely had they re 1 if I arted that oliver lived there but was as on out t at th time than meaner at troll rolled ed doan do n the street and star ed to mount th steps of the house total iv of his danger an in klant stant later babshaw N was nas as upon him his auto automat matl ready for action but the fu fugitive realizing the folly of opposition n to sup eilor force threw throw w up his hanis hauls and surrendered you ve e got me he admitted J just wl wi en I 1 tl tj I 1 was A as safe too how howd d you ma age it A little matter of a postage stamp eald maid rat ral shaw and anci it ni aan t until aft er I 1 ie e 1 I I 1 need I 1 is life term in the ohio hlo pei pey th that thit it discoN discovered ered the loophole aich which hI ch he I 1 id overlooked th trivial detail wh wb cl ha I 1 enabled It abshaw to trice tr ice ill 1 li I 1 lid ddn falle I 1 ahn ahn en every ery otner means |