Show adventurers CLUB HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF 1 two wanted men mena H HELLO ELLO you EVERYBODY know boys and girls in some of these adventure yarns ive been telling you everything seems to happen allin all in a split second just one two three and its all over with action every doggone minute then there are other yarns in which theres darned little action and the suspense of the story lies in the fact that some poor devil has to stand still while death comes creeping up on him that sort of adventure drags out for a long time but the yarn im going to tell you today is like both of those abovementioned above mentioned types of adventures it went on for a long time and every doggone minute of that time was packed with danger and suspense and at the same time it was so full of action that have a hard time packing 9 another single movement into it its one of the most thrilling tales ive come across in quite a while and the honors today go to a chicago policeman albert rickert of chicago it was a cool september afternoon in 1927 al was off duty and with time on his hands he went over to the home of his pal emmett hartnett for a visit after hed been there awhile they decided it would be a good idea to go for a ride emmett got a car and they drove around for about two hours they were on their way to a restaurant when things began to happen As they drove along a small sedan passed them there were two men in the car and al recognized them both as automobile thieves thieve sl thieves recognize al as policeman al told emmett to turn around and follow that car they were catching up to it when the thieves spotted the auto behind them and recognized al as a policeman they stepped on the gas and the chase was oni the car in front of them leaped ahead emmett stepped on it and followed the faster they went the faster the smaller car ahead traveled al pulled out his gun and fixed fired one shot but the car ahead stop both those gas buggies were tearing ieng along down the street at t close to top op speed the scenery was fairly whizzing pasti past and ad people along the way stopped to stare at a race they had never seen the like of outside of a race track gun in hand al opened the door and climbed out on the 4 7 r and then he was being dragier dragged along behind the fleeing car running board to get a better shot at his quarry As emmett drove and the car careened along the wide street he fired bred again and again still the car ahead sped on now al could see that they were gaining on the crooks the small car have speed enough to outdistance the tha big one in which they were riding al continued to fire until his revolver was empty als car nosed alongside the thieves the big car had almost caught up to the little one now bit by bit they gained until at last als car was nosing up beside the one in which the two thieves were riding they were running almost hood to hood now and al could have reached out and touched the other auto when suddenly the front car turned sharply al saw the crooks car swerving toward them but before he had a chance to do anything about it there was wag a crash the crooks side swiped them knocking them over to the side of the street there was another crash as the car lurched into a telephone pole but al inside the car when it hit As the two cars came together he was caught between them and knocked down on the running board then as the smaller car veered away again his right leg was pinched between its rear tender fender and the bumper he felt a tug at that leg felt himself falling to the pavement and then he was being dragged along behind the fleeing car the car was out of control now the crook at the wheel was trying to keep it going straight but it shot up over the gurb curb on the other side of the street it crossed the sidewalk and plunged on aver over a stretch of bare water soaked prairie dragged along behind it al felt a terrific bump as his body was pulled over the curb there was wag a terrible pain in his imprisoned leg where the tire was scraping the flesh away his back and sides were being bruised and lacerated the car traveled a hundred feet through the prairie and by that time al was numb from pain and shock then the car bogged begged down in the mud and came to a stop als clothes had been literally torn tom from his body by then but he still had his gun clutched tightly la in his hand band he struggled to get his leg out of the trap I 1 there was no chance to use it if he says but as soon as the car came to a halt I 1 began struggling to get my leg out of its trap trap the driver jumped out and ran north across the prairie A at t last I 1 got my leg loose and crawled out from under the car I 1 raised my gun and pulled the trigger but all I 1 got was a click of the hammer in the excitement I 1 had forgotten that I 1 emptied the gun during the chase As the gun clicked the second man leaped from the car and started to run and then al made the pinch of his life helpless and unable to walk much less run after the fleeing crook he got up on his feet and threw the empty gun after him bun that gun went straight to the mark it caught the me crook on the back of the head bead and he fell forward on his face out cold at the same moment emmett extricated himself from his wrecked car and came running across the street he grabbed the crook emmett took them both to a restaurant a block away and there he called the station house they took al to the peoples hospital and he stayed there tor for three months getting over the injury to his leg the rear tire had ground a ridge right into the flesh as the car dragged him across the prairie the crook he caught drew a 14 year sentence the other one was shot down by ari an englewood policeman three days later in another s tolen stolen car copyright service |