Show 0 tf courtney byley cooper grisaf y cooer CHAPTER W continued S yell ackett pete maxwell maybe like to see them weve got them waiting outside full house and loule louie were brought in regarding the prisoner with a detached atmosphere of curiosity as though they were seeing him for the first time louie spread his short arms hw how should I 1 know he inquired to maxwelll maxwells Max wells ells question 1 I work in my office all night I 1 only come out to fire this loafer that strange slow hate began to hoil in joe barry anew giving strength s to the wakening beating of his heart then it was the turn of Full house 1 I sure I 1 saw a fetter feller sitting over in the corner A short man lie ile wore glasses kind of a light sandy haired man and bald youre a liar joe barry scream screamed edit it Full house shrugged his shoulders H howd I 1 know what you wanted him to look like he asked maybe we were looking at different people tints the one I 1 saw the haze closed in again pierced by new questions as soon as full house and louie were gone pete hunched hun clied his chair closer to the table he asked his every question tion oter again only to receive the same old dull answers then lie he came to one which lie he evidently had bad been saving caving now sport you seemed a little touchy last night about one particular matter suppose we take it up again where were you all day yesterday joe sagged in his chair ne ile allowed tits ills tired sanded eyelids to close and for once the grisly things thing which he had faced all this horrible night and day dissipated lie he saw the circus lot the squat forms of the mud colored tents the banners flying in the afternoon breeze from the mastheads mast heads atop the poles then there was a glittering thing in ills his grasp calling to him to play it there was a girl fair haired and trim with slender strength a 91 girl ra with innate trust in the deepness of her blue eyes the tantalizing hint of warm response upon her lips the yellow sun creeping through the vagrant strands of her soft brown hair and creating there a golden radiance more precious than all the money in the world she was his girl whether he ever saw her again or not his girl to love in memory find and in sacred dreams tits his girl of one day of happiness one thing at least could remain with him behind bars bright and fragrant and beautiful joe barry opened his eyes and centered them HIS als lips became crooked and ugly go to h I 1 he said slowly all of youl you I 1 CHAPTER IV JOES OES defiance had anything but a deterrent effect upon his questioners tio ners here was something which he desired to conceal therefore it was the thing they desired deIr cd most to know pat but at the end of an hour pete maxwell maxell spread his hands against ills his chest straightened and strode away from the table suppose you let the old bottle and stopper have this bird alone for awhile lie he sald said when they were alone pete picked up his chair and brought it to the side of the prisoner look here kid he sald bald lets get eel together 11 it was the first time he had used use 1 that term joe looked up with something of wonderment there seemed to be more of a personal touch toilet to the detectives tone youve been treated in a straight businesslike manner by nien men m mho ho ar are e in the kusmes nus mes ol 01 finding out who nho committed cri crimes mes and who aliu the slightest interest in anything else our job were given a set of jig saws work into something if we can piece them together its what were paid for to keep beep picking up pieces and hunting for little angles and curlicues until weve got the puzzle beat enough to decide that twelve men ought to hear more about it most of the time the detective said quietly when its a kid like you we hope we cant work it out joe looked up ills 1119 hand halt half raised then why dont you give me a chance 1 I lie he begged ive told you I 1 even know what all this was about until you dragged me in here you dont expect us to believe that you even see anything about it in the newspapers you told us about bein being near orrs mills on a va vacation catlon that a new gag its been worked before by people who know licked on an identification to try to switch SW itch it into an alibi pill but we brought in ahe people we you showing up there an hour after the murder might have been all right but it sound well when it matches up with three guns found in your room and the money off a dead man martin put them there just like he called you up so know just when to arrest me pete maxwell reached into a pocket and brought forth a letter read it lie said it was in feminine writing upon hotel paper pa 1 I am an albany woman in new york for a few days naturally I 1 do not care to give my name since it Is really not necessary and because this may concern something attracting widespread publicity I 1 have been reading the papers about a murder which aich occurred after tile the overturning of a rum runners car while dining last night at louie Certo Berto linis restaurant on eighth bL street letL I 1 heard a young man quarreling with the proprietor over being in absent from work it seemed he had been in the vicinity of this affair and on thinking it over oer I 1 felt you ou might care to question him with the idea of gaining a clew to the murders so you see said pete as he retrieved the missive nobody turned you in at all you did it yourself we merely went ent to tile the restaurant found out this letter was true and went up after you you there so we waited outside until we saw you come in got a lawyer kid no sir better get one as soon as they take you to newburgh this thing means the chair you know yes sir said joe vacantly pete looked at his watch look here came bluntly youre only hurting yourself with this story im not trying to bull you youre no old timer I 1 know that you got any record alabe MB be if you could show me that been pulled in on this thing and could tell me the names of the rest of the gang so I 1 could get the real heads of it maybe I 1 could help you to a lighter sentence youre not up against any easy rap and youre going up against an upstate up state jury where be tried you know they give a fellow the chair a lot easier than we do but its up to you joe barry rubbed his eyes please he begged please wont you just leave me alone ills his jaw began to jerk spasmodically keep a fellow up all night asking him this and asking him that never give him any chance to rest twist everything he says into a lie leave me alone IS wild fists pounded the table now until at last little lines of blood broke from the creases leave me alone you v ou and your death house you and your promises promise you and your lies iles leave me alone leave me alone gradually he quieted merely swaying drunkenly pete maxwell rose a and nd walked around him blow ly cautiously a puzzled light in his blue eyes then not unkindly he caught at the prisoners shoulder all right kid he said we wed 1 I better be moving I 1 guess this time it was another journey by patrol up center street to a dual building connected by bridges across the lie street inside one of them joe was taken and to another cage on the first floor whence he could look out upon the monotonous activities of a courtroom at last joe was led forward ile he heard a question from abone him on the desk the abe words wore legal and indistinguishable d able then lie he heard the voice of pete maxwell not guilty your honor and it if your honor please it may be necessary to re arraign him on a short affidavit at the expiration of forty eight hours on account of the indictment upstairs and some delay on the warrants the man above him film had something to say in reply legalities which joe did not understand then and numb lie felt the hand handcuff culfA a again and knew that he was walking out of the room ani and up tip a long st sini alray rvay like the stair way of it castle he had seen once in a motion picture and after that into a cage which seemed interminable they were in the tombs more alore bars and more grills then a key clattered and a door opened in there said the guard and added to some gone one inside heres a gangster pal for you plow two rats can each take a corner carner an and d squeal at each other the door closed joe stood there while a trim youth ills his clothing immaculate even here liis his hair shining and sleek his thin venomous features immobile escot for the jerk of a crooked smile came sinuously from a bunk the rap joe knew the term by now homicide they say I 1 killed two state policemen up by orrs orra mills yeah his sleek companion lit a cigarette yeah be asked again you go to school 1 I joe stared the last place was in missouri yeah who was your teacher miss price why yeah asked atie rat and pulling in is his under lip blew his inhalation against his breast why she teach you how to address a gentleman 11 joe B birry barry irry glanced dazedly around him 1 I know I 1 was doing anything thin wrong lie said ive never been bee iu in a place like this before no the gangster asked then suddenly come here and sit down Wet We cars tears 11 once joe was be side him he whirled talking in low swift tones the idea stool he demanded youre not even smart enough to know how to answer my questions cut but if youre after information ill give you some information when they take you out you tell em they aint fouled fooled nobody aymie frankes Frad kes still got friends tell em im going to beat this rap if it takes my life and if I 1 do going to get shoved overl over joe barry raised his arms piteously leave me alone bont you pe he begged 1 I dont know what youre how about that baby T that at crucified you I 1 suppose rush up and kiss him talking about I 1 dont know who you are I 1 dont care who you are I 1 leave me alone it struck the other mans sense of pride yeah he asked youre up for that chopper job on the newburgh road and you dont know hymie bradke Frad ke joe strove to leave him hemle bradke a little puzzled followed howd they fasten that rap on you We tears he asked soon they were talking upon a different basis it was surcease a feeling of sympathy which arg urged e d joe forward homles manner had changed greatly now he was settled beside joe barry his thin carefully manicured fingers tapping on his knees or jerking his cigarette in a quick swing from his lips returning it as swiftly it was not long before he interrupted talk lower whisper better we just happen to be put in here together ten to toone one theres a stool in the next cell with an ear car as big as a washtub the clatter of slum time came hymie sneering at tile the bars the night count was made and tile lights light dimmed then heinle tool took his dulled companion back bach to the cot and pressed him down there thare yeah he asked in a whisper this guy martin describe him big again never heard him called big friday no it be 1 leini I he be would rit do a thing like that in the open worked through a fall guy lie he shook his bead lead 1 I never heard of no louie bertolini Bertoli nl but that guy dont sound right either the tiling thing seemed to fret him ne ile paced awhile and came back IS S d n funny to nie me tic lie said to joe bis big fridays run up op there from oswego through schenectady across to tn al bany and then down through newburgh to ile pr bronx x ain aint I 1 made it top fop him film a dozen times yeah and what do I 1 get out of it double crossed at an hour went by the sounds of tile the street became fainter giving greater volume to the noises of tile cell block the creaking of bunks as men tossed in their search of sleep the snoring of the more hard ened ones the maddening sound of some one pacing three steps and turn three steps and turn then heinle was whispering again they gave you a break he said grudgingly to joe A all 11 you get Is the chair pull tile the switch find and youre out they aint so good to fo me afraid id squawk it if I 1 drew the hot IN mama Taina but I 1 got friends I 1 aint in Danne Dalme tnora niora yet something more big friday dont know I 1 got more friends in a dayn he ever knew wanted it all lie he hell get fiet it in a bronze ho box aint lie got it coming to him aint lie worth shoving across if you can get at him low how about that baby that crucil led you I 1 suppose rush up and kiss liim film if you ever bent beat this rap yeah 1 do what ill do to big gilday set him over what dol do ills voice faded in a confusion from beyond the shadows of forms forma were on the walls guards seemed to spring from nowhere and everywhere wild racking the screams of a crazed man rose higher and higher and then were muffled there was the scuffling of forms moving toward the door then came the clang of steel some one screaming at a distance then farther away still farther in the cell with hymie bradke a man walked up and down his lips bloodless his eyes burning in fixation yes right 1 he agreed ile lies got it coming to him lies made me a murderer well ill be one kneif if I 1 get a chancel chance I 1 the cell block stilled slowly joe walked to ills his bunk and sat there a hand pounding against the steel after a while hymie wal walked ked across and caught his shoulders with thin strong fingers wearing yourself out aint no way to beat a rap he commanded after awhile a dazed man slept 0 0 0 9 0 0 they came for hemle gradke the next morning and led him away joe did not know where at noon they brought him back again when joe asked him concerning the trial lie he only rolled his eyes and spread spread a hand 1 I aint saving nothing lie he answered noncommittally lie was silent until they came to return him through the bridge of sighs to the criminal criminal courts building for 0 r the afternoon session the long on hours passed for joe in sodden staring about ills cell in mingling with the other prisoners during exercise hours in n the corridors at last hy fly tale came back again ile he was more nervous now like a sleek animal eyeing its every surrounding in the hope of an opening at last he broke forth keep a guy sitting in that cage all day long they even begin in my trial fine on a guys friends he groI growled ed softly keeping a guy caged up all day and then doing nothing As night came he seemed mope mom stealthy more excited he walked up and down ills his lips moving suddenly however he halted and looking at joe as if just realizing he was thre lie he asked got any jack We tears money honey you mean no they took it all away from me when iben I 1 was arrested jeze you are a We tears aint you ile he explained esplain od nothing more until made ready for his bunk then reaching into his shoe he removed the insole find and brought forth a tightly folded bill from beneath it here We tears he said it was a twenty dollar certificate joe took the currency with some surprise they told me I 1 could get money from my envelope whenever I 1 needed any he said suppose you get hold of a right screw sell you a paper of snow they wont give you money downstairs for that I 1 got minel mine he whispered after a time 1 I know when ill use it too nor was there an explanation ex of that remark ile he only paced for awhile sat on his bunk eyed joe eagerly like a man obsessed with inner thoughts then turned away silent the night passed with its myriad noises nyale made ready for another day in the cay await ing his turn in the courtroom sud denly he turned to joe whispering tell you what ill do he exclaimed ill bet you twenty I 1 beat dannemora Dann emora joe reached for the money its your twenty he said yeah hemle blinked with memory right lie he said no fun betting against my own money A few minutes later he was taken away to wait anew in the aeten tion room joe went back to his bunk almost immediately he was on his feet again igalo the guard had returned and was unlocking tile the door this time for him pete bl maxwell axwell was waiting to check 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