Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 6 of 36
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a mat 1€ reputation jot any | policeman or detec- ze - tive who cal ptures hin sc? ana I think” ‘that in grat stlicr Buro- "ee na cities of consequence. there is a large a reward offered for his capture and con- a Ta, Svation of one or other offense.’’ ‘Saae “Wi is this man’s specialty?’ eS '«] don’t think he has one. ja Be -*T think he would do anything from a picking your handkerchief out of your _ pocket to- blowing up an empire. 8 Viale got his nickname, ‘The De- p=" ‘Stroy from one of the first crimes | ecee . ‘to mabe m. RIS Se as it happened, was an unsuc- Es ' ees <9 crime, but the fact ‘that he planned ; brought it almost to a success, and hens escaped the clutches of the police, ro of of his wonc ere Se : see 5 CF etéwhing of the czar at Moscow a . ars ‘Jan iad undermined a street along which the czar was to ‘pass and had _. ¢tammed the tunnel with explosives. : 2 tee oe that magazine had been touched 5 tl e pre en czar Ae, Siow have lost his , a : d » ’ i» He , o a ™ is a i i. 4 aw « —_ = - - Lo “= ~“ i ‘ _™ . . ~ ”" " | ond ; “ e = . a . & wy ’ —= = * = ‘ Pied - - md ; 4 i er ; : . a " . “ares * * . « -@ P 4 Di » « i t= _ a —_ a ‘ * 4 -m “4 , -" = p ae : * 4 J t et = r= ; | > rr} , aia - , c “ => ~ —. * . e a? : \~ - | | - < » 5 " ' | =) 4 | — ‘ —— i} 7 a * J _ . ya 7 o ‘al i | ; > _ - “ = = .. : 4 * i } J iW i = a iF = , i 4 ie s ) P ~ $ an * Pa . “a i 4 = - _» . "7 * = “ss, ! yy i il , a : al & o 7 7 J rv + ~ ' ‘— —>. i { ; ee a xia _ . be igs ; . = ' = : “ %.. ; —. z ™ i ¥ . : eal ‘ - > 1 “a ;@ | 3 d ~ mio. «@ © + —_— ss _ é ¥ . | a - 7” ‘ * . } * di — - —- , - o 4 - P, ‘ a 7 a i . i . , e 4 7 et | : j (i r _ é = 1 i " ( a me = - ~e - z . z ’ _ é ie - ‘ * i... « ._ _ = £ ss and y of any ‘trou ble Just like this. ke ax named § Solomon. as 5 In tea ‘The borrower had to have the money in cash. ‘I believe it was to be paid out at once, but that doesn’t matter. | ‘“The fact 1s that Solomon’s check for the amount would not do. , ‘The Bank of England’s notes would, and so the banker told his man to call in the course of half an hour and receive the notes. ‘The man went out and Solomon sent a messenger with his check to get tlie “necessary money. ‘The messens a stran office. ‘‘Solomon looked up in surprise, for the stran ger had not been announced by an office boy. ‘“The banker’s surprise became alarm when the caller coolly bolted the door by which fre had entered. ‘This made it impossible for anybody to come in from the outer office without battering the door down. ‘* Solomon suspected trouble, of course, and reached his hand toward a bell rope. _ 2 his communtcated with a front office was only used to give a singal in case ver had hardly gone when ger mined into Solomon’s private ‘The banker got his hand on rope, but he didn’t pull it. ‘“The stranger had quietly drawn. a te- volver. the bell ‘‘He didn’t aim it at Solomon, but there was something so threatening in the way that he laid it upon a mantel and leaned — against the wart near it that the banker — hesitated. «(What do you want» tes as in-a voice hardly above a whisp. ‘* ‘Fifty thousand pounds, "if you ee returned the caller, politely. | ‘“The perspiration started upon Sol- — ked i omon’s brow and his fingers cabbies. upon the bell rope. ee d let goof that thing if T were remarked the « caller. ee Bagh sO ‘nervous | Aas without | = = | ji ' a J F i L ’ : " i} * ‘ . _ ; - _* eh? * = gett 7 | oad a * = ~ = e ; “ A i 2 7 — i a . a ST = , <_ d ee ) 4 « ™_ | : ' :. ™ ; iy = i & * : — ' A -, _ ~ -™ . #- “ , 4 e = a = te a a, ae = foo : - . *. } . be wl ' _- ! ‘ 4 |