"Maxwell Grant - The Shadow - 005 - Gangdom's Doom" - читать интересную книгу автора (Grant Maxwell)

The detectives were watching five persons who were temporarily under their charge.

One was Claude Fellows; with him were two men who had witnessed the shooting from a distance. The
others were Togo and Louie.

The Japanese servant had come downstairs with Horace Prescott. He had heard the shots as he was
returning to the elevator.

Louie had been found in the automobile by the policemen. Fellows had led them there. The car had been
abandoned.

A police car drove up and two men made their exit. One was Police Captain Julius Weaver. The other
was Barney Higgins, assistant detective commissioner. He was well known as an investigator of
gangsters.

The detectives became suddenly alert when their superiors appeared. They had been instructed to await
the arrival of Weaver and Higgins, both of whom were at police headquarters when the news of the
killing had reached there.

Barney Higgins looked at the body on the sidewalk. He turned to Weaver and nodded his head.

"They got Prescott, all right," he said. "He had it coming to him, I guess. I knew he was in the
racketтАФbut I didn't think he was in deep enough for this."

HIGGINS began a quick inspection of the scene. Satisfied with his observations, he rejoined the police
captain. Orders were given for the removal of the body.

The detective commissioner approached the group of men near the detectives.

"These two was witnesses," explained a detective. "This one"тАФhe pointed to FellowsтАФ"was upstairs
with the guy that was killed. He came down and got in the car. They ran him around the corner and told
him to scram."

Higgins stared at Fellows for a moment; then turned back to the detective.

"This man"тАФthe detective indicated LouieтАФ"was the chauffeur. They had him tied up in the car."

"Landed on me the minute I arrived," volunteered Louie.

"What did they look like?" questioned Higgins.

"Dunno," answered Louie promptly. "Couldn't see 'em in the dark."

Higgins looked at him as though he doubted that the chauffeur was telling all he knew. Then he turned to
study Togo.

"Jap servant," he was informed by the detective. "Came downstairs with the guy that was bumped offтАФ"

"Bring them down to headquarters," ordered Higgins. "NoтАФwait a minute."