Shadow 062 - The Garaucan Swindle 09-15-34, The by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant [Grant, Maxwell]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Street and Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

A LULL. Dobey and his minions thought that they had silenced The Shadow. Howling their triumph from platforms on both sides, they sprang for the stairs that led to the street. Their cry of victory, however, was delivered too soon.

The Shadow had foreseen that the final spread would bring an enfilading fire against him. Shooting at angles as they neared the steps, the remaining mobsmen would offset the protection of the pillar. That was why The Shadow paused.

Moving swiftly through the darkness, The Shadow gained another post, further away. Then, as the two crews reached the stairs, he resumed his fire. Each automatic seemed to probe the dark, so well had The Shadow located the position of the steps.

Snarls. Shots. Cries, groans and moans sounded through the confines of the subway. Revolvers blazed futile answers to The Shadow’s wrath. Using a new brace of automatics, The Shadow was prepared to annihilate the crooks. It was luck - not their own ability - that saved them.

The Shadow had located the steps on both sides, but in the darkness, he could not account for intervening pillars. His automatics twisted as they fired, to give a spraying effect to his bullets. Had the way been clear, none of his enemies could have escaped. The pillars, however, gave the piling mobsmen opportunity.

Clattering footsteps, muffling upwards, were testimony of flight. The automatics ceased their barking. Dying echoes were accompanied by the groans of those who lay wounded. Springing clear of the post, The Shadow gained a platform. He took a flight of steps in pursuit of those who had fled.

Dobey Blitz’s crew had numbered a full fifteen. More than a third of these lay sprawled within the subway. The others had headed for the street; among them were Dobey and the henchmen closest to him - the ones who were carrying the swag.

Luck was turning against The Shadow. By chance, he had chosen the steps opposite those which Dobey and his most important minions had taken. This factor was to have an important bearing upon the sequel of the struggle.

Reaching the street, the mobsmen had encountered the patrol car. The searchers for Lucas had heard the distant firing. They had come up to discover the trouble at the subway. Dobey and his henchmen, heading for the alley where they had left parked cars, were forced to stop and give battle.

Mobster bullets riddled the patrol car. The policemen dropped under the shelter of the dash board. Howling mobsters sprang forward, intent upon doing murder. The officers raised their guns, to put up a hopeless fight. Then came an interruption. Automatics barked from the subway entrance. Two mobsmen toppled.

The Shadow! He was back again! Using the boarded entrance as a rampart, he was downing these fighting men of crime. Ruffians turned to give battle. Forgetting the police, they scattered. The officers joined in the fire.

The Shadow turned. The police could take care of themselves. He wanted to stop the flight of those who had headed for the alley.

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