The Shadow - 39 - Road of Crime by Maxwell Grant

Author:Maxwell Grant
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Street & Smith
Published: 1933-10-15T21:59:05+00:00

Summoned back to New York by important errands there, The Shadow had been awaiting developments, knowing that the missing crooks would bob up somewhere. Minor bank raids had come of evidence of their activity this side of Grand Rapids.

The Shadow had ordered Harry Vincent to the territory, to glean preliminary information. Not long ago, The Shadow had heard Graham Wellerton tell Carma that he would never go back to the town of Southwark. That had been when Graham was on the crest of successful crime. Now, with circumstances altered, Graham might deliberately have changed his former decision. Southwark, of all places, might best serve as a temporary refuge.

Here was the report from Harry Vincent. The Shadow’s agent had discovered Graham Wellerton in Southwark. But in his careful inquiry - Harry was an ace when it came to getting information in strange towns - he had learned that Graham had arrived there the night before the Michigan bank raid had been foiled by The Shadow!

This was the reason for The Shadow’s laugh. Weird mockery seemed to hover within that black-walled room. Ghoulish echoes persisted even after hidden lips had ceased their mirthful utterance.

The Shadow had corroborated a suspicion which had been lurking in his intuitive brain - namely that Graham Wellerton had not been with the bank robbers at Grand Rapids!

What was Graham Wellerton’s purpose? How and why had the gentleman of crime parted from his men?

Why was he no longer engaged in robbery?

These were questions which The Shadow was resolved to answer.

Hands reached across the table. Earphones came into view. A tiny bulb lighted, showing that The Shadow had formed a connection. His weird voice spoke in a whisper. Across the wire came a quiet reply:

“Burbank speaking.”

Burbank was The Shadow’s hidden contact man - the one who kept in touch with agents when they were at work. He was always accessible by telephone, to relay messages through to The Shadow.

“Report from Marsland,” ordered The Shadow.

Burbank gave a brief reply. Cliff Marsland, The Shadow’s agent who played the part of an underworld mobsman, had gained no trace of Wolf Daggert. He had been unable to find any clew to a hide-out where the skulking gang leader might be staying.

“Report from Burke,” demanded The Shadow.

Another reply. Burbank had heard from Clyde Burke, the newspaper reporter on the New York Classic who was in The Shadow’s service.

Burke had been deputed to keep track of Carma Wellerton. He learned that she was living under the name of Carma Urstead, and that she was still in New York.

Communication ended with his contact agent, The Shadow performed a new action. His hands produced a large map and spread it on the table. The fingers placed tiny pins upon towns marked there - the places where small bank robberies had been attempted.

PROMINENT on the map was the town of Southwark. The trail was closing near that point. This one town would be a likely spot for another raid, if the robbers were still in that vicinity.

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