This was
attached to the secret arrangement that had been connected with
the telephone by replacing the regular by the prepared
transmitter.
One of us was in the room listening all the time. I remember once,
while Guy had gone uptown for a short time, that I heard the
telephone bell ring in the device at my ear. Out of the larger box
issued a voice talking to one of the men.
It was the man whom they referred to as the Chief. He had nothing
to say when he learned that the Boss had not showed up since early
morning after he had been quizzed by the police. But he left word
that he would call up again.
"At least I know that our gunman friend, the Chief, is going to
call up to-night," I reported to Garrick on his return.
"I think he'll be here, all right," commented Garrick. "I called
up Dillon while I was out and he was convinced that the best way
was, as I said, to seem to let up on them. They didn't get a word
out of the fellow they call the Boss. He lives down here a couple
of streets, I believe, in a pretty tough place, even worse than
the Old Tavern.
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