Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 174, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1933 — Page 19

NOV. 30, 1933.

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BY LOU WEDKMAR fCopyriffht. 1933. bv The Times! EDITOR S NOTE: The narrative, “Black Hawk,’’ a thrilling story of life In Indiana, is purely fiction and its leading characters exist only in the author’s imagination. a a a SYNOPSIS Black Hawk •• tier. 1 a winged death head, demands evacuation ot central Ir.cnar.a, He has bombed the pottoS.ce Irom ar, airplane. He has threatened the President He has attempted *o blow up union station and one of his ag'-n’- or Whisperers, kills hlm'otf when thwarted. Hebert Mar’-.n wealthy Indianapolis major o f the military intelligence in the U s. Arrnv r'.-er.w has been a s.sned to the case. He is in love with A ■. Breen. Indianapolis society girl, w .o ,s betrothed to Lionel St George. w"s,'iy scientist, at her lathers ins if er.ee. 1 . . 1 .hg the attack on the terminal. Bob and Police Lieutenant Qulunstln spend ’he night in ’he Ciavpool. A1 the room is securely locked, Quinn.s'in is killed by a hatchet man. In a hollow of tne hatchet handle is a :. ! lro;a B. h: Hawk threatening to biovy Indianapolis oil the map un.e . '-very resident moves our. The Bh" it 1! • k Indicates that he. toe. loves A u B: An air pa'rol is formed to guard rhe city. A personal ad appears . . newspapers, saying. Freedom s Torch Lt.ids the Wav.” H- o nd Ava. on rheir wav downtown, are kidnaped. They are forced down a m.r.hole and And themselves in a tunnel. B refuses Black Hawk's demand lor surrender. Black Hawk turn; on the w.! r. w ashing them into White River. Bob and A a are saved bv a youth Ashing from a flat boat. b a a CHAPTER TEN'Continued) A note on Bob's desk told him that the secret service had information that partially solved the earliest death in the Black Hawk campaign. The army officer who had been killed several days before, had been trying to solve the theft of airplanes from different ports—planes that Black Hawk was now probably using. A man crept up behind him on the street, whispered something and stabbed him,” the report concluded. “It probably was the work of an agent of Black Hawk.” Bob was uneasy. His experience with Ava in the tunnel had shown that Black Hawk w r as a most astute general. He had dared to kidnap them from the center of Indianapolis—using a long-forgotten tunnel. aided by modern devices of warfare. Where would he strike next? There were so many inexplicable phases of the situation. Where did Black Hawk have his headquarters? If he kept some of the Whisperers with him, the others must have secret rendezvous of their own. Why couldn't the police And them? Probably because no one could distinguish a Whisperer, until he had done his deadly work. a a a TTTELL, then, how did Black ’ ’ Hawk travel from his headquarters to the scenes of his crimes? He had been in Indianapolis two hours earlier—he had spoken to Bob and Ava, in the tunnel. Bob had sharp-eyed watchers at every bridge and at posts on all roads leaving the city. No suspicious persons would get past—but Black Hawk, with his disguises. was not easily suspected. Probably he came and went as he pleased, crossed the state lines! when he wanted to, and personally] instructed his men what to do. Os course, when Black Hawk was at lus headquarters he could communicate with his whisperers in Indianapolis by mail or telephone. But Bob was watching the mails and telephones. Sooner or later Black Hawk would give himself .y, if he continued to use th* r es of communication. Cott) t communicating in any of A ? Bob had f The problem that and him was too bewildering also - r every one else. The police heads of the entire country had failed to solve the puzzle. At a convention in Houston, Tex., according to a despatch on his desk, the Association of Police Chiefs had admitted they could not explain

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Black Hawk's appearance and his depredations except as the outburst of a maniac mass-murderer, who would continue wholesale slaughter until his passion had run itself out, his demands had b?en granted, or he was captured and rendered harmless. Such fiends in human form appear periodically. How long would Black Hawk’s nitrine supply last? Bob wondered. Probably, with his vast organization, he could continue manufacturing it indefinitely. There were two important steps to be taken—the authorities must capture a Whisperer and make him talk, or they must trap Black Hawk himself, on one of his foolhardy, egotistic personallydirected raids. aau LATE Tuesday afternoon, after Ava had telephoned that she had slept and felt all right, Sergeant Brown came into Bobs office in a state of obvious perturbation. “Mr. Breen has disappeared!” he said. “We’ve been to his office, and his home, and no one has seen him —since—” “What do you mean? Since when?” “I sent a detective over to the library to check up on Mr. Breen, as you suggested. He found that Mr. Breen had left the library shortly after noon. He was outside w’hen there was some sort of harmlesslooking explosion—a lot of smoke and so on—where some men were working on the street. Mr. Breen was surrounded by the smoke, and didn’t reappear.” “Might he have gotten into a cab?" “Yes, but he left his car parked by the library. It's still there!” “Did you find out what he was doing in the library?” “Yes. He w'as checking over the records of books on explosives. He had all the records out in the director's office—he Is a director, you know—just before he disappeared. ’ “And—?” “They are gone, too. Major Martyne. Those records have disappeared, just like Mr. Breen!” B B B CHAPTER ELEVEN A SPECIAL delivery letter was delivered to the Claypool hotel that evening, postmarked Indianapolis, and addressed to “Miss Ava Breen, care Major Martyne, U. S. Gov't.” It was taken to her room i at once by the manager in person, and she was awakened. The letter was typewritten and, before she saw anything else, Ava’s frightened eyes fell on the signature —the wide wings and grinning skull that were Black Hawk’s mark. “Dear Miss Breen.” the letter read. “I saw you last night, although you could not see me. lam wondering what are your feelings I toward me. Do you not have any sympathy, any feeling of admiration. for one who is doing w r hat I am doing—setting himself up against the world? “On my part, I have fallen quite in love with you. When you see me. as you will, remember this. I will not harm you if I can avoid it. “I can not hold out the same promise to others associated with Major Martyne. or even to persons dear to you. They must die, if necessary, for this is war. “BLACK HAWK.” That awful grinning skull. Ava screamed. She raced down- ! stairs, called a cab, and was driven to the postoffice, where Bob was still conferring with his investigators, who had betm in the field all day. She handed Bob the letter. “Does this mean father?” she asked. Bob read it slowly. “There is something grimly menacing in this," Bob said, evading the question. “I am worried about you. j Ava. If I get you a special escort, ! won't you go to some other city until this is over?" (To Be Continued)

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TARZAN THE APE MAN

Chita, the monkey, came flying through the trees. All the previous night and part of this day he had sought Tarzan, the Ape Man, risking his life hourly; pursued by enemies, he had come far since Jean made him understand her peril by saying: ‘‘Go to Tarzan. Tarzan!”

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And at last he had found Tarzan among his apes. He leaped excitedly to Tarzan’s shoulder. What he told him none but Tarzan could have understood. But Tarzan knew. Before Chita had finished his story, Tarzan became alarmed and shouted: “Jean! Jean!”

—By Ahern

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Then he shrieked at the apes. Aroused by his call, they set up a series of enraged cries that i shook the Jungle. From all directions they be- i gan coming toward their brother, the “great white ] ape.” Suddenly there arose the answering cry of a bull elephant. ' 1

—By Edgar Rice Burroughs

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