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30 - Black Stars Campaign by Johnston McCulley · Black Stars Campaign

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty of Black Stars campaign by Johnston McCully. This
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  Speaker 1: Livery Walks recording is in the public domain. Reread by
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  Speaker 1: You're Annon Black Stars Campaign Chapter thirty mux arrives. Werbek's
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  Speaker 1: roadster was stopped on the corner nearest the Branditon residence.
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  Speaker 1: Werbek and the chiefs sprang out and darted across the walk.
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  Speaker 1: The police autos came up and discharged their loads of officers.
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  Speaker 1: The chief issued his orders rapidly surround the place, get
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  Speaker 1: into the alley, pick up everybody that looks suspicious, and
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  Speaker 1: be ready to fight and fight hard. Let's get them
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  Speaker 1: this time. Officers hurried to every side of the house,
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  Speaker 1: poured into the alley, rushed across the lawn. They caught
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  Speaker 1: the men with the limousine and those with the truck
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  Speaker 1: that apparently was talled, and held them for investigation. Later,
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  Speaker 1: they drew a close knit around the Branditton place, and
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  Speaker 1: the Chief and Erbeck, with half a dozen trusted men,
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  Speaker 1: started toward the front verandah, but the master criminal had
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  Speaker 1: had watchers scattered around the lawn. They were caught on
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  Speaker 1: the police ned too, but they were able to give
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  Speaker 1: the alarm. They rushed inside the house and the Black
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  Speaker 1: Star was informed that the police were upon him. He
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  Speaker 1: ordered the guests into one of the smaller rooms and
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  Speaker 1: closed and locked the door on them. He had the
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  Speaker 1: lights turned off all over the house. The waiter attended
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  Speaker 1: to that. He issued his orders rapidly, like a gentle
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  Speaker 1: conducting a battle. Sent men to defend doors and windows.
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  Speaker 1: Violence appears to be necessary, they said, we must drive
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  Speaker 1: them off and get away. Oh, there will be more
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  Speaker 1: of them upon us within a short time. From a
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  Speaker 1: window over the verandah, the black Star looked at the situation.
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  Speaker 1: Two of the police automobiles were playing search lights on
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  Speaker 1: the sides of the house. Another was drawing across the
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  Speaker 1: lawn to do the same on the front. The Blackstar
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  Speaker 1: took an automatic from beneath this robe and fired one
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  Speaker 1: shot across the lawn. The shot was a signal from
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  Speaker 1: every window. Shots were sent with the men surrounding the house,
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  Speaker 1: shots that were not meant to wound or kill, only
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  Speaker 1: to terrify. But the Chief's men were not easily frighten.
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  Speaker 1: They sought refuge behind trees in clumps of brush, and
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  Speaker 1: returned the fire. They shattered windows and made it impossible
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  Speaker 1: for the Black Star's men to remain in them. They
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  Speaker 1: poured vollets against the doors, but the master criminal and
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  Speaker 1: his men were saved. So far the officers were not
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  Speaker 1: able to get inside the house. The Black Star had
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  Speaker 1: no wish to stand a siege, for you knew that
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  Speaker 1: it could be but the one outcome. There came a
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  Speaker 1: lull in the battle, and the black Stars shouted from
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  Speaker 1: his window, is the chief there? He is? Here? Came
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  Speaker 1: a voice from the darkness. This is the Black Star. Well,
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  Speaker 1: what do you want? Are you and your men ready
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  Speaker 1: to surrender to us? We'll get you and get your
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  Speaker 1: good If you don't, Sarrenda, the black Star said, when
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  Speaker 1: I hold the advantage, I don't see it. The Chief shouted, No,
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  Speaker 1: my dear chief, there are in this house the most
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  Speaker 1: prominent persons in your fair city. We have with us
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  Speaker 1: also two diplomats of international fame. I above violence, but
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  Speaker 1: in such a case as this it becomes necessary. You
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  Speaker 1: will withdraw your men. You will take them to the
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  Speaker 1: corner beneath the electric light, where we can see them plainly.
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  Speaker 1: You will keep them there fifteen minutes, and after that
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  Speaker 1: you may do as you please. I see myself, the
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  Speaker 1: Chief cried. If you do not I shall use violence
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  Speaker 1: upon those in the house. For every ten minutes we
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  Speaker 1: are forced to remain here, I shall take a human life.
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  Speaker 1: For every one of my men wounded us slain, I
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  Speaker 1: shall take another human life. Think it over, Chief. The
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  Speaker 1: Chief did think it over with Roger Werberg to aiden
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  Speaker 1: the black Star was at the end of his rope.
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  Speaker 1: Captured again, he was certain to be convicted and sentenced
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  Speaker 1: to prisonful life. He was a sort who would go
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  Speaker 1: out fighting, the sort to do all the harm he
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  Speaker 1: could before you went out. We're not sure it's not
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  Speaker 1: a bluff, Werberg said, But we can't do as he asked.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, we'll rush the house, sheriff declared. That's our
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  Speaker 1: business in a case of this kind, isn't it. We
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  Speaker 1: may lose a few men, but it must be done.
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  Speaker 1: What else is there to do. We'll have to rush
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  Speaker 1: at The Chief returned, I aims to get inside and
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  Speaker 1: fight it out as quickly as possible, without letting that
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  Speaker 1: fiend have time to do much damage. I'll give the orders.
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  Speaker 1: The Chief whispered them to a captain, and he passed
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  Speaker 1: them on. The Blackstar was shouting from a window again, Well,
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  Speaker 1: what is the decision, Chief, You say you want fifteen minutes,
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  Speaker 1: The Chief asked, more to gain time than anything else.
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  Speaker 1: Fifteen minutes will be enough. Thank you. Remind in that
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  Speaker 1: corner with your men for fifteen minutes, and then do
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  Speaker 1: ask your please. That's all I ask. Well, you're asking enough.
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  Speaker 1: What do you suppose the public will say when they
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  Speaker 1: know I add you and let you go, My dear chief,
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  Speaker 1: they'll probably give you credit for saving the lives of
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  Speaker 1: some prominent persons. I understand that the Mayor is a
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  Speaker 1: guest here this evening. Shall I have him come to
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  Speaker 1: the window and decide what you are to do? Let
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  Speaker 1: him come, the Chief said. He knew in advance what
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  Speaker 1: the mayor would say. The Mayor would tell him to
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  Speaker 1: charge the house, break in and capture the Black Star
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  Speaker 1: and his men. The mayor happened to be a man
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  Speaker 1: of courage. Thus the Chief had gained a little time,
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  Speaker 1: and that was all he wanted, time enough for his
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  Speaker 1: orders to be passed round to all the officers. Now
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  Speaker 1: his men were ready, the Chief blew his whistle. The
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  Speaker 1: searchlights that had been played and the house were extinguished,
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  Speaker 1: and through the darkness the police and deputies rushed upon
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  Speaker 1: the Brunettan residence. A wallet greeted from the windows, but
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  Speaker 1: the Black Star's men were firing wildly into the darkness,
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  Speaker 1: and their shots had no effect. Officers and deputies crowded
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  Speaker 1: the Verandah attacked the French windows, battered at the dos.
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  Speaker 1: A cheap automobile lurched round the corner and stopped in
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  Speaker 1: front of the house. Mus had arrived the end of
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  Speaker 1: chapter thirty