It was
Schwartz himself who decided against waylaying his foe by night.
He had too recent memories of Rennick's physical prowess to care
about risking a second dose of the same medicine. And so on with
the other proposals. One and all were rejected.
Then it was that Mrs. Schwartz hit upon an idea which promised
not only punishment, but profit. She had done washing for the
Rennicks and she had access to the house. She proposed that they
steal the Rennick baby, on the first night when opportunity
should offer; carry him to a car the brothers were to have
waiting; and thence take him to her sister in Paterson.
There, the youngster would be well cared for. In a family of not
less than seven children, the presence of an extra baby would not
excite police query. Her sister had more than once taken babies
to board with her, during their mothers' temporary absence in
service or in jail. And the newcomer could pass readily as one of
these.
Negotiations could set in; and, if care were taken, a reward of
at least two thousand dollars might be extracted safely from the
frantic parents.
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