Indeed, it appeared in
plain words as though he were destined to capture not only all the
manufactured stuff, but the complete outfit of the counterfeiters, the
labor of years.
On the night when the great raid was to be made Dunne met Wise and his
assistants. All the plans were completed and Wise said, at a proper
moment:
"Dunne, you are the detective of the age."
At the proper time the detectives one by one stole over to Hoboken. They
took up their station, waiting for signals. Oscar had fallen into the
wiles of the siren. She had arranged with him to take him to the
house--she had played as she supposed a great card. She believed she had
the name of every detective engaged on the "shadow" and she became
bolder; told our hero she had in the interest of her brother and the
detective beguiled one of the gang; informed him that she could
introduce him into the house where the whole gang was to meet; that she
would be able to identify every man of them. She even professed to have
fallen in love with Oscar, played the alluring siren to perfection, and
it was in her company that our hero proceeded to Hoboken to be
introduced into the house and hidden at a point where he could see and
overhear. In talking to Girard the woman had said:
"I've got him dazzled.
Pages:
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125