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After dinner the committee of defense met in the Red Room and discussed
ways and means. Johnnie and his bride were present because it would
have been cruel to exclude them, but for the most part they were silent
members. Tim Muldoon arrived with Annie Millikan, both of them
somewhat awed by the atmosphere of the big house adjoining the Drive.
Each of them brought a piece of information valuable to the cause.
The man in charge of the blotter at the station had told Tim that from
a dip called Fog Coney, one of those arrested in the gambling-house
raid, an automatic gun with two chambers discharged had been taken and
turned in by those who searched him. It had required some maneuvering
for Tim to get permission to see Fog alone, but he had used his
influence on the force and managed this.
Fog was a sly dog. He wanted to make sure on which side his bread was
buttered before he became communicative. At first he had been willing
to tell exactly nothing. He had already been seen by Durand, and he
had a very pronounced respect for that personage. It was not until he
had become convinced that Jerry's star was on the wane that he had
"come through" with what Muldoon wanted. Then he admitted that he had
picked the automatic up from the floor where Collins had dropped it
when he fell. His story still further corroborated that of the
defense. He had seen "Slim" fire twice before he was struck by the
chair.
Through an admirer Annie had picked up a lead that might develop into
something worth while.
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