The back window was wide open, and with a bound Barton Reeve leaped into the apartment.
Leo came close behind, and the policemen followed.
Jack Snipper turned as pale as death when he saw how he was trapped.
He started to sneak out through the drinking resort, but Leo caught him and threw him down on the sawdust floor.
Then a struggle took place between the swindlers and Barton Reeve and the policemen.
But at last the swindlers were overcome and handcuffed.
Snipper was also made a prisoner, and the whole crowd marched down to the police station.
The excitement was great at the circus when it was learned that Leo was innocent and Jack Snipper was guilty.
In her joy Natalie Sparks actually hugged Leo, while the boy blushed most furiously.
In due course of time Snipper and the swindlers were tried, and each was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.