The three men left the room. A few minutes later they were gone from the Gray Mill — Pietro in his car, with a bodyguard; Anelmo and Genara in a taxicab.
Joe le Blanc entered the vacant room. He stood as though in a daze, trying to piece together the words that he had heard.
“The Homicide Twins are going to put Savoli on the spot!” he muttered. “Tonight, eh? We’ll see about that!”
He laughed nervously as he left the room. Joe le Blanc realized that he had found an opportunity. Through Steve Cronin, he could reach the big shot.
He hurried to a telephone, and called Frank Marmosa’s restaurant. When Steve Cronin was summoned to the phone, Le Blanc lost no time in pouring out his story.
Meanwhile a hand came through the window of the empty room where the conference had been held. The instrument was removed from behind the radiator. A soft, whispered laugh followed. Then the man outside was gone.
A few minutes later a taxicab rolled away from Joe le Blanc’s road house.
WHEN Anelmo and Genara arrived at the Escadrille Apartments, they had cooked up an excuse for their visit.
Like Monk Thurman, they had a grudge against The Shadow. They knew that Nick Savoli would be interested in any new report on that sinister personage. So they were ready with their story of a chance encounter on the highway, with the imaginary flight and escape of The Shadow.
Genara and Anelmo used taxicabs on many of their ventures. It would have been easy for a man in a powerful car to get away from them.