FELLOWS SPEAKS
A SMALL group of men stood about the spot where Horace Prescott’s body lay. Three uniformed policemen were on duty, ordering the passers-by to keep moving. Another gang killing was sufficient to draw a crowd — even in Chicago.
A few plain-clothes men were on the scene. The only other privileged individuals were two or three men who had eluded the vigilance of the policemen, and who were standing in the background.
The detectives were watching five persons who were temporarily under their charge.
One was Claude Fellows; with him were two men who had witnessed the shooting from a distance. The others were Togo and Louie.
The Japanese servant had come downstairs with Horace Prescott. He had heard the shots as he was returning to the elevator.
Louie had been found in the automobile by the policemen. Fellows had led them there. The car had been abandoned.
A police car drove up and two men made their exit. One was Police Captain Julius Weaver. The other was Barney Higgins, assistant detective commissioner. He was well known as an investigator of gangsters.
The detectives became suddenly alert when their superiors appeared. They had been instructed to await the arrival of Weaver and Higgins, both of whom were at police headquarters when the news of the killing had reached there.
Barney Higgins looked at the body on the sidewalk. He turned to Weaver and nodded his head.