The men left the restaurant and strolled to the theater. It had one entrance and one exit, that led back to Broadway.
Back in Brindle’s, Briggs was finishing a sandwich. He left the cafe shortly afterward.
Following his departure, a middle-aged man entered the restaurant and chanced to take the table where Moose and Garry had been. The man ate slowly and thoughtfully, apparently paying no attention to the people about him.
When he left the restaurant, the torn pieces of paper were no longer on the floor. When they came to light, they showed beneath the dash lamp of an automobile, which was parked on a side street near Broadway. Two long, white hands deftly united the fragments so the message could be read.
Leave with your friend at nine o’clock. Will wait until I hear from you at destination. Will join you then.
The dash lamp was extinguished. A soft laugh sounded within the car as this man slipped out into the darkness.
Only a shadow moved along the sidewalk. It reached Broadway and its shape was lost. It reappeared, a motionless blotch, outside the exit of the News Reel Theater. It was still there when Moose Shargin and Garry Elvers came from the movie house.
As the gangsters walked up Broadway, the patch of darkness followed them.
Hiram Mallory’s theory had worked. He had counted on The Shadow to follow any trail that might lead to the imprisoned Bob Galvin.
Moose Shargin and Garry Elvers were the two redoubtable personages who were leading Mallory’s enemy into the trap!