All was still in the steel-walled stronghold after that.
When the State policeman entered through the window, he found Maddox lying dead, sprawled over the lifeless body of Acting Inspector Zull.
The train moved on its way, with the troopers in charge. The two wounded policemen were taken to a hospital at the next town.
Hardly had the Limited departed from that isolated spot before a roar came from a near-by field, the site of an old landing place for airplanes. A plane rose in the air and sped southward.
AT next morning’s breakfast, New Yorkers read the news. Heroic Herbert Zull had gotten his last man!
Accompanied by one associate, he had boarded the Canadian Limited and had sought to capture Bob Maddox, now known as the escaping murderer who had slain Zachary Mitchell.
Zull had shot Maddox; but evidently the murderer had killed his captor after Zull’s companion had left the train. State police had arrived and finished the criminal after an attack upon his improvised stronghold.
The conductor and the passengers told varied stories. So did the State policemen.
Zull’s companion was unknown. It was probable that the inspector had told him to leave after the capture; that Zull intended to ride on with the prisoner.
It was simply known that Zull had called railway officials, and had arranged the stopping of the train; and that he had also notified State police to appear upon the scene to aid him.