“I know Bob Russell personally,” answered Winton. “He’s the newspaper man from Kansas City who has been with the boys in all their stunts.”
“Did he ever work in New York?” inquired Mr. Latimer.
“I think not. I believe he’s in business with the Airship Boys. Used to work on the Kansas City Comet.”
“Couldn’t get hold of him?”
“If it’s about some new project of these boys,” laughed Winton, “it’s not worth while. They’re all clams concerning their own affairs.”
“But is this the outfit that interested Mr. Morgan in the Universal Transportation Company last summer?”
“I never worked on the story except once when I tried to get Russell to talk and couldn’t. They had a suite of offices in the Waldorf last July.”
“Call the Waldorf and see what you can find.”
Five minutes later Winton was back at Mr. Latimer’s desk.
“Five or six persons connected with the Aerial Utilities Company had apartments and offices in the hotel until the middle of last August. Then the offices were moved to Chicago. There seems to be a group of these people, all interested in aeroplanes on a big scale and their headquarters I think are in Chicago.”