“Are you sure they’re the right men?” asked the chief.
“That’s the only kind we capture,” said Chick.
“I believe you,” returned the chief, and shook hands heartily with the New York men and tendered his congratulations.
Cricket and Clancy were taken to their cells, and Spark was conveyed to the Memorial Hospital.
Nick went to the place to which he had taken Clancy in the automobile the night before the start north, and found that, as he surmised, Five Points was there.
Spark and Cricket had also stayed at this boarding house after the robbery, and when they left a nurse had been hired by Clancy to look after their wounded pal.
Five Points’ wound, which was at first not believed to be serious, took a turn for the worse and ultimately caused his death.
Before he died he made a statement, telling how he and Spark and Cricket had joined Clancy, had captured the automobile and made prisoners of the Chicago men, and had confined them in a house occupied by Cricket’s father—a worse criminal than Cricket ever dared to be.
Nick was on the point of proceeding to the place where the Chicago men were imprisoned and releasing them, when they saved him the trouble by releasing themselves and coming on to Latimer—the newspapers having informed them that the Red Spider was at that point.
Aside from their jarred feelings, the Chicago party was none the worse for its little experience.