When they came to the edge of the town they scattered over different streets.
No one meeting any of them would have suspected that a score of men were coming into the city together.
Patsy’s guides took the noose from around his neck then, and cautioned him that if he tried to break away they would shoot.
The caution wasn’t necessary, for the detective had no idea of doing anything except stick to the gang until he had found out all about the business that had brought them together.
They came at length to a house in a quiet street.
Patsy’s guides took him in there, opening the front door with a key, and led him to the kitchen.
The house was dark when they arrived, but it had gas, and this was lit.
Curtains were pulled down at the windows, and they waited in silence.
Others came in from time to time.
The last to arrive were Snell and Leonard, and the men who had been walking with them.