“What do you want?” the woman asked, as Carter and his aid shoved past her.
The detective made no reply. He and his companion darted into the parlor.
Rich and Darwin and three women were there.
All sprang to their feet.
The women screamed.
Carter covered the men with his revolver and exclaimed:
“Rich, there is no chance for you to escape. The house is surrounded by my men. You may as well submit quietly.”
“What does this intrusion mean?” Rich demanded.
“It means that I arrest you for the murder of Alfred Lawrence, and these others”—looking around the room at the others and pausing for a moment—“I arrest them as your accomplices.”
In a short time the two men were manacled.