As I have the thing figured out, the gang knew that forty
thousand dollars was going to be shipped, but for some reason or other
they dared not hold up the train out there, and telegraphed the gang in
St. Louis to get it. Dude was at the head of the bunch here, and as it
was a one-man game so near to St. Louis, Dude was elected to pull it
off, which he did to the queen's taste. Perhaps the bill you have is the
only counterfeit in the lot. Perhaps not. That is for you to work out."
"But how he managed to get away with the swag I haven't managed to
figure out yet," said Ted.
"Of course, I don't know either, but deducing facts from what I know of
the gang's methods, and from long experience with gentlemen of the road,
I would say that the members of the gang who were killed in their
rendezvous in Pine Street by my unfortunate men were awaiting the
arrival of Dude with the swag. Checkers had secret knowledge that you
had been put on their trail, and when he saw you pick up that red car
in East St. Louis he was sure that you knew about the robbery and that
you were on to Dude.
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