“THE CLEAN-UP”
A \oung Evangelist Uses Gangster Methods to Clean Up Harlem Cabarets
Here’s the final chapter in Nick Lewis’s thrill
ing story of gangsters in New York. Linda
' walks into Ace’s trap, right through a steel
door because she thinks it will save the life
of a friend who has quit the nite life for the
straight and narrow.
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By NICK LEWIS
WHAT HAS HAPPENED: Linda Allen,
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(singer In the cabaret of Ace Hinds, called
the Tom-Tom Club, falls in love with Fred
Harris, a young evangelist from her home
town, who is carrying on a campaign from
his gospel tent to rid Harlem of its gang
sters and acketeers. Visiting the Tom
Tom to see Linda, Fred is shot at but the
wounds are not fatal.
Linda quits the Ace to work for Fred
and A1 Collins, her partner, goes with
her. Fred's campaign gains such head
way that Harlem’s gangster chiefs hold
a meeting and decide to take Fred "for
a ride.”
Their hirelings mistake At for Fred,
however, and when the mistake is dis
covered, he is Imprisoned in the Ace's
office. He sends a note to Linda telling
her that Fred is in grave danger. The Ace
ai o sends a note saying that A1 will
“get his” unless she comes to visit him
at his office. Linda knows that this is a
trap set for her. but she decides to walk
into it to save Al's life.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY:
CHAPTER X
(Final Chapter)
Linda Allen grabbed her hat and
pocketbook and ran out into the
street. Then suddenly she remem
bered the warning which had been
contained in Al’s brief note. “Tell
Fred to look out shaip tonight.
They're after him for sure this
time!”
Quickly she turned and went back
into the house. Picking up the tele
phone, she got Fred on the wire.
“Promise me you’ll watch cut for
those gangsters tonight, honey.
They got Al last night, thinking he
was you. They’re on your trail for
sure tonight. They’ll be armed, so
you'd better be careful.”
“I’m not scared of any of those
(bums,” Fred told her quickly. “If
that’s the way they’re going to fieht.
I’ll show ’em a thing or two. If
they’re looking for a fight I’ll give
’em a read fight!”
“Oh Fred, please be careful.”
“Don’t worry, Linda.” Fred’s voice
calmed. “Say, how’d you learn all
this anyway—about tonight?”
“I got a note from Al. The Ace is
holding him now, down in his office
at the Tom-Tom. I’m going down
there ..."
“You're going down there!” Fred
was excited again.
“Yes. It’s perfectly all right. The
Ace hasn’t got the nerve to bother
me.”
“But Linda!”
She dropped the receiver upon its
hook quickly and darted out into
the street. At the corner she hailed
a taxi. “The Tom-Tom Club,” she
instructed the driver, “and make it
snappy.”
Ace Hinds rose and advanced to
meet her as she strode through the
steel-barred door and into his of
fire.
“You sure got here quick, sweet
heart,” he Said, trying to put his
arms around her.
“Not so fast, Ace,” she countered
coldly, drawing instinctively away
from him. “Tell me what this is
all about first.”
“Aw kid, we got all the time in
the world,” the Ace exclaimed, bar
ing his teeth in a wolfish grin. He
motioned her to sit down. “Make
yourself at home.”
Linda sat down, watching the Ace
carefully. He studied her from be
neath lowered eyebrows, then fin
ally he spoke.
"Your friend Al,” he said, “is in
that little room over there.” He
indicated a closed door with a jerk
of his thumb. “He’s sort of tired of
staying in there, he tells me. So
we got together and he just sort*of
traded you over to me—in exchange
for his life-”
“Al wouldn’t do a thing like that!”
Linda flared.
“Oh, no?” the Ace grunted. “Well,
you wait and see.” He pressed one
of the buttons on his desk. A heavy
set, dark man in shirtsleeves came
into the office. "Let’s have Al Col
lins out here,” the Ace commanded.
The servant went to the side door
and unlocked it. Al Collins wasn’t
there! A broken window pane, a
'tiny file and three bent bars re
_“I am terribly proud of you, Fred.”
mained, mute evidence of his meth
od of escape.
Tiie Ace let loose a string ol
curses. Then he turned suddenly t<
Linda. “You’ll pay for this!” h<
cried. His voice grew soft, venom
ous. “LCTd, how you’re going tc
pay!”
There was a moment of intense
quiet. Then the Ace stormed again
“I know why you won’t play bal
with me! You may think you’ve
got me fooled, but you haven’t. It’s
that damned A1 Collins; you thinl
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fix that up for you. Thinks he can
walk out on us, huh?” He whirled
, away from her. “Monkey!” he
called.
The husky black servant came
back into the office.
“Get the boys together,” the Ace
commanded, “pronto! Tell ’em to
forget everything else—leave what
ever they’re doing—and get A1 Col
lins. Get him and bring hfm here
to me, dead or alive!”
“O.K., boss.” The dark man hur
ried out. The Ace turned his at
tention oni j again to Linda. "Come
on, honey,” he said, bending over
and trying to kiss her. She fought
him off, throwing all the trength
that she possessed into those fly
ing, tiny fists of hers. But he was
upon her on. j again, and his lips
were pressing down upon hers hun
grily.
“Hey!”
The Ace turned suddenly, releas
ing the pressure upon the girl. Too
late he remembered that he had
forgotten to press the desk button
which closed his office door.
Big Joe Wilson, head of the
Harlem Protective and Benevolent
Association, strode into the room.
His face wore a sullen, ugly ex
pression.
“Up to your old tricks again,
huh?” he sneered at the Ace. “Say,
I thought you promised to lay off
the dame till we had this evange
list and all our other business off
our hands. After that’s over with,
you can do as you please.”
An ugly smile curled across the
Ace’s face. “Is this any of your
business, you dirty-” He began.
Like a flash, a gun slid into Big
Joe’s palm out of nowhere. The
muzzle was pointing straight at the
Ace’s chest. Linda, elated at the
quarrel between the two men,
struggled to get away, but the Ace
had too firm a grip upon her
wrists.
“I’m sorry, Joe.” The Ace backed
down. “Put that rod away. We
got too much at stake right now
to get all messed up about a skirt.”
“I’ll say we have,” Big Joe grunt
ed. “Do you know what's happened
this morning?”
"No. What?"
“The campaign that that crazy
evangelist started is coming to a
head. The coppers are hot on our
trails—and I don’t mean maybe.
And the people ar; right behind
them this time. They’ve rounded
up Scar Short already on an income
tax charge and they’ve got Rod
Johnson on the run. They’ll be
trailing us next. We gotta get re
enforcements; we gotta fight ’em!”
“Say!” Colob sweat broke out on
the Ace’s face. "Is that true?”
"Sure’s I live.”
“Then come on, let's beat it while
the going’s good!”
"You gonna rim out like a yellow
cur?” Big Joe snarled. "Well, I
ain’t. I’m staying right here and
I’m taking over every racket you
guys welsh out on. I ain’t afraid
of coppers nor nothing else.”
“It’s your funeral.” the Ace told
him pessimistically.'
"What about this Harris guy—
are we still taking him for a ride
tonight? Just you and I and maybe
Rod?"
"Count me out,” said the Ace.
“I’m leaving town.”
"Yellow," sneered Big Joe, and
the Ace did not even take offense.
He placed Linda in a room which
opened off the office and sat down
to talk over plans with Big Joe. An
hour later, he released Linda and
brought her once again into the
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