nothing but a clear-cut sweeping turn. Un- Pp AINTER’S der continuous questioning Gevertz gave Travellers’ Hotel & Cafe some important information. He’d driven GARNET POFF, Proprietor FISHING RESORT toa neighbouring farm after the bandits had eters. Goda EHondas Meeteand Sect left him and then driven homeward without TENDER STEAK OR CHICKEN Phone 60 making the slightest attempt to communt- DINNERS CAMPBELL RIVER cate with police. TRY OUR HOME-MADE PIES When the squad car returned to Plum WESTVIEW, Coulee it remained only long enough to drop George McKay, who planned to con- tinue his investigations. Then it roared to- Vancouver Island, B.C. wards Winnipeg, taking Gevertz along. In Proprietor: V. RITCHIE P.O. Box 882 Winnipeg, and throughout the prairies, the WILDWOOD MOTORS CROSS «& VANSTONE robbery of the Plum Coulee bank, and the Phone 4391 | eo cold-blooded murder of the popular man- Denier far | : . ager, had aroused the public to the highest DODGE and DE SOTO CARS General Merchandise pitch of indignation and excitement. Mean- DODGE and INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS | £ while two police forces had snapped into Powell River BUC. action. The Provincial Police, under Chief Elliott, combed the trails and prairie high- Campbell River, B. C. BEE HIVE | Lunches q and CAFE OF SERVICE TO YOU Ice Cream, Confectionery, | Tobaccos, Magazines and Daily Papers Agents for THE SHOULDER STRAP” CAMPBELL RIVER. V. I. HOTEL RODMAY * * | Popular Rates, with or without Bath | Phone 13 “Often Buttered — Never Bettered” PIONEER BAKERY Bread -: Cakes ~-:- Pastries Lunches -:- Ice Cream SPL REVER Circle denotes pare of Rupert oe gaol Pacific Coast Truck | POWELL RIVER, B. C. | CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. : from which the murderer made a daring escape. —All Photos Copyright by Philip H. Godsell, F.R.G.S. | Loggers Limited ways, while city police, under Chief Mac- CAMPBELL RIVER Pherson, watched all roads leading into * town and checked all incoming freight and | GARAGE passenger trains for men tallying with the P.O. BOX 523 PHONE 7791 | ©, bo Gant eb AOE description of the bandits. False alarm after REPAIRS AND ACCESSORIES false alarm poured into headquarters. The GAS, OILS, Etc. bandits had been seen east of Winnipeg. * i Phone Campbell River 4 They'd been seen west of Winnipeg, and also near the border. Finally Plum Coulee was thrown into the grip of terror by a POWELL RIVER, B. C. rumour that the men were hiding out on the nearby Mennonite reserve. FORBES LODGE The coroner's jury threw little light on j ; FORBES LANDING the identity of the murderer. The principal You'll Enjoy an Evening Spent Sle aan Sees witness was the farmer who'd actually seen at the the hold-up without realizing what it was "Where Fish and Fishermen Meet" all about. Jacob Bergman had seen the PATRICIA or ROXY shooting, and two travellers had been pres- Campbell River P.O., British Columbia ent when the bandit boarded Gover! car. THEATRES One insisted that the man’s beard had Powell River and Westview, B. C. slipped, and that he’d adjusted it with his hand before driving off. The bullet ex- broad daylight and nobody had recognized tracted from Arnold’s body was a steel- : CAMPBELL RIVER MEAT nosed 30s 0013) d Phone 4931 Phone 4331 i en “SHELLUB ED | MARKET Constable George McKay had already v ean Re E. LAMBIE, Proprietor reached the conclusion that the bandit was FRED PARKER Government Inspected Meats not only thoroughly familiar with the G neighbourhood but also with the habits of Se LOGS Phone 45 PLYMOUTH CHRYSLER CAMPBELL RIVER B. C the townspeople, and the two men in the FARGO TRUCKS C288) 7 Be bank. Yet he’d been seen on the streets in POWELL RIVER. B. C. P Thirt age Thirty THE SHOULDER STRAP " uibabata ete NNN EN MONTINI Denn gD To LT ine Rem PEA rat A eT ve bes