Execution Tales Chapter 46 Revision 2
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46: Caught!
The next morning Jackie & Chalmers stood at the corner in the road beyond the entrance to the girls’ house. They watched Cheryl, April & Beth leave carrying a large wooden chest which they put in their carriage before setting off for Chicago & then followed a hundred yards or so behind in their own carriage
When they arrived at the marina on the lakeside the girls parked the carriage, tied up the two horses, dragged the chest to the boat & then set off out into the lake
Waiting four hundred yards off shore was a US Navy Corvette with Murdoch, Tierney, four other police officers & Henry on board. Initially the girls weren’t concerned by the presence of the naval vessel but they became anxious as it approached & then pulled alongside them
A naval officer leaned across the rail & said “Good morning ladies. We are checking all vessels today for smuggled goods & so I’m afraid we must board & check your boat for contraband”.
Cheryl, April & Beth looked at each other their fear of discovery growing given the contents of the chest underneath the table in the main cabin of the boat.
Cheryl muttered, “Keep calm & smile girls, there is nothing else we can do.”
On the advice of the State Attorney General’s office it was four armed US sailors who jumped aboard & began to search the boat. Having been briefed that they were looking for something that could hide a body they quickly came across the chest containing the remains of the girl’s latest victim & asked what was in it.
Cheryl said, “We have no idea. It was there when we bought the boat & we don’t have a key for it. We had been meaning to force it open but have never got round to it”
The sailor in charge took out a crow bar from the bag he was carrying & forced open the lid. He looked inside & quickly pulled back gagging at the smell of the decomposing body & quickly shut the lid.
He looked grimly at the girls. “Looks like you three are coming with us”. “
He turned to his men & said”. You stay here & keep an eye on them. If they try to escape shoot them. I will go back to the Corvette, report what we’ve found & throw you a line. We will then tow you back to Chicago”.
Murdoch, Tierney & Henry nodded in grim satisfaction as they listened to the sailor’s report. Harris sighed & said, “Well at least it looks as if we finally know where poor Penny is, at the bottom of Lake Michigan it looks like”.
At Chicago PD HQ apart from denying all knowledge of the body in the chest on the boat Cheryl, April & Beth refused to say anything else & demanded to see a lawyer
The next morning Jackie & Chalmers stood at the corner in the road beyond the entrance to the girls’ house. They watched Cheryl, April & Beth leave carrying a large wooden chest which they put in their carriage before setting off for Chicago & then followed a hundred yards or so behind in their own carriage
When they arrived at the marina on the lakeside the girls parked the carriage, tied up the two horses, dragged the chest to the boat & then set off out into the lake
Waiting four hundred yards off shore was a US Navy Corvette with Murdoch, Tierney, four other police officers & Henry on board. Initially the girls weren’t concerned by the presence of the naval vessel but they became anxious as it approached & then pulled alongside them
A naval officer leaned across the rail & said “Good morning ladies. We are checking all vessels today for smuggled goods & so I’m afraid we must board & check your boat for contraband”.
Cheryl, April & Beth looked at each other their fear of discovery growing given the contents of the chest underneath the table in the main cabin of the boat.
Cheryl muttered, “Keep calm & smile girls, there is nothing else we can do.”
On the advice of the State Attorney General’s office it was four armed US sailors who jumped aboard & began to search the boat. Having been briefed that they were looking for something that could hide a body they quickly came across the chest containing the remains of the girl’s latest victim & asked what was in it.
Cheryl said, “We have no idea. It was there when we bought the boat & we don’t have a key for it. We had been meaning to force it open but have never got round to it”
The sailor in charge took out a crow bar from the bag he was carrying & forced open the lid. He looked inside & quickly pulled back gagging at the smell of the decomposing body & quickly shut the lid.
He looked grimly at the girls. “Looks like you three are coming with us”. “
He turned to his men & said”. You stay here & keep an eye on them. If they try to escape shoot them. I will go back to the Corvette, report what we’ve found & throw you a line. We will then tow you back to Chicago”.
Murdoch, Tierney & Henry nodded in grim satisfaction as they listened to the sailor’s report. Harris sighed & said, “Well at least it looks as if we finally know where poor Penny is, at the bottom of Lake Michigan it looks like”.
At Chicago PD HQ apart from denying all knowledge of the body in the chest on the boat Cheryl, April & Beth refused to say anything else & demanded to see a lawyer
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