When Speedy had parted from Jane that morning to embark upon his seemingly futile search for the missing horse car, Jane bravely set out to obey his instructions and inform the whole neighborhood of the theft of the Crosstown Railways' rolling and live stock.
The good burghers were considerably agitated. They had confidently believed that their victory of the previous day had rid them of the Callahanites forever. But, beaten in a fair fight, the gangsters had chosen dark, underhanded methods in order to secure their revenge. And apparently they had succeeded.
Speedy's recruits assembled in little knots on the sidewalk to discuss the calamity. Women neglected their houses, their marketing and their babies to listen in and offer advice. Barnett, the butcher, and others started out energetically but aimlessly on private searches of their own. Johnny Burke called up headquarters and notified the forces of the law about the mysteriously missing horse car and made plain how vital it was to get it back.
Chris Walters voiced what was the general opinion of the course which Speedy Swift had taken in the matter.
"He's got his nerve with him, but he'll probably end up by getting his block knocked off, and the car
