Howard R. Garis

“ If Larry was watched or followed, he was not able to detect it, though he had no doubt the gang had some one of its members “shadowing” him. He reached Chinatown. The streets, as usual, were filled with shuffling Orientals, who seemed to have no particular object in view. Larry looked to see if he could catch a sight of Mr. Newton, or any of the detectives, but none was in sight. ”

“ He drew a rough sort of a plan for me, and with that I think I can get ahead of the gang. Now, Larry, I'll tell you what I think we'd better do. When I get through, if you have anything better to propose, don't hesitate to say so.
“In the first place, now that I know where all the exits are, and they are seven in number, I can arrange to have a detective placed at each one. Luckily, they are some distance apart, so stationing men in plain clothes at them will not attract attention. ”

“ From what little I can learn about the Rising Sun gang they have a number of exits at their headquarters. We'll have to guard them all; but how can we, if we don't know where to look for them?”
“That's so,” agreed Larry. “It's going to be harder than I thought. Couldn't we get enough police to surround the whole block?”
“We could, but there are two objections to that plan. One is that if we attempt to operate on such a large scale, some hint of our plans will leak out. There are always some leaks in the police department. ”