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ing behind toilet articles and soiled linen in their mad
get-away.
Furey was furious when he heard Pete tell me how
his friends had deserted him and began walking up and
down the stateroom wringing his hands.
"Dad, we'd better put an extra pair of bracelets on
Joe, don't you think?" asked Pete.
I said I thought we should.
All during the time Furey had had on the handcuffs,
he kept working with them in an effort to get the
chain attached to the two swivels into a position where
he could snap the link that locked one hand to the other.
This action gave him the appearance of wringing his
hands. Men have snapped their hands free, so I figured
an ounce of prevention would be worth the pound of
cure.
Our prisoner was pacing the length of the drawing
room. I could have bound him to the seat which would
have been the cautious thing to do, but his strain was
as great as ours. He was like some trapped animal, and
I felt I could not deprive him of exercise.
Suddenly he side-stepped through the door into the
aisle of the train. He stood at the head of the car and
began whining and pleading for sympathy.
"\Vomen! Men! Oh, women!" he begged, his face
reflecting agony and torture.
He was a sight to arouse compassion and certainly
master of the method.
This cry for help, of course, drew every eye in the
train to him.
"Why don't you help me? These men have abused
me! I am suffering. All day I have not had a bite to
eat nor a drink of water to cool my scorching tongue.
For God's sake help a dying man!"
His voice rose to a dramatic height, then broke under
perfect emotional control. I really believe if anyone
had passed the hat, he could have collected enough to pay
back what he had stolen from me.
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Norfleet, J. Frank, 1864-. Norfleet: the actual experiences of a Texas rancher's 30,000-mile transcontinental chase after five confidence men., book, 1924; Ft. Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5864/m1/206/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .