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Willia hi him that he intended to use his unexpected freedoroup Abel could see no point in hanging around in Chicago war himself in the Rich and bail him out
After a first class breakfast at the Stevens the next ood to be in a well - run hotel - he walked over to see Curtis Fenton at the Continental Trust Bank and apprise him of Kane and Caboes attitude - or to be h Abel thought the request was pointless, he added that he was looking for a buyer for the Richmond Group at twoto help us, but I’ll see what I can do,’ said Fenton, sounding far more positive than Abel had expected ’At the tiroup’s shares froht the hotels were a valuable asset and that you’d e myyour own hotel for nearly two years now, and I’d back you if the decision were left to ree to support the Richmond Group We’ve seen the financial results for far too long to have any faith in the group’s future, and that fire was the last straw, if yo&U pardon the expression Nevertheless, I do have so to help You probably have more admirers in this city than you realise, Mr Rosnovski’
After Lieutenant O’Malley’s coo at all He thanked Curtis Fenton, returned to the front desk of the bank and asked a teller for five thousand dollars in cash fro in the Richave every es and told them they could stay on at the annex for at least a month or until they had found new jobs He then returned to the Stevens, packed the new clothes he’d had to buy as a result of the fire and prepared for a tour of the rest of the Richht just before the stock market crash down south first and started with the St Louis Richroup took nearly a h they were run down and, without exception, losing money, none of theood locations; some were even the best - pIaced in the city Old ht Abel He checked every hotel insurance policy carefully; no problems there When he finally reached the Dallas Riched to buy the group for two ood deal He wished that he could be given the chance, as he knew exactly what had to be done to o, nearly four weeks later, he checked into the Stevens, where there were severalhim Lieutenant O’Malley wished to contact him, so did William Kane, Curtis Fenton, and a Mr Henry Osborne
Abel started with the law, and after a short phone conversation with O’Malley, agreed to h stool, with his back to the counter, staring at the charred shell of the Richmond Hotel, while he waited for the lieutenant O’Malley was a few ise as he took the next stool and swivelled around to face Abel
’Why do we keeplike this?’asked Abel
’You owe me a favour,’ said the lieutenant, ’and nobody in Chicago gets aith owing O’Malley a ular
’What did you find out?’ asked Abel as he passed the detective two red and white striped straws
’The boys froht, it was arson okay We’ve arrested a guy called Deser at the Richht?’
’I’m afraid it was,’said Abel
’Why do you say that?’asked the lieutenant
’I had Pacey fired for eet even withhe did I didn’t pay any attention
I’ve had too many threats in my life, Lieutenant, to take any one of them that seriously, especially from a creature like Pacey’
’Well, I have to tell you that we’ve taken him seriously, and so have the insurance people, because I’ out one penny until it’s proved there was no collusion between you and Pacey over the fire’