Sixty-eightThe brothers planned their assault on Belmont House like a military campaign, and Aristide couldn’t decide who was the better soldier, Sebastian or John.
Within an hour they’d organized a rugged, all-weather coach and an experienced driver capable of driving through the night, called in assistant chief of police Barney Carnahan as the official arm of the law able to make any arrests, got survival supplies—food, water, blankets, and weapons—and they were on their way.
They’d underplayed the fact that the Manolo girl was possibly being held against her will and emphasized to Officer Carnahan that Cyrus May was on the run from Bully’s murder and should be taken in for questioning.
Trains ran four times a day to Belmont station south of the city, where William Ralston’s fine Ital
