McMurdo left his seat and stood up, raising his hands in the air with a serious expression on his face. Everyone stared at him in surprise and did not dare to say a word. There was a deathly silence, and everyone held their breath and waited for him to speak.

"Dear Chief!" McMurdo said with a tone as serious as his expression, "I have a very urgent matter to report to you."

McGinty nodded and said: "Since Brother McMurdo has an emergency report, naturally according to our rules we will discuss his report first. Brother, tell me what the incident is!"

McMurdo took the letter out of his coat pocket.

"Dear chiefs and brothers!" McMurdo said: "I learned a bad news today, but on the other hand, we are very lucky to have received the news in advance so that we can discuss countermeasures.

, so that the entire army will not be annihilated without preparation. This news is that some domestic groups with power and wealth are uniting to prepare to eradicate us. They sent a Pinkerton detective named Bertie

·Edward. This detective is currently collecting relevant evidence in the valley in order to catch us all smoothly in the future, so I say this incident is very urgent. Let’s discuss how to solve it now!”

Upon hearing the news, the room immediately became silent. Finally, the leader McGinty broke everyone's silence.

"McMurdo, my brother, do you have any proof for that?"

"I have received a letter, and the letter is clearly written." McMurdo read the contents of the letter loudly again, and continued: "I must abide by my promise and cannot give this letter to anyone.

, and I can only read the content once. But I can assure you that there is no other information about our branch in this letter, and after I received this letter, I came to report to you as soon as possible.

"

"Please listen to what I have to say," said one of the older brothers. "I have heard a little about Burdy Edwards. He is the most famous private detective in the Pinkerton Company."

"Has anyone seen him in person?"

"Yes," said McMurdo, "I have seen him before." Upon hearing this, there was another murmur of surprise in the room.

McMurdo continued with a smile: "Believe me, he will never escape our grasp. If we act cleanly, we can solve this matter soon. If you trust me enough and provide certain assistance,

If so, there is no doubt that we will succeed, and this matter is not that terrible."

"But what do we have to fear? How can he possibly grasp our situation?"

"Dear Mr. Senator, if everyone is as loyal and honest as you, then of course there is no need to worry. But this detective is backed by powerful capitalist wealth. Who can guarantee that there will not be a weak-willed brother in our association?

What about forgetting your position in the face of money? So, he must be able to master our information - it is even possible that he has already mastered our information. Now for us, there is only one feasible solution."

Baldwin immediately responded: "Then let him be buried in this valley."

McMurdo nodded in agreement.

"Brother Baldwin, you are right." He continued: "Although we have often disagreed in the past, we see the same thing tonight."

"So, where is he now? Where should we go to find him?"

"Dear Chief!" McMurdo said with high emotion, "I have a suggestion, but this matter is at stake, and it may be inconvenient to discuss it openly at the meeting. Of course, it's not that I don't trust the brothers here, it's just that I don't trust the brothers here.

If any leaks get to the detective, we will miss the opportunity and it will be difficult to catch him. I now propose that the branch choose some reliable brothers. If I were to suggest it, I can choose Mr. Senator, Brother Baldwin

, then it will be enough to find 5 more people. In this case, I can safely report the information I have and discuss solutions."

The meeting immediately approved McMurdo's suggestion. In addition to McGinty and Baldwin, they also selected the eagle-faced secretary Haraway, the tiger Cormac, the fierce middle-aged killer Treasurer Carter, and the outlaw Willaby brothers.

Everyone became listless. For the first time, everyone discovered that the sky above the home they had lived in for a long time was no longer clear, but a dark cloud shrouded in the victims' strong desire for revenge, and the name of this dark cloud was law. In the past, they

They wantonly inflicted terror on others, thinking that they would never be punished. But the current scene horrified everyone, and the rapid retribution pressed tightly on their heads. The gang members were not in the mood to eat, drink, and have fun, and they ended the banquet in a hurry.

They left dejectedly, leaving only the leaders gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

Seven people sat around scatteredly. McGinty broke everyone's dazed silence and said: "McMurdo, now you can say it with confidence!"

"I said just now that I had met Bertie Edward." McMurdo whispered, "Actually, I don't need to say more. Everyone knows that he will not use this name here. He is very brave and smart. He changed

He gave him a deceptive name, Steve Wilson, and now lives in Hobson territory."

"How did you learn about this?"

"Because I had a few chats with him, but I didn't think too much about it at the time. If I hadn't received this letter, I would never have imagined that such a thing would happen. However, I am now certain that this person is him. I

I met him on the bus to Hobson. He claimed to be a reporter and wanted to write an article for a newspaper in New York. He said that the article was about the Die-Kool Party and wanted to know some information, and emphasized

The so-called 'atrocities'. I believed his words at the time, so he asked me a lot of questions in an attempt to get valuable information. But you must trust me completely. I did not reveal any organizational secrets. He used money to seduce me.

I said, 'If you can provide valuable materials for my manuscript, I will reward you heavily.' So I made up some words that he would like to hear and said them, and got his 20 yuan reward. Then he added

Say: 'If you can tell me all the information I need, then I'm willing to pay 10 times the amount.'"

"Then what did you say to him?"

"Of course I made up some material to tell him."

"How did you make sure he wasn't a reporter?"

"Because it was in Hobson, I followed him out of the car. When I walked into the telegraph office, he was just leaving. After the man left, the operator complained: 'Such a message should be charged double,' I said.

:'It's true that we should charge double.' Neither the operator nor I could understand his telegram, which was more complicated than Chinese characters. The operator then said: 'He comes here every day to send a telegram.' I said, 'Well, maybe because

This is the exclusive news from their newspaper, so I’m afraid others will see it!’ At that time, the operator and I both thought the same way. But now that I think about it, that’s not the case at all.”

"God! I believe you are telling the truth," McGinty said. "So how do you think we should deal with this problem?"

One brother immediately shouted: "We should deal with him immediately!"

"Yes, the sooner the better!"

"If I knew exactly where he lived, I would have taken action long ago." McMurdo said, "But I only know that he is currently in Hobson territory, but I don't know what apartment he lives in. However, I have

There is a plan, if you can adopt it."

"Tell me, how to do it?" McGinty looked at him and asked.

"I will set off to Hobson's territory early tomorrow morning and find him through the telegraph operator. I estimate that the telegraph operator will definitely be able to find out where he lives. After I find him, I will claim to be a member of the Freemen's Association. As long as he gives me

If the reward is generous enough, I will tell him all the secrets I know. He will definitely agree after hearing what I say. Then I will tell him to go home with me to get the materials, and in order to avoid being noticed, I cannot come here during the day. At least these

With common sense, he would naturally agree, and when he came to my house to get the materials at 10 o'clock in the evening, we caught him in one fell swoop."

"Is this okay?" Baldman asked him wickedly.

"You have to plan the rest of the specific matters yourself, because the widow McNamara's house is an isolated house. Only Scanlon and I live there now, and she is deaf and absolutely reliable. As soon as he agrees to come,

In my house, I will inform you that seven people will ambush you there at 9 o'clock. After he enters the house, if he can come out alive, then he can brag about how lucky he is for the rest of his life."

"Haha, in this case, a position will be vacant at Pinkerton Private Detective Company. Otherwise, I made a mistake." McGinty said with a smile, "Let's end the discussion today! McMurdo, we will be at 9 tomorrow
Chapter completed!