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NORFLEET
I jumped over Pete and the man who was rolling
on him in this peculiar sudden frenzy. As I leaped
them I intended to kick him with my foot, but I was
not certain that he was an accomplice. I thought it
better to let a thug go unkicked than to maim an innocent
or afflicted man. So I brought my last foot clear over
his body. I tore after Spencer who had gained on me.
As I left, I saw Pete and the man still wallowing on the
white ground.
I pursued Spencer for fifty yards. By this time we
had reached the outskirts of the vast throng and had
more room. I yelled at Spencer to throw up his hands.
He heard me and swung around in his tracks, facing me.
"Hold up your hands, Spencer! You're my prisoner!"
I shouted.
"That's not my name!" he retorted, as his hands
shot into the air.
Then he proceeded to tell me I was mistaken. While
he was explaining one of the men with him jerked a
card out of his pocket and held it towards me saying:
"This is his name on this card. He is not Spencer !"
I had no time to look at the card, I was too busy
shouting for the police. As I reached to my hip for my
handcuffs I received a sledge-hammer blow on my jaw.
Whoever the slugger was, he must have been a lefthanded
one for he hit me on that side. As I went down
under the blow I locked the left corner of Spencer's
overcoat tail in my left hand. It was the same grip I
had sunk into the lapel of Furey's coat that day in the
Hilton Cafe.
Spencer kicked me in the face with the round toes
of his rubber overshoe which fortunately for me softened
the impact.
I wanted to kill him. I was almost blinded with
agonizing pain. Canadian law or not, I thought, I'll
kill him this time.
I reached up from where I was sprawled and with
my right hand punched him in the groin, intending to
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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/m1/270/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .