Chapter 509 Tucson Brotherhood (2/2)

Due to the discovery of the human bones, his plan for a relaxing afternoon was ruined. He was preoccupied with the pets at first, then the bones had suddenly appeared, and it was highly possible that this was a murder case.

That evening on the hotel's television, Li Du's guess was confirmed: this was a homicide that had happened many years ago.

The murderer was suspected to be John Dillinger, an American gangster during the Depression-era of the United States. America was then plagued with social unrest and poor public order. He and his gang members had robbed banks everywhere and became infamous.

There were many different opinions of this man. Some people thought of him as a murderer and a criminal bank robber. Others thought him a hero or a benevolent thief because, during an economic crisis, he robbed the rich capitalists instead of the poor.

John Dillinger was arrested in Tucson after 13 months of evading the police. Before his arrest, he robbed a private bank and kidnapped a bank shareholder who was also a female manager.

The police had evidence of his robbery but none of the abduction. They had failed to locate the whereabouts of the female manager to indict him.

In 1933, John Dillinger was released from prison but he died a year later in 1934. The police had not enough time to investigate the case, which remained unsolved and became a cold case.

The place where John Dillinger was arrested in Tucson was a hotel called Congress. It was not the one Li Du and his friends were staying in.

The police thought that the female manager might have been locked up somewhere in hotel Congress. They did all sorts of investigations, checks, and thorough searches, but to no avail.

It had turned out that John Dillinger did kidnap and kill the female manager, but her corpse was hidden elsewhere instead.

After she had discovered the bones, Ah Ow became rather popular in social media.

Someone had taken pictures and recorded Li Du holding Ah Ow and being questioned by the police. The chubby Ah Ow had a mischievous look and she was very photogenic. On the television and computer, Ah Ow looked lively and adorable.

But the episode did not end there. Maybe it was a stroke of luck, the netizens had even found pictures of Li Du and his two other pets, Ah Meow and Crispy Noodles. These had been taken two days ago when they were selling cookies for fundraising purposes. The pictures of the three lively pets went viral on the internet.

In Flagstaff, many treasure hunters called Li Du or messaged him asking if he had gone to Tucson for an auction. They expressed their regret that they didn't know Li had gone ahead to Tucson and so on.

Li Du tried to minimize the impact of all this as he needed to concentrate and participate in the upcoming auction.

He made sure that he ate a lot to replenish his energy and rested well in the hotel.

The next day, the group of them went to Red Mount Storage Co. feeling refreshed and energetic.

Before the auction started, a few trucks entered the parking lot. Li Du smiled and shook his head. It was Turis and some other treasure hunters—they were all treasure hunters from Flagstaff.

If an auction was like a pot of stew, these treasure hunters knew very well that Li Du and his team would get the meat. Olly went up to him and, in a rather embarrassed tone, said, ”We are here to see if we can get a sip of the soup. Hope we're not in the way, Big Li.”

Li Du waved his hand and replied, ”No, none of you are in the way. I was in a hurry this time and didn't contact any of you. Next time there's a large auction, I'll inform everyone.”

A few treasure hunters clapped excitedly hearing Li's words. The mindset that following Li Du would make them rich had obviously deeply rooted itself in their minds.

There were a lot of units on auction, but not as many treasure hunters had come to the auction. There were slightly more than 50 people. Almost everyone could get a storage unit.

This surprised Li Du. ”This is such a big auction but there are so few people attending?”

Hans replied, ”Because this is the Tucson Brotherhood's turf.”