For the purposes of this narrative the famous murder case closed there. It is of little interest to explain how the Flying Machine Boys returned to New York, or how they received a goodly portion of the reward offered for the capture of the smugglers. In fact, the boys were so busy planning another trip that they nearly lost interest in the murder case as soon as they reached Havens’ hangar in Westchester county! They appeared as witnesses at the trial of the man who had been shot on the night the destruction of the hangar was attempted, and were well satisfied when he received a sentence of five years at Sing Sing. The man’s confession revealed the names of the New York parties who had been concerned in the attempt to prevent the Flying Machine Boys from departing on their mission to the Pacific coast. These criminals were all arrested and punished with the DeMott gang, and, after the electrocution of Phillips and Mendoza, the famous criminal combination was heard of no more. With all the cases settled, the boys pushed their arrangements for another trip in their machines. Kit, of course, assisted in all the preliminaries, and the boys often declared that the finding of him was worth the trip to the Pacific! The next adventures of the boys will be recorded in the next volume of this series entitled: “The Flying Machine Boys in the Wilds; or, the Mystery of the Andes.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s note: Punctuation has been standardized. Minor spelling and typographic errors have been corrected silently, and hyphenated words have been retained as they appear in the original text. Alternate spellings of “Mendoza” versus “Mendosa” for the same character occur throughout the book, and have been left as found.