Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-24
LILLE '.AiI-Right'--He Makes an Appear
aBee at Police Headquarters--Eiis I'm
eie Charged with the Larceny of
SJ 500

aBee at Police HeaGquarters--tiis I'm
Gle Charged with the Larceny of
SO, 800.
rFrOm the New York Times.l
The long-mooted question whether
or not the little Japanese acrobat sur
vived his tumble from the dome of the
Academy of Music has at length been
definitely settled: for yesterday after
noon the little favorite played a minor
part in the serio- comic piece, enacted
at Police Headquarters in Mulberry
street.
About 5 o'clock, while Inspector
Leonard sat IN his office, Mr.. Thomas
Mcguire, one of the managers of the
japanese Troupe, came in in q great
state of excitement, and attended by a
coterie of friends, all as highly excited
as himself.
Mr.. Mcguire stated to Inspector
Leonard that one of his troupe, Foo
Kee- Mats, had stolen So, 500, and he
asked for his arrest. The matter being
fully explained, it appeared that Ma
guire was ready to swear that he had
given Foo kee-Mats the So, 500 to pay
to the troupe, and Lumprell, the Inter
prefer, was ready to swear that the
troupe, one and all, had told him that
they had not received the mon
ey. There appearing from these
statements to have been en-
| bezzlement, If not larceny, Inspector
Leonard dispatched with the party
officer Tieman, the Detective Force,
to make the arrest. Arriving at the
Revere House, the officer was piloted
at once to room which it was said,
contained the object of his search, as it
| did, and more. In the room were n
MIR. Smith and his wife, the recreant
Jap. Foo kee-mats, and little All Right.
This party were enjoying themselves in
the consumption of rich viaEds and
| fine wines, when officer Tieman and his
party entered, but that event broke up
the feast and brought on at once most
energetic war of words between the
Smith and Mcguire factions. From the
torrent Of talk ut times decidedly
| epithetical-th fell during the time
that elapsed between the arrest and the
incarceration of FOo-kee-mats, il grad
ualIy appeared that there was IL bust
ness trouble at the bottom of the
matter, and that trouble was chiefly
little All Right. Smith, it seems, had
come ont from Japan with the troupe,
aud, in San Francisco. had sold his in
terest In the speculation for the
sum of SIS, 900. It is alleged that he
has since lowered about them, and that
Yesterday afternoon he vifited jersey
City, in company with his wife, and
persuaded All Right and Foo Kee- Mats
TO come with him to this city, with the
| A.. -, -
Mcguire troupe. To make this part OF
a very complicated story Ineligible, it
must be remembered that during the
time the Mcguire and Risley troupe
were performing at the Academy OF
Music the same parties had second
troupe performing in other parts of the
country, and it appears that All Right
and Foo Kee-Mats have been with this
second troupe since the departure OF
the original troupe for Paris. It was
the second troupe that arrived in Jer.
sey City on Saturday, and with them
the two much coveted Japs.
Smith succeeded in the purpose ot
his Sunday visit and bore back to New
York, In triumph, All Right and Foo
Kee Mats, the latter, it appears, being
an uncle of the lofty tumbler. But the
Smith triumph was short-hved. the
watchfnl Mcguire was on his track and
soon came mp with him in company
with officer Tieman. On the demand
of the officer for the person of Foo Kee
Mats, Smith, seeing nothing but a gen.
tleman in citizens dress, denied his
authority, and, when shown the shield
didn't care n bit for the authority, but
finally altered his mine, and the
entire party walked around tC
the Police Headquarters attended by
an excited crowd, the elder Jap appa.
rentIy as much lost in wonder as was
John Gilpin'e horse when that gentle
man rode his famous race. In the In.
spector's office, however, little AL
Right seemed TO have become firmly
convinced that hdrj kari was to be per.
formed upon his uncle without loss oil
time, and he chung TO his lady, friend.
sobbing and crying in genuine child
fish terror and distress. ind-hearted
Inspector Leonard had the interpreter
explain to the little fellow that his uncle
would not he harmed, but he appeared
to doubt the barbarian's word, and his
tears still came down as copiOusly as
ever. ~
Ii would scarcely be of interest to de.
scribe in detail the scene at heaquuar-
tiers. The struggle over All Right, for
such in reality it seemed to be, was
Iprotrncted and bitter; epithets were
freely banded, and Mcguire was in
tent on making a charge against Mr..
and Mrs. Smith of abduction, which in
speetor Leonard refused to take.
Finally Foo Kee Mats was escorted to
a cell and locked mp, first taking tear
ful farewell of All Right. who was then
borne off by the Smiths. Foo -Kee-
Mats viii be produced before the
Toombs Police Court this morning,
upon the charge of stealing the s., 500,
when the Smith-Maguire troubles will
doubtless be fully Investigated and adj
Indicated.
1t will please the many admirers OF
little All Right to know that the little
acrobat seems to have recovered entire
ly from the effects of his fall. and is as
strong as ever, bearing no visible trace
of the accident upon his person. lie
seems devotedly attached to Mrs.
Smith. and it is asserted that the lady
has unlimited influence over him.
An I0Wa TOWn NOVed ever iRtO Ne.
braska.