, 1874-12-18
T,IaE CITY.



rnfpK WHICH aoErlr NEroHE FALL.
The ngrat!trle Of mai, Ii something past COM
pruhonhion. Now natnnccB aro continually mag-
ing thoir appoarnnco Wednesday 1t was Froo-
man Apn Thnralay 1t wns 0omo ostor country
u,an. But to bo brief. Ofllccr 100 LAS boon for
somo tme stationed at the conner of Madiuon and
blato atroots. Dy tlint of Roeplng hlH oyes open
us has como to know tho linoamonts OF n great
number Of thioyca, confidence operators, rorerB-
ln, etc,, and wllenoyor ho sooB ono Of thum viii,
groonhorn In tow. llo givaa tho alarm, and
bpoily tho gamo. lie ts sort OF local Guardian
angel for that section. and, like moat honofac-
tors Of his spco!est satu moro nnuae tha'i THINKS.
Yesterday forenoon ho saw tnthor notorious
sonfdonco operator pick up subject nenr the
corner. hold him in convorHAtion Tor n timo, aud
lhon walk westward with him. Whom they
roacod thu alley oaBt Of slcVickor'a. tho officer
aang out to the condonco in"il TO gus TINT,
which he did. running ninlbly up the altoy, hnu
disappointing IN tile distance. -....
Tllop tho officer accostoi tho cointryrnan, who
stood tharo puzzled by the sudden departure OF
his ncw friend, aud aslted Him In friendly wny
why l,o ,sns 30 silly III to suffer- himself 10 mako
ac1uaintauceB on tho asfeotsf D'u no noVer
rea,l tha paparo2
Tho cotntryman Immediately wanted to know
why tho officer could not attend to liis own busi-
tess, Did ho tako lin for confidence 1nan
No, he did not, but did tho countrylnan know
tltat tho poraon ho was walking NTH was
Notorious thiat2
Tho countrylnnn eaid ho know nothing Of the
kind. Tho po1hon In question belonged near
Niagara Falls, wtoro hc himself rosidod. Would
tho officer please mind hia own buAlnesB Did
he ta!so hin, for sucker Then to launched
out into profanity Of rathcr exaggerated type,
and tho olicor was grontiy, tempted 70 arrest
bin. but forbote, amt returned to bis station.
Tho day before, tho snrlo olncer Baw nn GU
man travelling down Madison street With II
year-old lad, who was far from being. Sunday
eohool teacher. He followed Tho pair, overlook
thom between Dearborn md C!ark, aud nald to
thu old gentloman:
"Do you know who This fellow ia'" ....
NO." said tho old gonsloman, "but he knows
"Welt," says tho officer ''ho is voll-kuown
thief. Be of with you, young follow"
The lad protested, said ho ssas respectable, md
told where bis room WAS. but tho officer waH In
cxornbo, and he loft.
Nov" snYs tho ofIlcos, "hov is It that man
IS old "a you allows hi,naolf to 10 picked up it,
500 how pooplo ATE tleoccd ?"
"Sir, replies the old man, I will not porrnit
you to talk to mo in that way. mn not fool;
through all the cities Of this country. It
taknB nharp mnn to cheat mo. Or.
consider your remarks rs personal, and wlBll
yon to untoratat,n that can tnko caro- Of nayHelf
without auy Of vour informal Interference: Ihia
is singular conduct on your part and slia v,3 r.
kine, OF Quincy, and hayc Travelled, SIR
Horo the officer abandoned him. Yesterday
Mr., Wilkins appeared at tho Central. and stated
that he had Eonc into tho luttcry pifineas ana
lost S82. Lilo WAS quito subdceu, and made no
reference wtatovor to his conversation with tllo
ot1icor All ho wanted waa to act bis money
back. Il is pleasure to state that no did not
recover cont, aud had to borrow money to go
homo with.