The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-23
NUMBER 2l.
lie Got into the Wrong HOuse-A PO
llceman's Story.
[Brooklyn Eagle1.

"Wait a bit" said the officer; "Pve
got another to tell you, and, when you
hear it, l think you'll say I kept the best
until the last"
Fresh cigars were lighted, the officer
slackened his vest and stretched his legs,
and then proceeded:
"This was on Wilson street, and it was
pretty dark night. l had just turned
the corner when heard a terrific cry
Murder murderl helpp l hurried
along for half block and paused at a
house whence thought the sounds came.
On the first floor, front, a terrible racket
was going on. could hear the clashing
of furniture, the Oaths of men and the
clamOrs of woman. / sprang up the
stoop and burst open the door. In sec
Ond was up stairs, and in the front room.
1t was, as I've said, very dark night,
and there was no light in the room. Still
could see confused figures fitting about,
and hear the rending Of garments and a
babel of oaths, expostulations, threats
and upbraidings.
"What's the matter?" asked, sailing
in.
"'The id villianp mans voice ex-
claimed; he has forced his way into my
bedroom
"It's you, you rascal, that have sneaked
into mine,' another mans voice replied.
"That's my husbandp the woman
shouted. 'Officer, that's my husband
":She knows me- the first voice cried.
"She knows mel" the second voice ex-
claimed.
And the two mentor / could now
distinguish two men in their shirts strug.
gling-pitching into each other, tearing
each others hair and ripping their shirts
in fine style.
"Then one of the men seized chair
and laid around him with it. / kept clear
as well as could. Presently there was
crash, and away few the fragments of
the chair, one of them hitting me in the
breast.
"'Get light, l said to the woman.
"'There's nary MATCH she cried in a
voice of agony, and they'll kill one an
"Just at this juncture one of the men
planted fair blow right in his oppon-
ents chest, and the latter reeled toward
me. / clutched him by the arm and
dragged him in the passage.
"That's the wretchp the woman
screamed, keep fast hold of him. I'll
teach him to come into an honest woman's
bedroom againp
"With some difficulty, and only by
using force, l dragged the man down the
stairs and out at the front door, upon the
stOOp.
"'There's man up stairs with my
wife, he shrieked, let me go!'
"And he made such a vigorous effort
to escape that he fell backward over the
railing and would have dashed out his
brains on the stones below if ! had not
held tight his arm. Holding him so, l
slid down the railing, almost tearing the
flesh from my arm, and landed him on
his feet at the bottom. Just at this mo-
ment the adjoining door was opened and
a woman appeared with light. She
Edescended the stoop and held 'theixnP
toward the man.
"'Good Godp she exclaimed, its my
husband
"I briefly explained to her how came
to have him in custody.
"'Come in, you FOOL she said, taking
her husband by the arm. He's been
on drunk and mistaken the house.
"And so it turned out. Next day the
mans clothes, which he had taken off and
carefully bestowed on chair, were re-
turned to him, and he and his neighbor
had good laugh over the occurrence.
Look here, always see that your door is
properly fastened before you go to bed."