The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-16
THO oEGRiNr,S rRIENDs.
The riOoniighi Walks Of the Convicted Me-
Donald rhc Biu-ter oi Joyce.


Sr LOuIs March 9.-Almost any one OF
thete BRIG 10 sp.Ihs NIGHTS my b scsn a rather
Cdoif uatcaaG pair sauntering along one of the
c-oss streets "a tnit no: very clearly defined
quarter ~ the city whef, the business blocks
leave OF AMI tho residences begin. Tue more
noticeable h-hte ~ that VI nln . feet y. inch
60, We squareiy and sturdlly huilt about the
shoulder. Ills head has l;tlc motion indie
p,ndent ~ She body, the neck being thick aud
wide. The dress coat ~ butt med .Cra3s the
Il mach. and the be. rini Is scmi-niiitarV, az
era'ated b, swa9ger Il Il taught n that school
winch Porter says never graduated thiei
over The rrht side of the face, partially hides a
T. Of col gray eyes, ou. lcay. exposed heavy.
hrniy-,tt JAWS ana those features strongly de-
vclup Il which betOken great determination
and i'.ce OF will The man l. John Mcdonald,
tue 1nvcted Supervisor Of In EN- / Revenue
ddiu.es as the gamrs; little man Of this coun-
trt liis companion Is a deputy jhller whose
unifor 10 II conveniently o. secured 10y the substi
tuition OF - citizen arsss above the pantaloOns.
II hts been de Jared with srent pOstivcness
that Mcdonald was seen In a dafl, corner Of the
OlYmlic theatre upon one or two nights
recently, Guiln- the cns cement OF d Nuluptuous
sttr n,h'i MaN howard. ~ 10 the truth OF
tni' d. not venture an opini M but there 10 NJ
doubt about the nigntly rlmbles. These, IN tho
man. are simply W ks. Occasionally Mcdonald
leads his Keeper tramp TO an unpretentiuus
1--WE ling almost under the shadow Of Gen. Saer-
mans headquarters. II thu Boss OF tho W his
ke, Rins felt inclined, there b. we been all H. q
f,voiabie rlrcumst noes Tor the Tweed c.ca-
padr, tut "The JOhnnics," IA Mcdonald aud
Joyce arc called, have so f-r faced the music
ceterAinei effort to escape
1h. qunlity IN Mcdonald. which the undis-
crimlnutias are fond OF ain.ifiug as cameness.
Is nothin. less than Unauthorized cheek. Tho
two Johnuics. during the session OF the first
Grand Jury, walked the streets OF st. Louis sub
lmely ludacious IN lying, but nothing else.
Against all newspaper correspondence anu wit
nesses daring to speak the truth they brcathed
dire destruction, yet in all those months tho
only ilan they raised their hands against was
poor Lindsay Murdoch, the SJIthe EAST Missouri
Collector, who, having called upon them IN their
"A r
cifully mauled. Beyond this, the only approach
to anything other than words In sustaining thor
repututi u IA bad men. was when Wounded
Gil diator joyce called upon young newspaper
man from the South. III can mud out who
wrote certain article" he said, IL propose To
put this INTO him." ACCOMPANYING the remark
with suggestive gesture aud the exhibition OF
edge, ana his eyes rejected tho glitter as ho
TUNED them on Joyce with slight smile. and
Congratulated him on bis pluck. Joyce looked
at his pis-a ris carefully, put up bis knife, and
never made any more inquiries as to the author
ship NJ the article In question.
PEOPLE here seem never TO get tired OF telling
of McDonald's magnificent mendacity When
Med Jnald went before the Granl Jury To swear
TO his innocence, the kilograms which htvc
since become 50 famous were thrust in his face
for an exclamation. lie coolY read them, SOL
cmnly told his granger auditors that he had
never heard OF them before. ana then carried
OUT his part by visiting the western Union Iele-
graph ONCE, and irately cemanding OF Manage
Brown why In hill" those dispatches had
never been delivered to him.
McDouaid's cheek. to use the vulgar hut only
apt designation for his excessive mental devel
opmeut IN this direction, reached ITS climax
however. when. after inlictment and just be
fore ina. Joe Fitzroy, the Rings middlemar
att r Mcguire, went befor. the Grand Jury, hnC
| confessed I'll tho de- ais OF the conspiracy. Nc
Donald WIS standing on Olye street, between
Ihird and Fourth, when a friend came along
| and rather excitedly said, Mack, have yot
heard the neWsr'
no. Whntf"
Joe F.tzroy has pleaded guilty and gone be
| fore the Grand jury
| The cray eyes were raised with an expresslo
| OF a,tonishmeEt as Mcdonald said slowly
| "What? Joef why. raised him. The d,
| little cuss. To think he's been In IL too.
| wouldn't have believed II. liy Cd, sir, don
| know who t. trust" Ana, chlldike and bland
| Mcdonald enzed refiectJ,ely into his frienn'
| eyes ann apparently unused upon the revelation
| OF total deprGyity just made To him.