The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-11-08
A Halter HAYSED.
He Had a Claim Against the
Hayes Inyincibles.
ALSO AN ATTACHMENT.
The Gorgeous Uniforms OF the Hayes
and Wheeler Guards m the Gr y Of
the Law.
lSzn Francisco Morning Herald

The air yesterday was murky with rumor,
and seemed fairly sureharged with impend-
ing calamity. Early in the forenoon
it was announced ON the streets that
the Hayes Invinciblee that most
magnificent political club on the
continent" had been rent by internal
dissenSions. and had disbanded, TO be seen
no more OF men. This was hardly believed.
True. the morning Republican press had
published. as if by authority, that there
would be no more parades, more fire
works, no more glare and glamor, but that
Republicans we're at last going to work. This
of course. admitted of but one interpreta-
ton, tO-wit: that money could not be raised
to pay the expenses OF the parade and il had
therefore 10 be abandoned. This was the cor
rect explanation as subsequent events show
ed. The first mntterings OF the storm came
on Monday, when the musicians, who had
been engaged to furnish the - Marching
through Georgia on Saturday night, walked
upon Mr. Boruck and demanded one half Of
their coin on the spot and the other half
Saturday afternoon, otherwise they would
rot turn Out Mr.. BolWck GlSped, tore his
hair for the moment and then sent a num-
Der of ENJOYS in a last and desperate skurry
for cash. The musicians waited.
Mr.. Boruck sat with the cold
perspiratien oozing from every
pore. The ENJOYS returned in
an hour and reported that they had been I'M
able to raise a cent. Then Mr.. BOruck with
desperate calmness, declared that the parade
would '-have to go to h" The report
spread abroad that the committee was
busted. and 4 general panic seized the
creditors. The newspapers who had been
doing Mr.. Boruck's advertising on tick, sent
their afirighted collectors to the scene, but
they came back empty-handed- One paper.
more lucky than the rest, having Il
of nd ra
ceipt in full, and mighty glad to get il |
was. said the collector. Individual creditors
began pouring in about this time. and one
report has il that Mr.. Boruck was nearly
ready to go over to North Beach for a swim,
as he saw the long line of determined faces
beseiging the doorway. Butthe contagion
soon spread to other headquarters than
Boruck's Mr.. Reicharfs comfortable nest
was invaded by the hawk early in the day.
and that courteous gentleman was re
quested to lift a little mortgage on the Hayes
Invincibles' uniforms without delay. Mr..
Reichart went down into. his pockets and
yainly did he turn them inside out-the
hawk still held its own. There was hurry
ing to and fro, rafting of the Ear over the
stony street NJ. Sears waS hunted up. No
coin could be got from him. Mr. Harding
was found but OF course had not a
cent. And so ON down the list of
vice presidents. Not n cent could be
1Ound among any OF Sadly MT. helcn-
art went back to Horticultural Hall to con-
front Mr.. Collins, the halter, to whom the
debt was due. To him he reported that he
could not raise the money, but tom"
Mr.. Collins shook his head with determin-
ed air and made q Decline for an attorneys
Office where writ ef attachment was sued
out pro lorna, placed in the hands of the
sheriff, and in tive hours ali those gorgeous
caps and capes, those magnificent trappings
those lanterns, flags, horrors! the silken dag
OF the old Grant lnvincibles. the eagle, the
howitzer, the decorations, in fact every
thing in the way Of property about the
building, except the glee club and
Mr.. Steppseher's white necktie, was in the
ruthless grip of a sheriffs minion. This UNI
toward calamity has come like a blight
upon the fortunes Of the lnyincibles, and IL
is doubtful if they survive il. Last night the
property remained in the shcriff's possession
and il not redeemed will be sold at once to
satisfy Mr.. Collins claim. The sheriffs Of
ficials are reticent about the whole business
and therefore the Herald reporter could not
learn what the claim amounted to, but il r.
understood TO be about 500