, 1877-03-19
A CITY TRAGEDY.


MADISON STREET.
4 police officer up In tho West Division came
across d man about midnight OF Saturday who,
with all carnestness ncarlY approaching 10
tears, asked lin wtlcro iIe was. "You arc n
tho intersection Of West Madison strrct' mi!
Ast,lanl avenuc, Cap" a!lahly responded tho
oil1ccr. swell, which Is whlclll" unxiousiy
continued tho BtsangcE. "Thls," said tho pa.
srolman, "is Madison strcot. II you want to
como out on tho South Side you 20 cast on It,
xnl II you 70 west on It yuu don't como out on
tho North sidc.' 40, thank you. SIR" replied
TIC stranger; ~ aud wifi It stay 80 long or will
II turn round corner and scoot up another
strcctf'' "Wllat do you meant" asked
the officer, beginning to thfuk he had
to do with a lunatLc. ~ mean, can
! gvt of Madison street, answered. thustnngcr.
" can go anywhere aud not l!,! against w
I,ocs Madison street run straight like ruler, Or
Is It parallel to each Other lik0 the rungs vi
ladder, or ds It cross ltscltat right angles VERY
uitent" "What'n thunder do you incaI!'
asked the officer, moro and mora surprised.
" III tell yon. got of car at i o'cluck duw,l
at some strcet,-llaisicd / tnint thuy call ii.
went uu block, htuA Of tllulsglittul, tclcetluy
on tle l,frsaiga!ts hoatern Itoliey, as 1t might
We'll. that wAs surprise, hut locked up at
ths Jar,.p aln! ttcru 1t was,-Wcst MaIisni MI
',l,c slic and tlrecn OF tbs othcr. so turned
AbWu lRIo aat!latin klfectAhN uFCttY 6u0H came
all right Washington a,u! Mul,sor run
t!!s saule way: I'm hanky.' 50 ] went up
Washington tit, Mctlltaiing, as It might b.,
and ltyu.anlbye looked up IND It Eayn Mg
s'luek, fur saw MAS On PEORIA street, u,nl
Just turning olr Washington. it,lri,etl my
se!f u!tte or twtce mud saw wasn't dreaming;
tllsn rut un Washington Btscct and---n hers
nc tsfoj'pe1 his voice to MI awe.struck whisper,
"builduze Tic II ~ q block didn't co,iu uut osi
Madison street. Washington street don't run
tnto Madison. docs 1T" "No; nut as general
"+ail sigh., thuaght 1t didn't; 40 went a!o1i:
nnuthcr hundred yards Or ~, a,,A tllcn all aE
once, lust Us thought it was plaiu saIllng
aul eight t1 seven OIL my klle, thu llulnctl
street lorked." "FoFkrIl" cctloel thu putrul+
lnau. "fcs, forke4; wouldn't Aaye believed
way down and sangainon up, anl when went
over to tho other lamp, to Ge suEc, It acruss
ftsc1f. Well, tossed upt and she calr up tal,
aAl 40 went aczoss u blt, aEd al.ut tio yo,,
think shn t4nilcd out Ut the butt-elpi oF tho
lloekl w. Alonroei II It didn't, hupe never
whether IL WIS William, Of Waller, or What,
alonroc, don't know, for thc latfp Didn't give
the thrfhtlaI nRIne OF the Strect,-but 1lonroe,
uayhow. Well. followed 3lonroc up d bit, and
tlatl MY fears when VIZ came tu csoss-strcet,
but tl1c old street just went straight Oil. plumb
!. *as hi, old maid, u,ii sh!uks !, ''rhat's
U. IL: thfugs Ii lixtd, untl Tn In for
u peuccabtu solution of all diIlfruItics,' when
suddenly The street turned into Aberdeen alAl
Monroe, sheered olt down u coEncr. followed
Commission il Didn't laid In Madison stgcct
at:aint lse been four hour trying to au.l my
way roun1 here to Madison street,-I'm i
stranger in toxu,-and l'ni blowed II cau."
Ihe policeman said hs suppose thcr'd been