Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03

quite so green as that, you know. Imade
good calculation by touching the mans
arm again. and made up my mind Jest
where the face was Then drawed back
and let him have one Jest as square be-
tween the eyes as could in the dark.
Drop! Well, guess he dropped. He
cropped SO hard and lay SO still began
to be afraid I'd killed him, and after a
while stole up to him and touched his
face. It was cold as ice I felt down his
arm for his pulse. His pulse didn't beat.
I had killed himr'
MIR. Tomkins, as he spoke, re-licked a
piece Of court-plaster that had dropped
from his forehead.
''Then knew I'd got to get out of there.
I'd come down one story, and knew was
on the second floor, and l thought the
best way would be to get to window and
jump out. calculated which was the
front, and started. I hadn't gone FIVE
steps before ran against another man.
He was sitting down, and / fell over him
and right square into third mans lap
But was good for 'em. l turned over
quick, and grabbed the nearest man by
the collar. He never moved, and [ gave
him mist that sent him heels over head.
Then grabbed the other one, but as I
went to sling him too. I stumbled over
the third mans chair, and away I went.
What do you think I struck on? More
men! The room was full Of 'em They
were laying for me. But was good for
em. That was when old Steuben came
to the rescue. What did do? Why I
just grabbed chair and laid about that
room till there couldn't have been a man
IN 1t as big as a mouse without getting his
head cracked. It was murder l know.
but my blood was up. wouldn't cared
If there was one hundred men in that room
I'd killed 'em all. No man mustn't Law
In wait in the dark for me- Then went
up to the window and gave her an all-sen-
der with the chair. The window gave
way, Of course, but there was big canvas
sign outside of that yet. 1 was pretty
well exhausted by this time, so I gave It
up and yelled murder Just as loud as I
could.
II expected somebody would come
with ladder and get me out the window;
but they didn't. I heard somebody
pounding on the sidewalk with a club.
and in minute afterward the front door
was broke in. But wasn'tI happy man
There was little streak of light came
up the stairs, and in a minute it got big
ger, and saw my victims lying on the
floor. | swear to goodness never knew
before | was SO strong. The floor was
covered with 'em. And while was look
ing at them, who do you think come up
the stairs? -Four policemen. AS soon as
| saw the first one coming up l tried to
hide behind the table that stood there,
but it was no good-they had me out in
minute
"'Your'e the man wot's been making
all this racket. are you! said one of the
policemen.
G 4 tried saidI.
"'Oh, yes; you tried said another po-
liceman, and you'll soon be tried. What
kind Of swag did you think you'd get out
OF this place! Been assaulted, have you2
That's too thin. You come along with
me-
When we got to the station house. | !
got them to send for the manager. AS
soon as he came be told the policemen
about the tack cat, and how [ went into,
the museum very Late, and must have got
locked in. So they let me go. But when
the manager came to see me this morn
ing, he said l spoiled a stuffed tiger
worth $500, and mashed Ben Franklin
and Roger Sherman SO nobody could tell
them from the wax images in the g Last
Supper and as for John Hancock, he
had dent across his cheek big enough
to put your fist in. It's a bad thing. l
suppose it'll cost me three or four humid
red dollars before I get through. The
manager says what I heard up stairs was
the fat boy snoring, and chat the tiger I
found was stuffed; but that's too thin