Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-04-22
TROUBLESOME TRAMpa

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TROUBLESOME TRAMPA
They are Becoming Too Numerous to Men.
ton and Prove a Nuisance that Should BE- |
Abnted.
Minneapolis at present is being overrun
with tramps, and as the days grow warmer
their number seems to increase. They are
here in squads of twos, threes, a half dozen
and in many instances camps of eight or ten
have been broken up and the scamps ordered
out of town.
Minneapolis has always been afflicted with
a large number of loafers; men born tired
and with a chronic indisposition to exertion
predominant in their composition.
But the tramp is a new arrival. He has
made his appearance just as we are giving
thanks for our deliverance from the grass
hopper scourge. And the tramp, too, is a
thousand times more troublesome than the
loafer. The loafer is harmless sort of fell
low who never dreams of harming fellow
being. The tramp, on the other hand, will
stop at nothing, and is bound to have his
wants satisfied by fair means or foul, and it
is more apt to be the latter than the former.
In their lexicon there is no such word as
starye. And the fellows will
the matter. either. You must comply with
their requests or there is trouble in store for
you. The only thing that frightens them is
work. They had rather face row of cannon
than wood pile, and as for their helping
make garden, they would rather live on one e
meal day. If any little piece of work is
off, %l,o%4 !
food furnished them, nine out of ten will
either laugh at you, plead weakness, or make
| some excuse.
| During the middle of the day one seldom
sees tramp. But during the morn
| ing and evening he can be found
on almost any back street.
The thinly populated portions of the city
seem to be most favorable. Their meals
are always obtained by begging from house
to house, unless by chance they discover that
some family has left the house unprotected
for short time. Then the tramp makes 8
big haul. Cold victuals they despise and
abhor, and often refuse the same and de-
mand warm food instead. Our people should
not allow themselves to becomeso charitable
as they have been in many cases, for to feet
one of them is like putting out a dish o.
honey in suramer time when one bee hat
found it, others will soon come.
1 The East division has been quite extern
sively trayersed by them this spring, ant
several Of their nests have been broken uT
by the police. When brought before tn,
municipal court the only thing that can b,
done is to order them out Of town. O.
course they always promise to 60, but til,
majority only seek new beats in the city, ant
resume operations.
| Saturday morning. after Mr.. G. W. Rey
nolds had left home for his day s work, hal
dozen tramps visited his house and demand
ed food. They We're allowed to enter tn
kitchen, and before leaving cleaned out th
entire stock of Sunday provisions, and nev
stock had to be laid in late Saturday night
i. Another delegation Of the tramp frater
) kitchen of Mr.. Frank Judson during Frida,
away.
II every lady could serve the scanlps il
the manner the wife of one of our citizens
did, this city would soon be free of this nui
sance. About eleven o'clock an ugly re-
headed fellow commenced pounding on tn
kitchen door, and demanded admittance
The gentleman who owns the place was alb
sent at the time, but left his revolver a
home for the lady's protection. The lad
was aroused by the noise, and cautiousl
raising the window Of her room on the sec
ond floor, asked the fellow below what wa
the matter. He thereupon demanded in Ian
guage not suitable for publication, that SD
open the door forthwith. Not III the leas
frightened by his uncouth language and VII
threats, she quietly stepped to her dressing
case, picked up the revolver, aimed it at til
wood shed near the tramp, and fired. Thi
had the desired effect, and til
tramp bolted most unceremoniously. It S
happened that two clothes lines were strun
across the yard, and the man had not take
! landed on his back, screaming Justify, an
fully convinced that he had been shot. Feal
ing that he would be captured or shot agar
he sprang up and ran like deer. The lad
could see him scooting for the back fence
and wishing to further brighten him, fire
another shot. AS the shot was fired til
second clothes line took him Oh the nose, an
he once more measured his length on til
ground. This time he was certain that h
was shot, and for several seconds lay groa1
ing III agony, as it were at the thoughts tia
he must die in such manner. Finally b
picked himself up and escaped. The lad
was too mnch conyulsed with laughter at til
ludlcrous turn of affairs to again shoot.
is pity more of them can not be served i
the same manner, E nd if some of the bullet
should lodge in the worthless carcasses {
the tramps no one would mourn their loss.
dNOther Broken AJ7,t.