The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-15

| The other dav . reporter v,.ite,l Que
Il the circus managers in New York
and was srgslsd with Number %:
queer stories. among them the follow
tag:
Finally, in one Of oar journsyiag'
We reached Houston, Tex. Wai:e
Gas standing outside the canvas one
.iav. = young 'asn came MP aai &c
costed me viii,
Are yoU the iuan that's got The
,ighi-roye w..iser. II ~. yva oush
TO have ajumper."
We'll, what then ,"
"Im he"
"Can you jump"
II can beat Sam Patch all Z,
pieces. They call me Sam Patch, Jr.
"Whats your business
I'D. I'm a reporter. but l want &c
get in the show business
l looked him over; he vas little
bit Of q fellow. didn't weigh a hun
bred pounds. aud - thin that YOU
cnuld almost see to read a newspaper
through him.
"Why." said I. "vou won't do; YOU
are too light: half gust o: wind
would blow you away.
o." said he, "jou't you make any
mistake about me; | am . reporter,
and whatever We undertake. we do.
tell you I can jump-now try me.
| liked the fellows pluck, so l took
him to . freight building near by,
and he jumped from q window seven
ty-fve feet from the ground TO the
water and landed all right. IS scund
40 dnllar.
"WeIl." thought I. "mav be there
is money in him after all.
SO I took him down 20 Galveston
and put him ur at the Washington
Hotel in style. Then / went I"
Kuhn's wharf which was nicely fenced
in. and WHERE a large vessel Was lying
I easily got permission for him Ia
jump from The roys, yard. which was
Just 40 feet above the water. Then
We started to work up the town, and
in q couple Of days W. hid it up to
fever heat. 1t vas full Of bruken
down actors, gamblers. bush ~ hackers.
cum mon cut-thrOais aud al! sorts q;
outlaws, and this was just the thing
to please them. / charged them e"
admission, but announced that We
would take IN q collection on the
wharf.
The day broke beautifully. and
everything looked favorable for u-
Early in the morning crowds weo,
down to the wharf. Ling bsfo;, the
hour for The jump the streets were
literally jamm.d. AMI I thought COM
placsnily Of the jolly pile We should
have IL divide ia the evening. The
first thing that rather staggered ME
wss when I went to pay the bill! At
the hotel. the barkeep-r told me that
nv young man hsi had tina, morning
SIS worth Ut whisky. which. al
twenty-five cents a nip. makes jrs'
sixty drinks. 1 Thought this a pretty
liberal amount of Dutch courage. bui
- he did no. chow it. simply said to
mvself. There is no krowiDg how
much whisky actors and reporters can
drink; = and We walked down to tn
ship together. bus he was miserable
looking specimen. sud | vac pretty
sell ashamed Of him. Well, goi
him on the vessel at las. gns him
rugged out in , sort Of halfway cir
Gus Costume, with TRUNKS and a pair
of stout boots to save his feet when he
struck the water. and left him to
show himself On the deck and in the
rigging. aud finally tn De hoisted Ut
in q boat.Wain's chair to the royal
yard, which. a. said before. Va.
40 feet xbnve the water, while |
went ON the deck to take up the col
lection. And there is where ! made
the mistake. for the captain, a gaod
natured old soul. seeing how seed,
my man looked. gave him q tremen
dous horn Of Scn'ch whisky, and
that, on top Of all the Bourbon he had
been drinking. settled him. Of Course.
but I knew nothing about il.
] was hard At work and had col
lected abnut ss2. when l heard on"
great cry of horror. and looking up |
saw nv man flying through space.
II seems they hoisted him up all right.
and stood him on the yard arm, bu;
be did not take good hold Of TIE
stay, and before be was ready gust
Of wind blew him OF. He made two
or three revolutions in the air aud
finally struck the water squarely CD
his hack. knocking him senseless.
Instantly the crowded streets were
in Q perfect ferment Of excitement
Women cried; men cursed aud swore.
TO add to the confusion, . team Of
horses ran away. and in . few mo-
ments ! heard cries of Lynch him !
Lynch him." You bet / made for
the Washington Hotel. and got under
cover as soOu a. possible. If had
been Eve minutes later | would not
DO here now telling this story, and
waiting anxiously for Fulton to cay
Cider.
Well. after awhile they brought
him to the hotel, ard when the crowd
had been turned out 1 went to see
him. He Was cold. motionless and
without pulse. l made up my mind
be Vas dead. and that the only thing
for me to do Vas to make arrange
ments to have him decently buried.
Keep quiet for day or two and then
get out of town. The afternoon pa
pen were full of it and the town va.
in . perfect bubbub. So l gave old
Charley, our property man. s.. told
him to get Q bottle of whisky i'r
aud sit up with the body