The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-11-28

That was the song John Y. Clark
was singing on Congress street at one
o'clock in the morning. His voice
sounded like buzzsaw rasping away
at a caDnon-ball, and dozen different
citIzeos threw up their windows and
offered BIN money to fall dead on the
spot. But he was no such man. He
raised his hat and bowed and sweetly
continued:
"A milk maid sweet once did love
And l sought her hand in marriage;
But drove . dray and she ran away
With chap that drove . carrisge."
There was q shower of clubs and
boojacks and cid hair-b, ushes and
empty bottles; but the serenity of
John 7. was in NO manner disturbed.
He heard q policeman coming for
him, but he pitched his voice into the
top Of the sbade-irees and sang:
IF ever love again,
IL ever l love again.
pil lsve 10 kill, and you bet will,
If ever love"
That was when the officer closed in
On the back .f his neck and lifted him
foot high, and told him to come
along down to the cooler and select
bis parlor bedroom.
Prisoner, this is indeed very SER
ious charge" said His Honor, as the
prisoner was walked out.
us there any law in town agin
singiug?'
against some kinds, sir, especially
against your kind"
81 don't want to brag," slowly re-
marked the prisoner, ''but / have
been complimented over eight humid
red times on my way Of singing. If
singing is against the law in Detroit /
don't w.nt to stay here another hour"
There was a call for Witnesses, and
butcher came forward and testified
that when the singing first reached his
ears he was dreaming of chasing q
Texas steer through q Sunday-schoOl
picnic. The prisoners voice not only
dispelled the dream just as the steer
had picked up fat woman On each
horn. but lifted the butcher out of bed
and barked his shins on the stove.
The next witness was a tailor. He
was also dreaming. He thought that
a customer bad brought back q pair
of trousers which were . mis6t, and
was sharpening . Ratchet against the
stovepipe to commit murder. The
singing awoke him with such sudden
ness that he lost q glass eve which he
had worn for fourteen years, and could
not find it for three hours.
A third witness said he had q revolt
yer all sighted at the singer when the
officer came up, believing it bis solemn
duty 70 rid the world Of such q mon.
ster of iniquity.
Gentlemen, you surprise me- said
the prisoner when the testimony was
all in. II never Aattered myself that
] was a Brignoli. but hope to die i'll
haven't been offered 500 q week to
travel and sing"
The officer in the case said he had
heard all sorts of nerve-destrsying
noises during his sixteen years expe..
risnce on the police force, and this was
the worst of all. His t. eth bad been
on edge ever since. and every now and
then he felt q cold chill creep over
him.
''As / said BEFORE" remarked the
prisoner, as he looked from one to the
other, II don't care to remain in De-
troit any great leugth Of Time. If you
are not patrons of Italian opera, / can
move on to Toledo"
"HOw soon 7" asked the court.
"Well, I shouldn't ike to start in
less than six minutes, because any I'M
due excitement gives me palpitatisn Of
the heart"
"John Y. Clark, i find you guilty
IF being intoxicated and of disturbing
The peace. If suspend the sentence
will yeu leave the city before noon"
"I'll leave in eleven minutes"
"Theu you may 60"
The prisoner walked out, and while
he court was preparing for the next
,ase everybody was startled by rip
ping, rasping, blood-curdliDg noise
rom the alley. 1t was q cross between
! shrek and below. and three news
bows scratched out from behind the
love and declared than an explosion
vas coming. Some one threw up the
.lley window, and behold it vas the
ate prisoner giving . farewell concert
,efore leaving the city. Bijah was
ordered to rush cut and secure him,
,ut be jumped through window int
machine shop and made his escape.
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