Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-04
A JoIlY UrRCLAR.
TPeck's SUM-

Peck's Sun.
Frank. did I ever tell you how VA
arrested fora burglar on that corner b,
PritzlafFs one nieht?'
| Frank said he never heard about II
and yet he had always felt that Their
Was a secret history of crime concealed
beneath that bald headed exterior tina
would make thrilling chapter if i
once got published, and he invited hi
friend to go ahead.
well, it's mighty laughsble to thinl
of nov. bat at the time il was mighty
serious / was living at Lacrosse at ths
time, and was down here IN visit.
was going back on the midnight train
and left the Plankinton House abou,
to the st. Paul depot. II was as still a
the grave, and between the lamp posts
II vas dark. began to get nervous
and stepped in doorway of q store tc
wait for a street car. / noticed a mar
on the opposite side of the street seem
ing to watch me, and it occorred 10 me
be was the robber feared, so i went
along down the street, and he kept
along on the opposite side. l think
sweat my boots full going block, and
I could imagine that my body would
be fished out Of the river in a week
or two, pretty rancid, and BE-
forwarded home by kind friends As
got down there by Pritzlsffs store
happened to think that / had q revolver
in my valise, and thought wonld open
her up and get out the shooting iron
before the robber could get across the
street, 50 / dropped down on my knees
and opened the grip sack and began
feeling around for the revolveE got
hold of bottle, and in attempting to
cock ii the cork came out and the liver
medicine gurRled out all over my night
shirt. got hold of the Testament, and
eucher deck, and q tooth brush, but
the pistol was hiding itself under the
stockings and dirty clothes. The
wind was blowing a gale, and the pa
per collars and cuffs blew out on the
sidewalk. and dirty handkerchiefs fol
lowed suit, and quit feeling for
the revolver and began spreading
myself over the sidewalk to pick up the
articles that had blown away. looked
at my man across the street and be
started to come across, and was on the
point of telling him to spare poor or
phan who was trying to lead different
life, and always had, when / saw that he
was policeman, and was glad. He
said he wanted me, and said l wanted
him, and to please lasso the paper col
lars. He asked me what / was doing
at that time of night. going through q
valise on the street, and i told him
that l Was afraid of robbers, and had
opened mp my grip to get my revolver.
He said that q rynnd afnru hf1t
leaked and wouldn't hold water, and
for me to go to the station house with
him. / told him / wanted to make
60 to the depot with me l oould prove
BY Col. johnson ard the conductor and
all of them that / was all right, and
finally he consented, and we got to the
depot. Col. johnson was standing by
the dining room door, grand, gloomy,
and peculiar, as stern as though he had
never smiled. The policeman asked the
Colonel if he knew me. and the old
joker looked a couple of times. and said
In his inimitable way. 81 think he is
wanted at Lacrosse for a robbery com
mitted last week. You better telegraph
Frank Hatch and he will show him up
Why, this fellow stole the dinner away
from poor blind immigrant wo-
man only yesterday. He ought
to be hung" The thing was get
ting serious, and l Was Just getting
ready to 90 to the station with the DO.
lioeman when the Governor of the State
who was going to take the train, came
in, and he said: Hello, George, going
home? Well. ana going up as far as
Portage. Come ON, and we will sit to-
gether.' never felt SO good in nv life
as did when the Governor recognized
me, and when he told the policeman /
was all right, ! could have Rugged him.
Well, the policeman let me go. and
then the Colonel and Fred Comes
came along smiling and wanted to
talk to me, but would not speak to
them. 1t was month before / got
over being mad at them; but it is all
right now, though it was pretty tight
squeeze"