The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-10-20
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His Successful Undertaking and Escape
from an Impending Fate.
lBnnnlo. N. .'NewsA

His Successful Undertaking and Escape
from an Impending Fate.
buffalo, N. Y, Newsl
T One morning several years ago, Just as
the dull gray light was beginning to show
] itself in. tic East, small band of men
might have been seen deployed about a
houseSon Ferry street, i'm Buffalo. There
was nothing special either in the dress or
4 appearance of the men TO indicate their in
4 tention. but it-was plain hat--ttey had
| business OF importance on hand, Sudden
| ly man appeared at one of the windows,
| took in the situation at a glance, and.
swinging himself outward with wonderful
| quiclsness, .scaled the .rooflof the house.
| This man was Tom Ballard, the notorious
! counterfeiter; aad, armed TO the teeth and
] fully, realizing hjs situation, he defied JUS
tice and the officials below him.. Some of
the officers, knowing the desperate charac-
\ ter of the man, proposed TO shoot him UNI
til he was killed, but one of the number
promptly protested, and declared that If
! his brother officers would assist him to as
| cend he would capture the man alive. Ac-
| cordingly he began the difficult and dan
gerous task, and succeeded in bringing his
| prisoner to the ground in safety.
| The man who accomplished this task
was Mr., Thomas Curtin, the present Super
intendent of City Police of Buffalo, N. Y.
| Mr.. Curtin is a man who is known by
every prominent detective and policeman
in the front rank of his profession. Quiet
and gentlemanly in appearance and man
| nerS, he possesses a courage, combined
with marked physical powers, that make
| him the terror of evil-doers and the pride
| of law.abiding citizens. Few people can
realize, however, the trials, exposures, and
| even privationS, to which the members OF
| every municipal police and fire depart
ment are exposed. Compelled to be on
duty at uncertain hours, subjected TO the
most Indictment weather, and often sneces-
! stated by thepattue of their dlIEesto pro-
| tracted Undertakings, they endure a nerv.
Gus and physical strain that is terrible.
! Such was the experience of Mr.. Curtin in
former days; and It Is not surprising that
he found himself suffering from Il mysteri.
GUS physical trouble. in relating his ex-
/ perieiice to q Iepresenntive OF this paper,
| lie said:
''At times when I was on duty 1 would
feel an nnaec9untablefw WEAKNESS and lack
OF energy. Ny appetite was also uncertain
and my head seemed dull and heavy. l did
,pesed, as most Ple'supbose,' THAT u was
| suffering from malaria. l tried to throw
off the feeling, but it would not go.
| thought might overcome it, but found
was mistaken, and l finally became 50
! badly off that it was almost impossible to
attend to my duties. l have known any
number of men in the police aud fire de-
| partmenus of this country who have been
afflicted as was, and | doubt not there
are to-day hundreds similarly troubled
| who, like myself, did not know the cause,
| or really what allied them"
"Your present appearance, Mr.. Curtin,
| does not indicate much physical debility"
said the interviewer as he looked at the DIG
| pounds of bone and muscle standing nearly
| live feet eleven inches in height before him.
go, no; that is altogether thing of the
! past, and I-em happy te-say that for more
f9Sn f%qi that PfFlfet
on the road ID certain Death by Bright's
diseasalof The Kidneys and travelling at a
very rapid pace"
allow did you come to recover so COM
pletely?"
T"That is just what want to tell you, for
believe it may be of great service to many
others in my profession, rvho hlaX possibly
a BENZ 4 At earass RGPHl'
number of friends in this tfty. and found
to my great qualification that began feel
ing better. This feeling continued, and
Tgarled in strength AMI vigor until now /
! am perfectly weIl-and wholly through the
instrumentality of Warmers Safe Cure,
which believe to be ther best medicine
for poIieemeil, iremen, railroad men or
any other class of people exposed to dam
ger or a change of weather, ever discov-
cred. Since my recovery have recoul-
mended IL everywkere, and ,never k,Iew IA
eft. | would not be without 1t under any
consideration, and ! am positive it is a
wonderfully valuable and at the same time
entirely harmless. remedy. Indeed. Lssee
that DR.. Gum, dean of the United States
Medical College Of New York, indorses it
in the highest termsD -
$50 you experience little difficulty in the
execution Of your duties pow' Mrs Curtip,
"None whatever. Our department was
never in better condition than at pres
'N"And do you never have any fear of
some Of the desperadoes whom You have
been the means of bringing to justieeY'
"Not in the least: Such men do not try
to Ieraliate, partially because they have
not'the courage, but oftener because they
respect an officer who does his dnty."s
TIE Policemen, firemen, letter.carriers
and other public employees in this country
have particularly trying life. When,
therefore, simple and pure remedy that
can restore and sustain the health of all
such men is found, it should be cause for
great congratulation, especially when
recommended by such men as SupeTiItend'
ant Thomas Curtin. of Buffalo.