Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-09-07
AS LIMNRD By LEANDER.
q Friendly Sketch Of Clubbsr Williams, Whore.
In He ls Shown Not to BIO So Black
as he Has Been Painted
The sickening smudge Raised by Frank Bangs
Desire to Back Ont OF His Bad Matri.
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Lovely hoilie's Impressions OF London The
atricals-Also Gotham Stare Gossip and
H. o Lot of Friendly Tips.

oohtaiulnS some SORT or an attack on Capt.
"Clubber" Williams these enemies
OF his delight to call him. It always makes me
Indignant, not that have any particular aver
sion TO seeing people prodded up little, jour
nal!slcaliy, now and THEREFOR haven't This
shows that appearances are dece1ving, because
nobody would dream that liked to see folks
hauled over the Goals now and then. But this
attack on Capt Williams is played out It
has made him celebrated in New York, and, in
deed, partly mach all over the country To a
sensitive man that kind OF celebrity wouldn't be
Every welcome, perhaps. But Williams is one
of those chaps who are moved by the
sublime spirit Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and
the more he is sailed into, the less it worries
him. He is universally held IN to the public
gaze as 8 ruftian Of the deepest dye, ALWAYS
going around with the trunk of tree in his
hand, looking for somebody to thump over the
head with it In reality he is-weli, I'll tell
you about HIM. few years ago James Cor
don Bennett, full Of animal spirits, and alco-
hollc spirits az well, was going DOWN Broadway
about 4 O'Clock one morning in a carriage
The horees were running at the top Of their
speed, and Bennett was yelling at the apex of
his voice. You have probably heard OF men
dong such things in mining camps,
but You probably share the popular
into civilized life Well, Capt Williams, then
an unknown officer, heard the racket snd
stopped the horses. Bennett pushed his red
face out OF the window and when the captain
told him to go Quietly home like respectable
citizen, he sWore and shouted that he would
do just IS be pleased Capt Williams said he
guessed not. and Bennett replied that he was
the owner OF the Herald and wouldn't be die
tated TO. Williams said he dant give darn
who he was; he must go home or to the station
mousse There was brief fight, and James
Gordon Bennett limp as rag from one Of the
best furnishings ever administered to anybody.
spent tho night in CELL He swore he would
"break' Capt. Williams, and with the help Of
Che Sun he began his crusade. Williams had
the worst work in New York to do, and when
ever there was a riot his men would always
be found in the front row. Consequently,
If anybody got hurt the Herald and
Sun were mighty careful to give Williams the
credit of having done the clubbing After a
while they got to crowding Williams pretty
hard, and one day he retained as his coun-
sci notorious lawyer who was on the staff of
the Sun. It is odd coincidence that the
journalistic luminary Immediately ceased to
attack Capt Williams. About this time he was
transferred 10 the street department, as COM
He remained in the street department. one
year. Mean while his precinct, which is the
worst in New York, was placed in the hands of
another captain, aud the roughs ran wild all
over it. 1t soon became evident that there
was only one man on the force who
was capable of managing that section
Of the city It was q pandemouiun
during the whole year of Williams absence
The authorities were glad enough to put him
back, and you may be sure that all tho news
papers III Now York couldn't root him out
again He has theory that, to manage Grim
inals, they onght to be punched as much as
possible. So he has not discouraged certain
classes from settling within his own reach. He
knows they can't be stamped out altogether,
and he would rather be able to lay hands on
them when they are wanted, than to have them
dffused hongh the whole city. He is a big,
tine-loohlng man, as strong as an OK, and as
full Of courage as the pluckiest man that ever
walked. He is never Off duty, but always
strolhng about in citizens clothes, keeping q
sharp eye On thinge in his precinct His mon
are the best disciplined of any in New York, and
they think him a sort of denoi-god AS for
clubbing nonsense! Whom man can strike a
blow with his fist that is like the kick Of a null
ticharge mule, what's the use of club? Will
isn't an unmanly item in his makeup. He
has affront=d Bennett again while in the pur-
suit Of duty since returning to his post This
know. But Bennett hadn't The nerve to &c
after him again. Men who are steadily abused
in the newspapers usually have good points.
Williams fairly bristlos with them
REGARDING THE REGATTA.
Whist 10 you think Of Hanlan and his corps
of fellow hiprodromers? You will probably
reply oy asking me what I think. Well,
think they are precious tart crowd Court
uey will Of course, get good deal of blame
for not having won the trial heat at Watkins,
so as to get a chance to row Hanlan IN the 6n al
heat Well, when man has got bad name,
it is pretty hard for him to find people willing
to credit him with single decent impulse
haven't the slightest doubt that Courtney is a.
crooked az any of the other oarsmen The
sculler in the United States But the fact re-
mains that M. Leo and Mr. Ross. who are
openly members of the Hanlan combination OF
Wpkne to up courtne9 from,
getting place in the first heat Lee
rowed over into Courtney's water
with the deliberate intention of heading him
off, so that his confederate could step in for
first place without struggle. No matter
what Courtney is in the scale of honesty, i,
was dirty trick; and l adhere to my belief,
which, have no doubt, is shared in secret by
all first class sculers that Courtney can pull o
boat all around Hanlan, if he gets chance
and is willing to pull for all he is worth And
wbile am on this subject, let me reiterate the
statement which originally made in the
columns Of the ST.. PAUL PIONEER PRESS, that
Mr.. Courtney's boat at Chautauqua was sawed
by his own hacker, as the only means of keep.
ing him from completely upsettlng the calcu-
iations Of the betting swindlers who were '<ir
the ring" The statement seems TO have set
good many people talking on the matter who
don't know very much about it. But this
original story il the true one, just the same.
Ta THE BANGS BUSINESS.
The Bangs scandal seems to be about a.
lively record OF matrimonial woes as have
ever come in contact with. Upon my word
the dramatic procession does turn ont some OF
the most dissu sting marital revelations it il
possible for the most imaginative d1sseminators
of scandal to conceive. Tits hard matter fol
enthusiasts to defend profession which is alb.
solutely rotten to the core. Scarcely month
passes without some nasty revelation of the
stage, and those of US who are ON the inside
L 10 to speak, know there are scores Of tales
every year which do not see the light at all I,
is useless to contend that these things ocou,
with equal frequency in the private walks Of
life. They do nothing Of the kind. There il
+ no other profession an earth so productive OF
. family trouble Il 10 with regret that one mus
admit this to be the truth, particularly where
one sees at the same time the fascinations
of the stage, and has defended the calling Wig
. orously for many years. But facts are facts
and there are 30 many dirty ones about the
L theater that it is useless to dodge the issue
@ This Bangs difficulty il 3 Wretchsd thing
feel sorry for tho husband, because have
known hinn long asscne OF the most gentle and
polished and selt-respectng Of men The