Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-07-29

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The sergeant was reasoned with, but
he renamed obdurats. and there was
CONSERVATION in the party. a mum
Der Of Butler friends got together 70
,alk matters over, while Paul went OH
TO carry the bad news to the swimmer
Fifteen minutes passed, and the
crowd on the bridge and on the piers
grew larger every moment. Every
one hoped that the policemen would de-
part, but they showed no disposition 10
leave, and q gloom was cast over the
entire community. But Butler and
Donovan were mean while laying pipes
to circumvent the guardians OF the
public peace. They hired a tugboat,
brought il up to another pier, got their
friends together there, and embarked
out of reach. The crowd witnessed the
man9uyre and cheered as the tug went
out into the stream.
II was G:30 o'clock, and by that time
there we're 1000 persons gathered on
the bridge and twice as many more
along the waters edge. Butler at once
descended into the cabin Of the tug,
disrobed Of everything except pair OF
trunks, and then he was tied. The rope
used was somewhat larger than an or
binary clothcs-line. Butler crossed his
feet. and they were tied tightly at the
ankles and Just below the knees.
The rope was then passed around
his waist, and his hands were
placed behind his back and tied
at the wrists and elbows. In this
condition he was absolutely powerless,
and could not rise to his feet or even
assume a sitting position when laid
upon the floor. lie was so helpless that
the men on the boat began to demur
about putting him into the water, but
he laughed at their fears and assured
them that he was perfectly confident.
The tug had by this time drifted down
off the foot Of Pine street, and the
small boat that was to follow the swim
mer was brought alongside. Butler
was lifted into it by three men and then
dropped into the water about one hun
dred feet from the end Of the pier at
CAT o'clock.
The swimmer sank out of sight, but
at once cSne to the surface, barely
showing his face above it, and, pinioned
as he was, began to make Roadway out
toward the middle Of the river, swim
ming on his back. The men on the boat
and the sailors ON the neighbOring yes
sells cheered him vigorously, but he
heard them not, because his ears were
stuffed with cotton. lie propelled him
self by drawing his knees up to his body
and then Strengthening his legs, and he
made quite rapid Roadway. Before he
had goEe far be was seized by the cur
rent and carried up the river, and 50
low did he lie in the water that on sew
eral occasions the men on the tugboat
lost sight Of him altogether. lie was
followed closely, however, by a small
boat with q red danger-signal flying. in
which Mike Donovan stood ready to
seize him in case of cramp or if passing
vessels came too close. This boat kept
all the time within four feet Of the
swimmer
Butler got into the middle of the
river and to within 100 feet Of the
Brooklyn side without experiencing any
and had been carried up to a
point off Martins Stores. Just then
the tug Spray came up the river towing
the schooner Daphne. and bearing down
directly upon the swimmer, while at the
same time the steamer Grand Repub-
lie started out from JEWELS wharf
toward the bay. The men on the spec
tators' tug shouted to the pilot of
the Spray to sheer off, but ne was un-
able 10 stop, and the tug aud schooner
passed within ten feet of the pinioned
swimmer. lie was tossed about in the
swell, but struggled on hravely. Don
Ovan thought he was getting weak, and
asked if he should lift him into the
boat, but he shook his head. lie had
been carried up past the bridge, and
hundreds Of persons were running from
pier to pier waiting for him TO come
in, and a thousand more watched him
from the bridge but the current was
so strong close to the shore that he
could hardly make Roadway against it.
One pier after another was passed, until
the Catharine-Street ferry was reached,
and he was close TO the slip. The ferry
boat Alaska was coming in, but her
pilot backed her out Of the way to give
the swimmer a chance. He was unable
to get into the slip, however, and only
landed with great difficulty at the next
pier. lie was received by crowd two
hundred strong, who cheered and APP
plauded until they brought a reinforce
ment double the original number.
Butler was taken into the boat al
most exhausted at 1;0G, having made
the trip in nineteen minutes. The
ropes had cut his arms in several places
and left deep abrasions on his body and
legs. lie could hardly speak, but he
gsspsd as soon as they laid him on the
deck " For Heavens sake get those
ropes off :" lie was rubbed and given
stimulants, but it was ten minutes be-
fore he began to feel right. lie said
it was a terrible strain, but he could do
il again.
Julius paid Paul the bet that Butler
had won for him, and Butler went up
town later in the evening and ate a big
supper.
DesrOiied OF Her Glossy braid.
A Chicago special SAYS Miss Ida
Schrader, Of No. 1894 south lIalsted
street, with her father, mother, and
sister, was in Lincoln Park yesterday.
Ida has black hair forty-fsur inches in
length and very glossy. 1t was ar
ranged in two long braids, whieh hung
down her back. About 6 O'Clock she
was looking at the prairie-dogs, together
with her parents, when she felt slight
pull at her hair. Turning suddenly
she saw a man with pair of scissors in
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