The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1885-12-30
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Unhappy ESp -rier.ces "fa C,I.,-. , Doctor
IA Naw York.


courts, said a short lnan with 4 round,
red face, a:,d a huge par Of .,re.acl.s to
Il reporter, 4 WAS tn t.n3lHn;,, victim OF
a curious c;t-e of mistaken iocI;:ty in one
OF theni a te1V s"",.h- "@o; Though think
at the tina tn ;siIir - no1 1e. into the
papers. The speaker Wa> a Young
physician whom the reporter ha.l known
in Pennsylvania ttHn- ;,fi' =. story
he told was a. follows:
Il had heen taking = Iii L. lri.. ,tp the
Hudson with IA friend of mine. and we
were in New York fn'' :, few DAYS before
going holn". We hal iu,t visited Gen
Grants tomb in RjH1Es,,.. l:rk, and
were walking aiong one ri III" avenues
i'll the upper part OF the city. ~nadenly
Il policeman tapped ;ne on the ~iloulder.
Somebody wants t see you tacEl here,
he said.
Il thought had made 4 mistake in
paying for the lunch We had taken in 3
restaurant a square OF two back. But
the first thing knew was pushed into
a little fancy store and an excited woman
came running forward, crying: That's
the man. that the man; and the lame
man therefor my friend had a stiff LEG
and limped that's his accomplice. /
know them both
Then she Went on 10 say that the
lame man had come into her store and
offered a 80 bill 10 pay for some tri1e,
that there wasn't change enough in the
drawer, and She had 10 open Il desk
where she kept roll of larger bills; that
in little while I came in, and after
looking at II good many things asked LeT
to get Il silk handkerchief which WAS
hanging i'll the shoW-windoW. This i
took her some time to ret. and five min
utes after left the room She found the
roll of bills was gone
when did this happen, nladam?"
asked.
Last Saturday morning.
"'But we weren't near New York last
Saturday,
'.'Oh, you can't get off that way" she
cried. III swear to il | know You by
your face. | know You hy Your clothes.
| know you by your voice.
And in two minutes we We're walking
downtown in charge of the policeman
with an admiring crowd ot men and
boys ut our heels. At the police station
the woman told her story again and
sworc to ii. My friend of course, was
dismissed. | was searched. my watch,
surgeon case, and money were taken
from me. and | was put into dirty b:-t-
ment cell, where the darkness was mai:
hideous by the ravinS of drunken ne
gro next door.
well, | suppose ii was about threC
O'Clock in the afternoon when | was
taken to the police court. | had @ottpn
back my watch and money, and felt
pretty confident that / could make oui
my case. The Judge was nice-lookinc
man, whose name / found out afterwary
was Duffy. He listened carefully while
the woman told her story and | told
mine. When was through he said:
Well, young man. YOU haven't con
tradicted yourself once. think | know
a criminal when | see him, and you don't
look like one
just then my friend, who had come
in, pushed forward and attracted the at
tention of the court. There's his &C.
complice,' said the woman; 1 can swear
to them both.
THAT is very serious said the Judge.
You told pretty slick story" broke
in the clerk, and you might have gotter
off if your blanked fool of an accomplice
hadn't come in. But no one ever had
better chance of going up the river than
yon have now And he was about to
maze on: i commitment to the Tombs
when the isI,i~e interposed.
Hold on he said: III give this
man another chance. Let him have 3
special hearing tomorrow morning,
Il felt pretty blue. There was with
out 3n acQu1ntanc" IL III city, nv
fricntt~ tao hundred lnii,s oil, unable tc
prove my identity, I H-H~ put for the
night into one 81: shn .,;s-tY cell, of the
adjoining >Itt.o't-.".,-r, / wanted &c
send sonle lel,.-,:,.u~. su A..ie my supper
brought in from = restalu'"3t, an 80
have my cell changed.
No. said the keeper, it j. again,
the rules
Il got my telecrams sent ar about -
cents a word: my supper ccS- Nv t3fe#S
the usual rates. and for > ii. ; give tsr
a cleaner cell did not >i,rp lHs.ca.
however. The prospect Of gojnT u the
Tornbs the next afternoon N;,S tuo o2sl,A
for me.
''Abont 6 o'clock on Sunday morning
a cab came laundering up 10 the station
house. A kick at the door and 9 vo'!,E
Of oaths brought out the keeper on
run. and in few minutes my brother
walked into the cell.
He had been travelling al night, and
brought with him papers and letters 10
identify me and prove ali alibi. At 10
o'clock came Up for a second hearing.
The woman stuck to her story as posi-
lively as ever. Ny case was Gcos9. of
course. and the JUDGE dismissed nly.
This is an outrage. he said Pat
don't see that YOU have any rcmed, sor
it. The woman isn't worth ANYTHING.
and You can't get damages.
But you had an interesting expec-
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