The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-08-21
cred on ana about the platform or

cred on and about the platform or
board flooring In front of the depot, the
Twelfth street bridge being lined with
men, women and children, and all win
dows In view being adorned with from
five to twenty-five heads, black, white,
yellow, and red. Men predominated
everywhere, but there were also many
women and more children.
As the time neared for the train to ar
rive, the crowd grew, and upon the ar
rival of the Missouri Pacific train,
break was made for it, under the suppo.
sition 1t was the Frisco train.
1t was only short wait of five min
utes till the train from the West
came in view and that proved to be the
one wanted.
First came the engine and then several
baggage and mail and express cars, and
lastly the passenger coaches. The train
had two sleepers and the Peoria was
| the last one. Both platforms were
| crowded, the people for the most part
| being st. Louisans, who had gone out to
suburban stations before daylight to
! board the train. Hon. John l. Martin
| and several newspaper reporters could
| be seen through the car windows, all
| crowded around the seat which the pris-
oner occupied. The train stopped, and
| out they poured at both ends. The
crowd at first being unable to tell which
end was the right one, divided and COW
cred both, as they determined, come
what might, not to let the prisoner es-
cape. The rear end proved to be
the right one, as was evidenced
when Detective Tracy's famil-
lar face appeared at the door. He was
closely followed by the prisoner, and
1 Dodn h. l,4 taf
Harrigan was below on the ground to re-
ceive them, and with him were twenty of
the biggest policemen 10 St. Louis and
half as many sergeants, about all, in fact,
In the Central District. They were there
to keep the crowd back and make way
for the all-important trio. The crowd
was good-natured and fell back to the
right and left In good order, and the
prisoner was marched almost on trot
to the patrol wagon, which had been
backed up under the Twelfth street
bridge. -
lne face of Maxwell was on the pale
order, and 1t would not be exaggerating
to say he was pretty badly scared as he
was hurried through that crowd. A
shout was given as the prisoner was as
sisted up into the patrol wagon.
The prisoner was hardly seated in the
wagon when Tracy shouted, "Let her
gol" The driver applied the lash to the
horses and the animals plunged forward
under the bridge, while small army of
blue-coats clung to the rear steps. The
crowd gave tremendous cheer as the
wagon started for the Four Courts. The
horses were urged rapidly forward,
the crowd following as fast as it could,
cheering and yelling the while. The
mad chase was kept up until police
headquarters was reached. Lodgers in
the neighborbood were awakened by the
shouts and cries of the thousands in the
streets, and, dressing as quickly as pos
sible, Joined the excited throng. Twelfth
street was impossible. Ably secondins
the efforts OF the young were old men,
women, mothers with babes in theil
arms, and even small children.
The wagon stopped in front of the
Clark avenue entrance, and in minute
was surrounded by the throng. "Take
him out and hang him!" shouted a tai
man in white hat, as Tracy and Badger
lifted their charge from the wagon. The
officers on the wagon formed a line and
pressed the crowd back toward Iber's
As the prisoner finally disappeared be-
hind the front doors another hair-raisino
shout was given. Meanwhile the thou
sands who had been left by the patrol,
but who, nevertheless, persisted insecur
ing one more look, found the Twelfth
street entrance to the building open
poured in like a flock of sheep.
In minnie the rotunda was jammed
and again the officers formed in line and
drove the mob out into the street. Max
well was taken into the detectives room
and given chair. He was quite palt
and spoke only in monosyllables wher
interrogated. He did not seem to quit,
understand the fuss on the outside
Commodore Smith, Captain Fruchte
Sergeant Schmitgens and number O
, reporters received the prisoner in thu
. room. He carried long English ulstei
and appeared tired and trayel-staine(
, from his journey.
,, "Mr. Tracy. is 1t possible to get
place to washf" said he.
eyes, certainly: come with me-"
"Take him down stairs" said Ser
geant Burke.
"Give me my brush and comb,n re
. quested Maxwell.
! Tracy went down in one of the deel
: pockets of the ulster and fshed out
comb and brush, and handing it to tn
: prisoner, said: "You can have anything
: you want"
l Harry Newboldt, the Photographic
who does the work for the rogue.
gallery, was present and had mad
= every preparation to receive good pit
ture of the prisoner. After Maxwe
had performed his ablutions in the calls
boose, he was brought up and phott
: graphed. The police were immediatel
besieged by thousands for permission t
see the prisoner, but all were denied.
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