The Washington critic., 1886-10-15
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON. OCTOBER 15. 1886.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


rlary life. lie Is the only detective
ever heard of who is regular Puritan
in his habits and religious belief. lie
is devout church member and Is
thoroughly untiring In his pursuit of
rogues. He is of medium height, In
clined to be stout. He nearly always
dresses in black frock. coat suit and
has the manner and appearance of q
Methodist clergyman. His long, sal.
low face is smooth. shaven with the eX-
ception of gray moustache. His nose
Is large, dropping hook, his eyes are
intensely black and deeply set under
most pronounced eyebrows. His hair
is thick and snow.wbite and is brushed
back without parting from his high
forehead. He is extremely reticent
and resembles as little as possible the
public idea OF the detective. He rarely
boasts and never yet has mentioned to
any inquirer that he had "a clue" re.
lating to any case. Secretary Man
ming last spring called for his iesigna
tion to displace him by some political
appointment. Mr.. Brooks sent his
resignation within ten minutes of its
being called for. His promptness so
pleased Mr.. Manning that he made no
haste to make the change. The result
is that Mr.. Brooks has remained there
ever since. If there is anything in
civil.service reform he will be per.
mitted to remain.
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DR.. Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union, keeps in ruddy health
by taking plenty of exercise and per-
mitting nothing to worry him, says the
New York Sun. He is as simple and
unaffected in his habits as one Of his
native Blue Grass farmers. He asserts
that he made the best discovery of his
long life, in Washington, two or three
years ago, when he tasted one of John
Chamberliu S dcviled crabs. DR.. Green
says that the man who invented this
toothsome dish should have monu.
ment. When Dr.. Green came to New
York he says that he was astonished to
find that the best business men never
drank anything during business hours,
though some of them made good the
daylight abstinence by evening liba-
tlons.
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The Philadelphia Times says that
the success of Senator Voorhees, in de.
Tending Captain johnson of Green
vile, Tenn, is still the talk of the
West and South, and that directly was
the reason why young Hazeltine, who
recently killed Banker Morton, In Wis.
consin, has just retained his services.
Wondrous tales are told of the speech
which resulted in johnson s acquittal.
When VOORHEES, rose to begin his plea
sentiment was against his client He
knew this and had evidently made up
his mind to do his best. Warming to
his work he first depicted the hymeneal
Eden in which johnson had lived be.
fore his enemy came, then traced the
slimy course of the modern serpent as
it wound its insidious way into that
peaceful garden and described the
ruin and desolation that marked its en-
venomed trail. AS he proceeded, first
one juror, then another, and still an.
other, was seen to wipe his eyes, and in
little while the whole twelve sat with
tears trickling down their checks.
Even the Judge sank down below the
books on his desk to hide the emotion
he could not conceal. The acquittal
followed as matter of course, and for
time it was hard to tell which was
the greater hero, Voorhees, or his eli
ent. The Indiana Senator has a voice
that can roar like tel Ipest as easily as
1t can initiate the bird-like voice of the
flute, and though there are many better
lawyers in the country than he, there
are but few men who can sway jury
as well. In the Wisconsin trial 1t Is
expected that he will fully equal his
Tennessee effort, and If he does the
same verdict will probably result.
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"Do you know why Llngg is such a
favorte among female Anarchists
as'od Fourteenth Ward Socialist of a
Chicago Herald reporter. mo, it
isn't because he is handsome. 1t Is for
the reason that he is apparently in
different to his fate. mean by this
that he exhibits that bravado or dare
devil recklessness which wins the
admiration of callow girls and hare
Drained women. Young girls saw In him
hero, and when the trial began, many
of them came to the Criminal Court for
no other purpose than to see the young
man who was so bold as to defy the
law and its servants. They saw in the
bomb maker goodlooling fel.
low who, to all appearances, was as
stolid as the statute of justice above
his head. As the story of his devilish
work was drawn from the mouths of
the witnesses, these girls-these reds
in petticoats-began to think that he
was just too brave and too nice for any.
thing They wrote letters to him, and
shock the tips of his fingers through
the iron lattice work of the Jail. Kisses
the only anarchistc tokens of friend
ship, passed between them. There
were pledges of undying love for ont
another, and before half the spooney
girls knew just what they were doing
Lingg was setting dates for orange
blossoms, beer and German baud.
hear that Spies is going to get married
in Jail. Perhaps there will be double
wedding, the bomb.maker figuring a
Il C other groom"
Conversing with Professor Georg
p. NJ criill of the National Museum tn
other day, Mr., Carpenter Of the Clevc
land Leddor asked the Professor hoy
America compared with other cour
tries in its stone resources. III
replied: " No country in tn
world has finer building stone
nor more of 1t than we have. A pres
ent there are about $25, ,OOO, 600 of cap
tai invested in American stone quarries
and the business is in its infancy