The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-08-04
THE alissios OF BOY DETECTIVES.
AOu'::; Father sherman. Of Brooklyn, Breaks
Ills Vows of Cc,ibacy.
They Are Called TO spot" the Brcokers of the
Prohibition Inw
From ;ne New York World !

ais lhey Are Called 20 spot the BROKERS of
Prohibition La".
tFrom ;bc New York Torld.)
1ys Waldo and Theodore Barnes, ty
an, elfeminatc looking striplings, believe tn
:he they have experienced a divine call
ok- redeem Rhode Island from the ruin tn
iSs threatens III consequence Of the defe
by tive construction of the new prohibition
Sh law The act, which was framed b
ne Prohibitionists unlearned in the law, W.
ne made to read that no intoxicants shall /
Ks made or sold "as beverage" thus lin
ltlnS the illegal purposes and leaving Il,
el manufacture or sale open for all otle
at purposes. The result of this has bee
n. to convert the State into a vast entomo
rs logical museum. Nearly every thir,
N person has taken an interest in tn
is alcoholic preservation of bugs, catapil
II lars and insects Of every description
/ and, therefore, the consumption O
% spirits has abated little since the reign O.
r temperance began. Defiance of the law
If was observed in all quarters, especially
Q IN the country, but no warrants were
:; Issued, the authorities knowing that ii
u would be useless to act with the old gang
n of spoilers, whose rascally connivance
: with venal magistrates was recently cx-
: posed by Legislative committee. The
frauds OF these spoilers were so glarinc
that no jury would convict on their tes.
timony, and to the disuay of the Prohi-
bltion party their amendment to the con-
shtutlon seemed a dead failure. while
these beardless boys presented them
selves and made known their alleged
mission.
The Joan-of-Arc call came to them
simultaneously while they were boiling
dead horse, and they there and then
resolved to devote themselves to the SER
wee OF the State as detectives. The
father of the Barnes boys has carried on
the profession of horse knacker for many
years, and his sons have grown up to be |
experts IN the art of extracting the fats
from the carcasses secured by the old I
gentleman. The authorities were at
first inclined to treat the young men as
aaniacs, but the earnestncss, honesty
and candor Of the lads pleaded for them
and they were allowed to try their
amateur detective hands on the violators
OF the liqnor Law. Eiatcd over their ap-
polntment, Waldo and Theodore re-
turned home and began to lay in an out
ut tor their first crusade. IL the light
OF their knowledge Of detective work,
derived almost wholly from books of the
Jonathan Wild type, the lads believed {
they could only accomplish their pur- c
pose with the aid Of DISCUSSES. From L
the relics OF long ago stranded dra- J
matte company they procured wigs, a
pirates boards, corsair d
shlrts and other suitable costumes. P
pack1nS up these with g map of the K
state and copy OF tie prohibition law, Il
he boys started out on their expedition. g
\ pair of horse pistols completed their O.
'uttit. From the outset they met with h
lgnal success, obtaining sales at scores C
II places and collecting evidence of the al
most tincontrovertible character. Thev W
ou!d have obtained all they wanted by pt
wink OF the eye, but the stripIngs ia
'ere impressed with the idea that they fe
aust be disguised and that their throats f1
iould be cnt if their disgt,ises should be II
enetrated. Thus, instead of waking ar
, and getting their drinks in a natural ga
ay, they appeared as aged travellers sn
astaway sailors, ETC., bent with wears. 70
in gait and with banoinn th,
'ngues. co,
In this way the inspired youths sue
'eded in bassing fifty law breakers, ye;
Id with one exception all have been pal
'nTlcted or adiudged guilty and re- to
anded for trial il the higher courts. I1lr
ne boy detectives make good witnesses,
ID cannot be beaten down by the cross fin
animation. They are honest and CON ex-
'entlous IN their alleged mission, and the
We such phenominal memories that tur
cy never make any memoranda, nor lars
they be tl1pped IN court upon date apl
day. IN q lone country inn where tlo1
ey went disguised in costumes that obi
d been used In Ingomar, the landlord der
$ SO scared at the sight of the fierce cha
king visitors that ne fled, leaving all I
illicit stock to them. Disguised as THU
m dlSgers they visited another place, MOI
after making sale they came into thos
IN and were photographed. They real
W the portrait and relate the adven- whe
cs with great relish. \ few evenings How
they imagined that committee Of pro,
'erate ssloon!sts were charged with Stat
duty Of dirliing them, and they sent a hr
an alarm to the the police, but it the
nothing but their highly dramatic man
Slnaron. Once within tie walls of and
II isolated dwelling, where the dead it as
Sc cauldron is run, and they are safe popI
II the most daring assassin. The woul
ma OF the sweltering carcasses makes the c
place lmpregnablc The chief Of To
ce has now a huge stack OF warrants old
ly for service, and upon a given once
1t officers will sally forth and execute faces
simultaneously. 1t will be another reapl
Ghter Of the innocents. selves
all r