Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1886-02-04
A PoLYolor nlsrRlor.
An Interesting spo. In the Hear, Of Ns'

An Interesting Spot In the Heart Of New
York City.
Police-Captain Allaire asserts tina,
his precinct, the Tenth, is the most sin.
gular in the city. He said to re-
porteri There are no less than twenty.
three languages spoken IN it, and Il
only goes from Houston TO Division
streets and from the Bowory to Norfolk
street u Is modern Babel, and no
mistake. The most numerous class in
the precinct are the Polish Jews. They
are the queerest as well. think there
must be an agent stationed at Castle
Garden who tells them where the po-
lice stations and police courts are, and
as soon as they get fairly settled thoy
want to 20 to law about something. 1t
doesn't seem TO make any difference
whether they appear as plaintiffs or
defendants. I've had them come tJ
tho station when they certainly had mt
been in the city week, and were "a
Innocent Of English as the babe unborn,
either to have some one else equally
green arrested for assault, or TO an
swer to a complaint for assault them
selves. Each side always has crowd
Of witnesses. I've had a man come to
the house with rag as big as bed
quilt wrapped about his head and tell q
most pitiful tale as to how he had been
assaulted and almost killed. When
the rag was taken of he would show
up sometimes a scratch that might
have been made by a pin, and some
times he would be without sign of a
wound of any kind. II by chance he
should have been cut sufficiently TO
draw blood he is in his glory He
takes delight in smoaring the blood
all over his face, and he world no more
think of taking a drop Of il of until
the police had seen it than he would
of flying. It's evidence, you know.
They are remarkably shrewd in a
business way, too, and while they are
not as a rule dishonest TO the extent of
downright robbery or thievery, they
will do almost anything for the sake Of
turning a penny in the way Of trade.
The only people that can beat them in
the way of tricks are the Chinese.
remember case that occurred some
time ago that will show the difference
between the two in that way. There
was a certain Polaek in the precinct
that got contract to make a number
Of shirts. They were to be delivered
laundered, and he took them to a Chi
ncse laundry in Christie street. for
get the Chinaman's name, but will call
him Wah Lung Tor the sake Of the
story. AT the appointed time the Po-
lack called for the shirts, but had lost
the ticket. NO sabe Inglcese; no
tickee, no shirtee,' was all he could
get out Of Wah Lung. and he came to
the station for help. We could give
him no aid, and so he went to the city
court and got q warrant for Wah Lung.
When the process-server called at the
laundry the sign read Wah Lee, and
the place was so changed in appear
ance rs to make II altog ether unrCcog-
nizable and an altogether different
Chinaman was in charge. To say that
the Polack was wild would be putting
IL mildly. He never got the shirts so
far as | know.
Sometimes we have trouble in maxi
ing out all the different lingoes spoken
in the precinct, but we can generally
find somebody who can translate for
us. IN Y. Tribune.
THE farmers favorite vest--Harvest.--
Agents Herald.