St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-12
THEY WERE vICTIMlzED
And Given Rough Time in Their Pnr-
suit Of Spiritual Sustenanee
ON THE HOLY DAY AT FARGO,
Where the Reform Era Enforces Pro-
hibition On One Day in the
Week.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
FARGO. Jan. lit is seldom that a
more ludicrouS scene occurs than was
witnessed in one of the high-tOned
saloons of this city last Sunday. Three
of the business men who had on Satur-
day evening patronized the opening OF
the Fargo house to Il great eXtent,''
were anxious to find something TO re-
lieve the thirst which follows a night of
hilariousnesS. To accomplish this they
took a long stroll through alleys and
/ cellars, finally reaching their destination
/ and securing the mucli-sough prize.
There seemed to be little competition
as to who could: hold the most
I and the proprietor. fearing he would
soon have three ''full' men on his
consulted with his bartender and ar
rived at the conclusion that it could be
done and 10 ones feelings injured nor
bones broken. Preparatory to the ar
rangement the proprietor sat down and
explained to MessrS. Williams, Jones
and Smith that should an officer come
to the door he would tell him to waite
until he could get the key. and this was
to be signal for the aforesaid gentle
men to scud. according TO previous ill.,
structions. Bang went the door
THE SIGNAL WAS GIVEN
and the gentlemen moosed as di-
rected. Smith taking the lead. They
went into closet-apparently an inno-
cent place, but from which opened a
small door where they found ladder
leading up toward the roof iand ending
at windo w just under the caves. This
window was open and they rushed I'D
the ladder and through the window;
down five stairways to the basement,
which was dark. very decidedly dark.
but instructions were to go to the rear
of the basement and they made a rush
piles, slOp jars and sour pickles, rotten
potatoes and squashes, finally bringing
up against wet and widowed stone
wall, which they Rugged with the des-
peration OF drowning men. Not
word,
NOT A WHISPER 3"
must be spoken. For moment all was
still, then came the tramp of two heavy
men down the stairs. and the culprits
fiattened against the wall till their
heart-beats fairly Jared the building.
The proprietor says to the officer:
''You see there is no one here, don't
yOu?' Mop said the cop, II can't see
whether there is any one here or not.
Wait till light my bulI's-eye" This
light and bull'S-eye crushed the poor
fellows closer to the wall than ever.
Cold sweat started ana as each medi-
tated upon what his wife and the pub ]
lie would say, suppressed sobS would !.
come in spite of the danger of detec- /
ton. The quiet which ensued while |
the supposed officer was getting his /
light made the minutes seem like DAYS /
to the poor
WALL HUGGERS.
Finally, the proprietor having had as
much fun as he wanted, shouts to them,
"A II right, boys; he's gone" Such q
relief was never experienced bv three
men before. Saved" said Williams:
"Heaven be praised" said Smith;
OH the OfficerS,'' said Jones.
while the gentlemanly proprietor and
his bartender laughed until exhausted.
while the poor, bedraggled gentlemen
who wore good clothes in the morning
found themselves, as they got to light. |
three of the worst looking tramps ever
seen by the public eye. Cobwebs,
dirt. filthy wall and hor- |
ridly dirty and muddy floor had |
all left deep impression upon |
those good clothes and sadder, more |
mOurnful looking trio were never |
Sedttu DIT OllG littic TOuUu tdOlc. But |
the proprietor, pitiless wretch, could |
not let up until he explained to them
that they had climbed a ladder to the top |
of the same building they were in, gone |
to the cellar, and had been hugging the |
wall not twenty feet from where they |
were when they took up their fight. 1
This was the last straw, and nothing |
but the ability of the said proprietor I
and his bartender TO run 80
SAVED THEIR LIVES. |
This left them in possession of the sd.
loon, where they helped themselves |
until night, then slipped out, turned on |
the fire alarm, and while the police and |
others were looking for the burning
building, they each went home. COM
planning bitterly about the manner in
which they had to work to save valu4
able property from destruction, threat
ening to put bills in to the city council I
for damage to their clothing. But tits
all over now. The proprietor "sets 'em
up" whenever they come in, and all is
salubri0us. j