St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-01
SIMON AS DETECTIVE,
The st. Paul jewelers. Play by
Which Tascott May Be
Captured.
Simon Denounced in a Letter
From Stone, the Son-in-
Law Of Smell,
Who Forbids the Play as Traf-
ticking in the Affections
Of the Family.
Such a Course Would Adver-
tise the Play--An Outline
MP "Thn patpnI

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Chicago in May. The plot is a good
one, dealing, under assumed names.
with the Smell murder mystery, and is
intensely interesting, especially in the
earlier acts. The first scene shows the
interior of the Bell mansion ana dis
closes Amos Bell, kindly old million
aire, in discussion with a man about
town named Orion, who had come to
get some of his notes renewed. Bell re-
fuses to do anything for Orion and
accuses the latter of forgery, remarking
that it is crime he can never forgive.
After some discussion the old man locks
the notes in the safe, and Orion departs
in rage.
Later, when evening falls. Orion re-
appears in company with Dashcott.
They obtain entrance into the house by
the assistance of a servant girl, and
stand in the old mans study. Orion
produces an auger and bores a hole
through the door from the inside, so as
to divert suspicion from the domestic.
While engaged at work on the safe,
Bell comes down the stairs and looks
through the door.
''OrtOn," he eXclaims.
lmmedi ately Orion and Dashcott COM
mence to shoot at him, and he returns
stairs and expires, while the criminals
make their escape.
The next act shows the two murder
ers in consultation. DashcOtt remarks
that the police are looking for him. and
he docs not know how to escape from
town. Finally his sweetheart proposes
that he dress in some Of her clOtheS,and
DaSchcott vanisheS in wOman'S apparel.
The rest of the play is made secondary
to patrol wagon, and all the situations
revolve around this central idea. Orton
believes that sewing girl, who was at
work in the Bell mansion on the day of
the murder, knows something about his
connection with the crime, and proposes
to marry her. She consents, greatly to
the chagrin of a lieutenant of police,
who is also in love with her. He en-
deavorS to get her to remove to another
city, and on her refusal endeavorS to
abduct her. a passing citizen calls the
patrol wagon, but the villain escapes
punishment.
The third act is the realistic one of
the piece. In the first scene will be
shown patrol barn. with the wagon,
horses in their stalls, and officers sit
ting around. While they are enjoying
themselves an alarm is turned in and
wagon and men start Off heller SHELTER.
Then the scene reVolveS and shows
Haymarket square. Orion and the
lieutenant meet, and the latter en-
deavorS to arrest the criminal on 4
charge of forgery, but as he fails to
state the complaint, Orton thinks it has
some connection with the Bell murder
and endeavorS 20 escape. They fight
desperately, the lieutenant endeayOring
TO drag his man to the patrol box, but
finds his strength is insufficient. Orion
is rapidly getting the best of the COM
bat, when the policeman throws his
keys to a newSboy, who turns in an
alarm. By means of mechanical de-
vice the noise of the wagon can be
heard as if coming from distance of
several blocks. Fidally it dashes around
the corner, Orion is lifted in and carried
away to jail.
Then in the fourth act comes he
usual sitting down of a complicated
state of affairs to harmonious conditions.
Orion gets term for forgery, the pO-
lice lieutenant marrieS the lady, and
TaScott-or Dashcott-well, he makes
his final exit in the SecOud act and the
problem remains as before, where is
Tascott?'
a. j. Stone, son-in-law of the mur-
dered millionaire. has written to MesSrs.
Simon and Marble threatening to inSti-
tute legal proceedings if the play is
produced. Early in February Mr.. Mar
BILE called on Mr.. Stone, laid the plot
of 1.-The PATROL before him, and showed
conclusively, apparently to that gen.
tleman'S satisfaction, that if Tascott
were OH earth the play would be the
one thing on earth most liable to I'M
earth him.
I'VE have engaged a man to play the
part of Dashcott, as we call TaScott."
said Mr.. Marble. ''whO will make up eX-
actly like Tascott. He is of the same
build, has the same manner and has
four of his front teeth out, which will
enable us to provide the gold plate that
elusive Willie had. In fact, an ami
mated picture of TaScott is to be on the
stage. Now you can see the advantages
that will accrue. Everybody has heard
about TaScott, and read the descriptions
of him, but not one man out of 100 can
recognize person by description, I'M
less there is some distinctive feature
about it; but people will see our show
| and our Tascott, and thereby obtain a
good idea of what he looks like. Be
sides, the facination of criminals is so
we'll established that if we play in a
town where Tascott is he is bound to at
tend the show"
a proposition that MIR. Stone should
furnish four-sheet posters to be used in
advertising the play was taken under
consideration by him. The posters were
to read as follows:
.''.'' $50