New-York tribune., 1891-05-04
"OLD HUTCHp at HOME AGAIN.
HIS EFFORTS TO ELUDE DETEcTIvE--A CHASE
AMONG BoX-cARs AND BEER SALOONS.

AMONG BOX-CARs AND BEER SALOONS
Chicago. MAY 3-B p Hutchinson. OF the Board d
Trade whose disappearance from Chicago caused q
sensation, was to-day around his usual haunts here
He left the train the suburbs last night and going
10 a boarding house. euded reporters till after the
morning newspapers had gone to press Then he came
downtown to his little sleeping apartment In the rear
Of his business Office. This morning he was up bngh'
and early. and by a. m had. as is customary with
him. cooked his breakfast. Then he made the
circuit of few favorite saloons and chatted afaoy
with the bartenders while partakng OF his liqud re-
freshment When asked why he left the city IN such
mysterious manner, he replied, testify 81 am t"eh-
ty-one years DID, and guess can go away when
please without asking any ones permission IN inc
afternoon he was In company with his son ana
friend W. /. Hutchinson says his father viii PROB
ably not resume business for the present, but VIII
take long trip for his health. B. T. Hutchnsohs
financial affairs according to the assuming
much better aspect than was at frst supposed would
be the case.
Tho chase through a pouring rain which "old
Hutchp led the detective who was " "shatowing' MN
was an amusing one. When in entering the CITY
the train pulled up in particularly dark place. nc
grabbed his valse and suddenly disappeared on tne
hack platform. The shadow" nice-looling young
man in light trousers, left the at the same me
and took refuge behind a boxcar until the old man
had made satisfactory survey He evidently fet
that some on his trail, and with an - M
determned-tO my pursuers' air started down the
tracks, lie circled around box-cars and sWlUh
shantes reversed his tracks and paced over every
bit OF ground for quarter of mile square, hhany
coming out on Forty y-seventh-st., where he took a
header into the first beer saloon. The detective sat
down 10 nurse his barked and bruised shins.
But his rest was cut short. The old man LETT the
saloon and hurried east to the next beer house lie
studied the sign above the door and was evidently on
the lookout for lodgings In the third saloon he
took o drink. His familiar profile was cast on the
front curtain. There was the shadow Of something
else against the shadow of the profile. That shadow
was the shape and size Of the kind OF schooners out
of which beer Is swallowed. Then Mr. Hutchinson
appeared in the flesh and stopped no more until ne
reached the Lake Shore crossing, where he hid for
awhile IN the dark shadow Of the little railroad sta
ton. He was Just resting. AT Wentworthave. no
stopped a man and asked the way to Statest lie
made another strategic move TO dodge his shadow
by pretending to board streetcar, ana then huuTeu
east on Forty -seventhst AT State-st. ne maze III
0ures for lodging In several other saloons, Dut meet
and took passage north bound cable car, aI
rode into the limits of the city, when he suddeny lei
the fast-movng and at lively pace douDleu Daek
ON the west side of the street. lie entered niue
restaurant at No. 4,036 Statest., where he harneu
that he could secure room by applying upstadIs
lie climbed the steps and struck bargain, ior ho ,
minutes later he came downstairs without either ms
overcoat or satchel and made his way to the nearest
saioon where he took his lunch, his beverage anu
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