The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-12

Bert Apologize, and the next was little
Mary Foley. None of these is over IL years
old. The children were badly frightened
and the crowd stampeded. Two other boys
were seized by the negro. but were rescued
before he could bite them.
Soon afterward the prince was arrested at
the tent by Policemen Stewart and Clinton.
| The prisoner, who found no difficulty in
speaking English, was committed 10 Jail
upon the charge of mayhem. In his "work
clothes" the prince looked very much like an
ordinary day labOrer. He appears to be
be about 20 years old and Is rather small
for that age. The tOwnspeople were very
indignant over the matter, particularly be-
cause the little girl, May Foley, was hurt
The negro was safer IN jail than he could
have been outside on Monday afternoon
and yesterday.
The arrest forced out some interesting
little secrets of the profession. The canul-
balistic accomplishment didn't come from
Afr ca, but more likely was cultivated on
Sullivan and Thompson streets. in this city,
where the beefsteaks are said to have many
elements of similarity to fricasseed South
African. The prince comes from
Alexandria, Va, where, he says. his father
and mother live now. He was for six
months with John Robinson's circus,
and joined Burk's show.chaste, in
structive and entertaining; mighty.
moral and magnifcent-at Covlngton,
Ky. He gets $40 week and says that two
weeks salary is due him now. The prince
Notwithstanding disclosures made by is
friends In the show-gravely informs visit
ors at the Jail that be came from some
place in Africa and is an African prince.
He writes his name In a sprawling, but per-
fectly legible hand. William Lucas" His
idea OF the African tongue is to add Itch"
to English. Her" for example, is "hertch"
in African. This is partly affected and
partly due to natural impediment OF
speech. He dislIkes to be questioned about
African geography.
The darby is comicl sort Of failure as
an African prince. but that isn't what he
was paid $40 week for. Any negro would
make an African prince, but Lucas, or
Prince Montewow, has a unique speciality.
THE dance glatch be grinnsd. yester-
day, shutting his feet. "Dantch."
HE means that he can dance on glass;
explained the sheriff
A small box was found, and a lot of
broken glass was thrown into it. This was
of all grades-broken beer bottles, window
glass, and the like. The negro stepped into
the box in his bare feet and began dancing.
The glass cracked as it would between two
millstones, and was slowly broken into
small pieces. The other prisoners crowded
about and watched the proceedings with
wonder. The foot Of an ordinary man wsuld
have been cut all to pieces The glass was
shivering and breaking with harsh creak-
ing, scratching sound, and the negro danced
on as il it had been SO much sand. He ap-
peared to enjoy the attention his one accom-
plIshment was attracting.
He danced for several minutes until the
glass was all broken into very small pieces.
Then he stepped out, brushed the small par
ticles from the soles Of his feet and bowed
Electrically in acknowledgement OF the ap-
plause.
Meanwhile the circus is going on its way
The prince is left in jail, in what might be
termed hostile community, without money
and without friend. A prince one day; a
beggar the next. The head of the procession
one day; in jail the next
The outlook is very gloomy for him now.
He will likely be held toawait the action of
the grand jury. His curious accomplish
ment-his being able 10 dance on glass with
his bare feet-avails him nothing in jail.
Surely no African prince ever had harder
luck than this one, and he feels his mis-.
fortune keenly.
1t was feared at first that blood poisoning
would result from the bite in the case of
Johnny Kicker, but the doctors say now
there is no prospect Of that result. The
Inflammation was severe at first. but all the
children were doing we'll yesterday.