Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1892-03-26
THEY Si1AlNGHAlED THE BUTLER.

HEY Sf1AfdGfhlEu ftE ~ LEX.
The Pr1soncr Ma. @:"s,e and M tilr Rus
sian Police Found II substitute.
Ny friend Count llitkitwitz and I
were walking :llo1l% Sixth avenue
the other day when uur attention
WIS called to Il couple Of policemen
who were marching Il prisoner up
the street Tt II rapitl rate Tie hut
ter made things lively 1'y }slwliug ut
the top of his lungs: Il Didn't t:@l;c
anything. I1iln't: didn't
"ktnlinds 1nc of Il story, observed
the count. aud then III continued:
You Str. my father ut the time Of
which speak was Il man Of tunsitl.
elsthlc MEANS ami >n1nt'tlll,l;: TT Il hon
viv;nt. He had Il weakness for Eng
ll%h pale ;llt, and our hltltr. ,lS he
valued his position. never allowed the
stock to 11,n tut.
1t happened that my father had
invited Il friend to thinner rllt lay
and had instructed the butler to SEQ
that everything WAS we'll and prop
erly served. ami. above I'LL. not to
omit the pale ale, About :ln hour
before dinner the butler discovered
to his horl>u' that the stock Of ale
was exhausted. Tic did not tarc t.
send Il servant for it. 10 h. started
out III a :51'tut hurry tu*ecu1rc tho ale
himself
"Inr1st hero tell vo1; about Russian
bulnik>. THESE arr something like
sentr, boxrs. and art. stationed in
various parts Ut st. Petersburg fur
the accommodation Of prisoners
cha, :-ed with petty ttf,1lscs. \ 1n;tr
eau :ht Stealing, for instance is
locked up III one OF thtsc bol,lniks
IN held there until wanted. When
th%' court sits there is II general
roundup Of the budniks. just AS Il let
t',r carrier here cmptics the mail
1oxes on his route.
Well some fellow had stolen
thirty rubles. He was caught and
hustled into a budnik. But thirty
rubles is a lot Of money for a Russian
policeman, and when the thief offered
him to court tho result was that the
fellow was allowed to make his
escape. Now it happened That I'LL i'll
spector Of police who had seen the
arrest made asked the guards whcrs,
their prisoner was. In the bl1dnik,'
they answered. OF cou1S" they were
sent after him forthwith. But there
was no prisoner and something had
to bt done.
AS the guards 1learetl my fathers
house they csl,ied the butler r1mnin.
around the corner. Herr, wus their
man. They gave CHASE and caught
him. The 1rr,r butler cxpostulatcl
and demonstrated, hut to 10 purpose.
When brought before thu magistrate
he became violent and received Il
blow On tho head that nearly knocked
him senscl..ss. All three OF the
guards, not knowing who lie was,
sworu that they had st'ell him com
nit the theft. Tho poor fellow wasn't
allowed to say a word in his own he,
half On the contrary. he was pun
meled about in such Il fashion that
he confessed to tile theft, whatever
it was, to save further tlrul,l,iny,
There WIS III pale alo for dinner
at my fathers house that day. and
no butler either. After waiting III.
til the next morning for the butlcr to
turn UP my f;t;hcr. notified the po
lice. The butl>1's disappearance re-
manned profound mystery for ii
week, >;::4>:l NY father happened to
visit tht: Jill: There in one IF the
cc!Is :Ill4l more dead 1llun alive. he
discovered hi, missing house servant.
Exp}:4lE4tioi.S followed. the butler
WIS liberated md On the day follow
in1 appeared ttS IL Witness against the
three guards, who. to the great salts
faction u the butler. wrre sentenced
IT, long terms 1T imprisonment. "-
Nf,.4, Viva. TI,,uI1