Evening journal., 1892-11-12
JOHNNY WAS DEAD SLOW
And His Lamentations Welled
Right from His Heart.
A TOUR THAT ENDED IN SaNOMTNY.

Disgusted with Philadelphia and Finding !
Pottsville No Good, He Finally Wound
Up In New York in tho Arms OF a Couple
of "Fly Cops" Who Were "Too Fresh"
NEW York, Nov. 19.-"Collaredl BE de
hmpin jimmy, I'm collaredr'
This was the surprised exclamation,
straight from the heart, that John Weber,
Of Philadelphia, uttered in the Church
Street police station late last night. John
had been tricked, and he felt badly.
Ward Detectives Colby and Lyons were
standing at Cortlandt and Liberty streets
about 10 o'clock when a strange little
figure approached. The figure was Johns.
John was neatly dressed in a mixed suit Of
tweed, and a little round cap was perched
rakishly on one side of his head. Slung
across his shoulder was a russet leather
travelling bag. A Flobert rifle and an um-
brefla, strapped together, rested over the
other shoulder.
The detectives had not time TO recover
from their surprise at the apparition when
John halted in front Of them, grounded
arms, hitched his travelling bag around
ana spoke WIN n Connucut Nlfs
"Say, Gully, I'm drop fresh in desc pas
lures, and I'll tank yer fer a tip on de dead,
and all want is place TO git in "a little
snoozin at price tat won't bust de check
er I'll be dead fly ON desc parts meself
putty soon, and ifyouse ever want anything
jest call on Rife Jack de boy terrer from
Philly."
John Was Dead Slow.
The detectives were in plain clothes
When they were sufficiently recovered from
their surprise TO be able To speak Colby
volunteered in the most friendly fashion to
find the young man a comfortable lodging
house. Detective Lyons wanted to carry
the rife but John refused TO give itup. 10
was not until the procession halted in front
of the sergeant at the desk of the police
station that John realized that the lodging
house was not the one he would have So
lected himself Then he gave vent TO his
disgust in picturesque and vigorous lam
guage, beginning with the exclamation
quoted above.
I'm dead rotten slow, am" he went
on to say. "Why de bloody blue -
didn't get on to youse fer fly cop hlokes'
Oh, Johnny, johnny, yer fell right inter
itln the youth apostrophized, and the ser
geant and policeman looked on admiringly
and took good care of the rife.
When John finally recovered from his
feelings he told the sergeant that lac was
eleven years old and the son of Peter
Weber, of i125 Hancock street, Philadel-
phia, u tailor who worked with Meyers &
Co. at 46 North Third street, in that city
"Philly was too dead slow fer me, re-
lated John, "and l took it inter me noddle
to start out and see der world. ! waited
, till de ole man and ole woman went out
on lection night TO see who's elected.
Then l got into de 'frigerator where dad
KEEP his pile, and ] swagged IT, twenty-five
cold nuggets, and den / took de sneak.
Pottsville Was No Good.
"I trained it TO Pottsyille and stayed
dere nearly whole day, but dc place WIZ
no good an dere was nuttin goin ON dere
and cum to Jersey City. I found no fun
dere neither, and trained it back 20 Asian
r tic City Thursday morn Dere ] fell IN wild
- Lon. Lon was mig, but we hit it up To-
a gedder and he sold me der shooter for 81 2j
/ fought / might need IL here. Lon wa.
!. comin ON wild me, but his liver was white
if his skin wasn't, and he Civ me der sneak
as we We're gettin on board so / cum alone
; And here de fust thing do is git nabhet
l by fly cops"
r Here Johnny began TO weep copiously
h not because he was frightened, as he tool
. occasion to explain. but because OF hi
, chagrin at getting caught on his first da!
p, in the big city.
: When the detectives searched him thcl
u found four boxes of cartridges in th
j. leather bag and slO20 in a little linen ha,
in his pocket The sergeant asked him
4 he expected TO shoot Indians ON the BOW
+ cry, to which facetiousness John dis,lainel
to reply except TO remark soto vocc
II "Youse is all too fresh
., The boy was sent to police headquarters
> and a dispatch sent to his father in phila
y, delphia.