Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-01-14
THE BRooKLYy MEN
And Their Really Phenomenal Capacity
for Getting Into Trouble.
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for Getting Into Trouble.
New York Tribune.
We have long held that Brooklyn men
display a really phenomenal capacity
for getting into trouble. We cannot
account for it, either. Brooklyn men,
as we see them about town in the day
time, seem peaceable and quiet When
they get off of this end of the bridge
in the morning there may be slightly
confused air about them, but this Is apt
to be seen in any one when he arrives
in great city like New York. The
Brooklyn man does not have that hunted
look seen on the face of the dweller in
the suburban villages which comes from
the ever-knawing fear that he is going
to miss his train, for the bridge stands
always ready for the Brooklyn mans
retreat at any moment But when he
mounts the bridge at half-past o'clock
in the afternoon to return home, there
is an air of resolution, with perhaps a
touch of gaminess, about him which
convinces lis that the Brooklyn man
must be an entirely different sort of a
person at night in Brooklyn. Whether
this comes from the night or from being
In Brooklyn, we cannot say, since II is
never possible to catch Brooklyn man
in town after Z p. IN. Anyhow, we be-
lieyc that at home after shutdown the
Brooklyn man is sly dog.
The latest instance In which Brook
lyn man has got into trouble involves
one Ludwig Thoms and a certain
William Eggers Mr. Eggers charges
Mr.. Thoms with attempting TO draw a
pistol on him. Thoms, it appears, is a
teacher in some sort Of a UNCONVENTIONAL
school and Eggers is a trustee of the
school. The other day Eggers called
upon Thoms and told him that his ser
vices Us teacher had become super
fluffy. At this, Thoms, so Eggers says,
placed his hand on his pistol pocket"
MIR. Eggers conceived his life to be in
danger and ran from the house. Suisse
quently he got out warrant for the
arrest of Thoms. The officer found
him seated at the piano vigorously
singing "Home, Sweet Home" in Ger.
man. He was just making some re-
marks down in his throat In regard to
his lowly matched cottage when the
officer placed him under arrest and took
him To the Lee Avenue police court.
Here Thoms Indignantly explained that
in making the move which the frightened
Eggers interpreted as warlikc he had
simply been reaching for his handker-
chief
This suggests that Brooklyn should
profit by the experience of Arkansas.
For many years the Arkansas gentle.
man habitually carried his tobacco in
his pistol pocket. Tho habit greatly
| raised tho static rnfa If tt,Dptutttxt f-g,.
| quently when man reached for his to.
bacco the personal friend with whom
he was conversing would misinterpret
the move and shoot him down. After d
while it became customary in Arkansas
before reaching for tobacco to wave the
hand slightly and remark 'terbacker p
This did very well, but the form was
sometimes forgotten, especially in the
heat OF debate in the Legislature, which
finally impelled this body, after losing
several good speakers TO pass law re-.
curing all persons to carry their chew.
ing tobacco in their left-hand YES,
pocket. Brooklyn, we say, must borrow
an idea from Arkansas. BROOKLYN men
must, when they don't "mean bust.
ness" remark handkerchief in an
explanatory tone. A better plan vel
would probably be TO have a city ordi,
nance compelling all men to carry their
handkerchiefs elsewhere. The position
of the Brooklyn handkerchief must moi
menace the safety of the public. 1t i.
altogether likely that, in the case before
us, had Eggers been armed he would
have replied TO the supposedly hostile
move OF Ihoms. II is no credit To
Brooklyn that she allows such chances
for causing Misunderstanding to exist.
We do not apprehend any trouble from
Brooklyn men in New York, as we be-
lieve they never bring their piatols
across the bridge, but we do not want
to hear of the Brooklyn man having
difficulty, even NJ home,