The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-24
THE poor Gus, CAME.

Unquestioaably the joke of the season
WAS perpetrated last night Oh c. NJ Jones.
the well known clothier 4 few days ago
the EAGLE contained an account OF the
appearance OF mysterious DAkec man
roaming The streets at night aud frighten-
ing the denizeus Of Lawrence avenue out
OF their wits. Among those who read the
article WAS Charlie Jones and MS Heart
was touched. He had compassion for the
poor man and attributed his nakedness to
the financial stringeucy and the hIgh
tariff As stated before he was touched
by the destitute condition of the man and
out of the generosity of his heart he in
serted IA notice in the EAGLE inviting the
poor cuss" to come around to his place Of
business aud be Invested Of whit he had
been Invested of or ia other words to
get suit Of clothes. No mora was
thought of the matter until last
evening about 8 O'clock when Mr.
Jones was in his store leading Supefin-
tendent Russell Harding OF the
Missouri Pacific road aud George NJ.
Dixon president of the board OF police COM
mssiOners, from the front part OF the
store to the Office in the rear end where ne
had new story to tell to them. tie was
about ten feet in advance OF the two gen.
ilemen and had arrived at the side door
when nude man came bounding in and
throwing himself before Mr.. Jones in a
crouching manner, went through sys-
tenn of the strangest pantomlne Antics the
genial Charlie ever saw. The moment
Charlie saw the spectral figure he did
what? What would any human being DO
under the circumstances but to yell and
yell like blaZes, too. The Piute Indian
war whOop was a whisper compared to it.
The woman with Il mouse hobnobblng
| around her ankles wouldn't be in it at all
| with I'm, and as for a Louisiana tiger his
yell wouldn't be a circumstance to it. 1t
WAS worse than fire alarm and attracted
the police and every body else within
distance OF two blocks. 4 hideous
| upturned face with two blazing maniacal
eyes peered at him while the head OF the
mau rolled around and swung long.
bushy. disheveled hair from one side &c
another that sent the cold chIiIs chasing
one another down the clotbier's back. He
stood transfixed not daring 20 stir till q
| long gauut arm was reached toward him
and then SIR. Jones commenced TO defend
himself aud was about 10 give the fellow
lively pumnleling when IA slip OF paper
WAS thrust into his hands and the cronch
ing hnmau hoped aside like a monkey
collecting pennies from "a street crowd.
In that slip of paper was the identical In
vitation extended the naked man by Mr..
Jones to come around and be clothed, and
Mr.. Jones then saw where he was at
He threw up the sponge, so to speak. and
! politely asked his nakednsss what, in his
present destitute condition, he most
desired. A suit Of clothes was the prompt
reuly; and he got them without another
word, By this time the store was full oil
people and Charlie at once realized that
| he was the Victim of very good practical
| joke.
| The job was put up by Mr.. Anderson
| aud General Hettinger and worked ike a
! charm The party selected to carry out
! the joke was young fellow named Ritter
who was a clown in Forepaugh's circus
and he carried out his part TO the queen S
taste Charlie J ones describes the fellows
as he first appeared, as wearing nothing
whatever but broad and CHASTITY grin.