The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-21
: PEG LEG TAILOR.
lie and Polio mau Entert In a row at th
Union Depat.

Peg Leg" is the name of one OF the
late arrivals at the civ blstiie last night
and drunk and diserderiy" is the charge
! against him.
Peg Leg is tailor and WAS the cause Of
very lively fracas with Officer William
Fox ut the Union depot last evening.
Peg Leg went into m Est Douglass
avenue joint yesterday and after taking
good stiff drink Informed the bar
keeper that he was going out OF
he street to pick up s. or S
and then his expressed calculations
were to take II hand AT one OF the well
known gaming resorts and win a stake"
Hi. calculations so far rs picking up the
desired amount was concerned banned cut
all right but lie never rerched the glming
able for he took too many drinks IN his
rounds and by the time the train was
ready to pull east, Douglass avenue was
hardly wide enough 10 give his legs the
required freedom TO reach the Union de-
Dot on time. Several complaints had bee n
made during the afternoon against hifa
FOR begging so persistantly as 10 be an
noying and Officer Aspy told him
when he was going TO the depot to be care
fui or he would get run in. He heedel
not the friendly advice bus when be got TO
the depot he began begging again. The
depot master warned him TO stop annoy
ing the people, but he did not. aud Officer
Fox was called and, catching him III the
act, proceeded to arrest him He resisted
and a tussle was the result, in which
Officer Fox battered him over the eye with
his club. Several bys:auders, seeing tie
iracas, lent their sympathies to Peg Leg
and at last two OF them came TO the EAGL (
Office, where they stated that Peg Lag"
was used shamefuliy by the officer, and
thought he should bs punished. They
were evidently sincere in thinking that
Peg Leg" was badly abused, and their
statement was certainly worthy of an in
vestigation of the matter.
y reporter was at once sent out to
obtain the facts, but it did not take long
TO ascertain that there was another side
IL the story. Peg Leg is we'll known
on East Douglas avenue, and many per-
sons there stated that he was very an
moving all day, while in every instance
they spoke well Of Officer Fox 1t
appears from the statement of Mr.
Fox, himself, which Is corroboraUed
by others, that Peg Lag WAS begging rs
stated, ia at he was drunk and that Officer
Fox was called to the depot to arrest him.
He called the officer some vile names and
resisted arrest so successfully that the
Office had to dodge around pretty lively 10
escape the damaging effects of the peg leg
which the tailor W as using to advantage.
The officer finally found his finger in the
tailor's mouth with the teeth firmly set on
it. and to save that member he was COM
PEELED to use his club, which he did. OF
course, it looks hard to see a man, especi-
ally police officer. using his club on
cripple, but very few people would
take these matters into consideration
while good round set Of teeth was press
ing hard on their fingers. The clubbing
was not as severe as was reported by and
means, il it had been the tailor would have
worse marks than he shows. The story OF
the by-standers was that the tailor was
not begging; that he simply asked an ac-
quaintance whom he recognized for
quarter aud got it. Late Developments
show that he was begging, for when he
was arrested a lot of red cards taken from
his pocket read As follows:
KIND FRIEND:-While you journey
through the hidden dangers of life's un-
certain future, | sincerely trust 4 kind |
Providence may smile upon you. for none |
IF us know when we may need assistance. |
We all liable to misfortune. Acct |
dents will happeu-who can tell how or /
when , II fortune has been more to you /
than me. please help all you can to cast "A |
ray of sunshine on my sad, gloomy path |
way. Your aid will be thankfully re- |
ceiyed aud wisely used. Respectfully.
HARRY VI. BATES.
The evidence shows that the aid reeeiv- |
ed is neither thankfully received or wisely |
used.
Officer Fox thought. perhaps, that he
had made mistake aud consented to leave /
The tailor depart on the train but the |
.ailor did not. Ga the contrary he pro- |
,seded direct TO the police station to lodge |
! compliant against Fox with the chief. /
In the meantime Officer Sutton investi- /
gated the matter and while the tailor was
elling his story TO Officer N-ff at police |
headquarters Mr. Sutton came in and told |
Bob to lock him up. Bob proceeded to do |
10 aud the tailor started in 10 lick him /
lie came very near being successful As he
lsed his peg leg to good advantage on |
Bob's shius during the melee. He was
rery abusive too and called Officer Nef /
some names that were not given hi III at |
he baptismal fouut