Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
IN HOTEL CORRIDORS

brought ABOUT the Otnef Gay IN chicago IN
a somewhat remarkable way" said Peter
A. Blount of the exposition city at the
Riggs House last night "A couple OF weeks
ago some officers were sitting out in the
shade in front of the Maxwell street sta
ton when they were attracted by a horse
being driven rapidly by. attached to a
wagon containing three men. A minute or
two later a grocer drove up in a buggy and
informed the policemen that the wagon was
his and contained load of goods. 1t had
been standing at his place awaiting the
arrival Of a horse from the stable. when
the three men came along with a harnessed
animal and hitched IT to the vehicle and
drove rapidly of. Two policemen jumped
into the buggy and started in pursuit. The
wagon was overtaken after a long chase,
and one Of the men captured. He would
not tell anything about his companions. SO
he was brought back to the station, to-
gether with The stolen wagon and the horse.
AS the prisoner continued to be obstinate
in his silence, and no clue could be obtained
to his fellow thieves. happy thought
struck the policemen at Maxwell street.
They determined to hitch up the horse cap
tured from the robbers and start him down
a Chicago street. and then let him go
where he wanted to without guiding him in
the least. With reins hanging loosely on
the dashboard, the horse started briskly
on, traversed number Of streets, and
crossed the viaduct without pausing
When he reached Clark street he turned
south and went along the thorough
fare for many squares. At last he turned
down a side street, came down to a walk
entered an alley and stopped in front Of a
barn in the rear of a house on Wabash
avenue. The officers got out and entered
and discovered a chest full OF valuable
burglars tools and two or three thousand
dollars worth Of plumber. Then they Sc
GREETED themselves. and were soon rewarded
by the arrival Of the two men for whom
they had been anxiously seeking. The
astcnished thieves were completely taken
aback. and II has been found out
most ingenious and dangerous gangs of
burglars In the west For cute detective
work. 1 think Conan Doyle would find IL
hard to beat that
II heard an awfully good story illustra-
tive Of the system pursued by medical
Quacks while in Baltimore the other day. ~
said E. w. Creecy to a pleasant coterie at
the Arlington yesterday. 1T was new to
me. so I'll give il to you. A man named
Mike Dooley had been employed for a num-
Der OF years as driver by q well-known
physician, who fell Ill and died. Mike was
disconsolate over his employers death. He
was out Of job. and was unified for any
other employment save driving a doctors
buggy from patient to patient and mapping
during the visits. He sat around the house
his energetic wife grew weary.
Ply don't yez shtir yez se'f an do
sumthin'? she inquired with indignation.
'Shure, an phwat kin OF dor he re-
turned.
Dor she repeated. Av Ord bin wild
docther foortane years an sax munts ord
know enun Z be docther moise'f'
Mike frightened up. He knew nothing,
grandiloquent phrases he had heard his
master use in its praises However. he
hung out his sign and next day a woman
called.
lis the doctor imp she asked.
"'Ofm tn docther. mom.' responded
Mike.
Then I wish you would tell me what
Is the matter with me- she remarked i'm the
plaintive tone of a chronic invalid.
''Twinty dollars, MON, av you place
said Mike, sententiously.
The woman demurred
Scoinee. MON, an a knowledge av
tarrespootics air on'y acquired boi dthe
axpinditoor av crate toll an tonne an
mummy; SO. nom, moi fays air invariably
In advance
When Mike fired that at her she gave
up the twenty without another word.
Lit me say yure tung, mom,' demanded
Mike. The woman obeyed.
Lit me fale yure POOLS he continued.
and she extended her hand.
Lit me heer dthe b'atin' ay yure HART
and Mike. with an air Of serious study. laid
his shock head against the patients bosom.
AFTER moment he drew II away with a
jump.
The worst fears air realoized. MONT
he exclaimed; 'yez have a wart on yure
Il was talking with Budd Doble. the
famous horseman, who drove both Dexter
and Goldsmith Maid IN record time the
other day out in Indianapolis" said Luther
Williams, a newspaper man Of Buffalo. at
the Ebbitt yesterday. Il was surprised to
find that he believes the great Improvement
in the speed attained by trotters is not SO
much due to the better development OF the
horse as to the development, as he calls
1t, OF the tracks Coming from such an
authority, that opinion is, believe worthy
OF consideration. Doble claims that the con-
ditions now and those of twenty years ago
show complete development Of the trot-
ter; but that every expense is undergone
In the construction and maintenance of
the leading tracks; that scientific minds
have given themselves up to the study of
what composition of tracks will be the
faster, and that coincidentally with inn
provements of this nature have been the
improvements in racing vehicles, such as
sulkies, in the harness. in the matter of
shoeing and in the better methods OF train
ing. Doble is now driving Arion, and be-
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