The herald., 1894-01-29


stealingH were particularly grievous,
moreover, as he had delved in the trust
funds belonging to widows and orphsne.
1.-The people OF indianapolis were
greatly enraged at Sullivan, but with
true Irish courage he puto on bold front
and maintained that he was not short g
cent and called the stories distractions
OF his enemies.' The investigation
went on, however, and Sullivan stood
face to face with the doors of the peni-
Tertiary. The time had come for action.
His arrest might take place at any mo-
ment.
SAT IL o'clock one night when the ex-
element over Sulliyan's pecuiatione was
at its height l was passing by June's
restaurant, an all-night resort, and
caught sight OF Tom Quill, county
assessor, and Mike Toomey, one of the
hustling Democratic henchmen. | APP
preached them and overheard Toomey
say, yes, he's off. l put him on the
train The sepuIchral tone in which
Toomey spoke act me to thinking and |
wondered who was off, | asked the
men to drink and while leaning against
the bar casually inquired OF Quill if he
had seen Sullivan lately.
How in the hi should | know
where Sullivan is p replied Quill Grossly.
what the hi is it your business, any
how?'
"The unnecessary sharpness of his
reply to my simple question gave the
whole snap away. l knew at once
that Sullivan had fed and that the men
were angry because they thought that l
suspected it. Then came a siege with
the bottle. I felt convinced that these
two men only knew the story of Sulli-
vans fight and that if l could get it 1
would set the town afire. | had the ad-
vantage of them in the stsrt-off, for
they we're handicapped with a half
load which they had been accumulat-
ing during the night while l was as
sober as cigar store Indian. / poured
liquor into Quill and Toomey for two
hours, and finally in burst of brotherly
affection Quill gave up; Sullivan had
gone to Canada and Toomey had placed
him on train at suburban station"
latter many hand-shakings and eau
tions to treat the 'old man (Sullivan)
right, managed to get Quill and Toomey
into cab and started them on their
way home. OF course, this was all
wanted. Old Ben Eaton, night editor,
insisted that had been sunstruck at
midnight when / rolled into the Office.
He told me to get settler and then go
to bed. l said would after had writ
ten three-line item but after Ben had
seen the Introductory paragraph it de-
veloped into three-column story.
Il did not get raise in salary, but on
the strength OF our good luck Ben and |
cracked several other bottles the next
night"
JOHN T. M'CUTcHEoN, REPRESENTING THE
CHICAGO NEWS.
81 am not writer" said Mr.. Nc
Cutcheon. 81 make the pictures and
the other boys do the rest. 1 have been
with the newspapers of Chicago fer four
years, constantly employed in illustrat-
ing the news. did almost all of the
worlds fair work for the Record. don't
know that l ever made what is called a
notable scoop. AS an artist, however, ]
have had my little adventures, perhaps
the most notable of which was during
my trip out here to illustrate a book
called To California and Back. 1t was
some years ago. After traversing Colo
RADIO and California, we were going back
through Arizona. We took ponies to
make the ascent of Mount Agassiz, got
PEELED to sleep 10000 feet above the sea,
and badly scared of course by wild
beasts. which were plenty there. That
is one time when the order came nearly
being reversed on me-that is to say, I
might have been ecooped."
GEORGE AIDE, REPRESENTING THE CHICAGO
RECORD.
George AIDE of the Chicago Record has
been doing things-big things in news
paper sense-for years in Chicago, al
though quite q young man. He did the
Sullivan-Corbett fight in New Orleans
for the Record, the naval review in
Hampton Roads, the Minneapolis con-
vention, the New York state election OF
1872 and long line OF big events, but Of
scoops he would not speak. Shortly
after he arrived in San Francisco
Wednesday he happened to be standing
on the cable line turntable on Market
street without knowing on what he
stood He had become fascinated in
the procession of San Francisco's fair
women passing at that point, when the
table began to swing round. He had
just finished long railroad Journey in
the company OF very conviVial spirits,
insomuch that there was nothing that
morning in heaven or earth that he was
sufficiently sure OF to be willing to
swear to. Therefore, when the houses
and people began to swing round him
as the turntable mov ed it brought sud-
den cold preparation to his forehead.
HAS it come to this?" he asked him
self in sudden, terrible fear. When the
Palace hotel swung into view he recog-
nized it. That is where he lived; he
knew that, and he started on a run for
it and did not stop until he reached
Charley Ssymour's room, out of breath
and greatly excited. Seymour, who
knows the symptoms too well to be mis-
taken, treasured him and explained how
it was.