The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17

done an honest days labor in his lff, 49,
far as any one Nnew. but had a .ift -
CAB and spent most of his time r7st-,-.
speeches to the strikers and stirring 49,
up to mischief. 1t was he who pror,i..l1
to lead them in the destruction of d.
city. The chief of police was a brave ~
low, and when none of the Dafrrl-,
dared go into the crowd and arrost +tt-
aSitator he decided to do so himself M,
forced his way through the mob of MOI,
than 5000 men, grabbed the drunken a+o-
tor by the collar, jerked him off A ,ir5
goods box from which he was spealin,.
and said: Come along with me.
A thousand fists We're clenched. a thope.
and revOlvers were drawn, a tbousars
men had stones or bricks or clubs in t1os,.
hands, and the nervy policeman stooJ
alone In the midst of them. Bur he CHM.
to the collar of his prisoner and tried H.
drag him along. Then came "A scene oe
indescribable excitement A rufFin roes
and ordered him TO release the orator. amt
when he declined started to attack hin,
Just then huge dog seemed to sprine out
of the earth. No one noticed him before
and no one saw where he came from. Provi-
dence sent him to dispense that mob and
he did 1t. With a roar like that of a wild
beast he sprung at the throat of the ruf-
ian who was interfering with the chief Of
police and fastened his fangs in his flesh.
There was a tremendous outcry and con-
fusion. Everybody ran from the police
man to release the ruffian from the dog. for
the two were rolling over i'm the street.
covered with blood and dust. This enabled
the officer to slip through the crowd with
his prisoner and tip into a hack, which
drove hastily away before they were
missed. The man was finally released from
the dog. but not until he was so badly bit-
ten that he had to be taken to the hos
Ia
bruises from clubs and stones the enter.
prising brute managed to get out of the
crowd. But the diversion broke up the
mob and drove out of their minds all
thought Of arson and plumber, and they did
not stop talking about the incident for
several days.
1t was a good illustration of the pecul-
iarities of human nature that the mob
gave the dog more sympathy than they
offered to the man, and from that day
there was nothing too good for him. They
tried to teach him to drink whisky and
beer, but he always refused, and, while he
accepted the attentions of the "toughs'
with dignity, he kept his distance and re-
manned with the w-and-order-party TO
the end. He has never bitten any one
since, but there is an understanding
among the members of the police force
that he is ready TO assist them when HIS
services are needed.
And the chief of police, what became OF
him? His career has not been so honora-
BILE although on many other occasions he
showed himself a brave man. There was
a great deal of complaint from the federal
government about opium smuggling, and
a number of detectives were sent up into
the Puget Sound country to assist the
customs officials in stopping it. There IS
only one passenger train each way through
Fairhaven, and the northbound train
meets the south bound there about noon
every day. The town is only fifteen miles
from the Canadian border One day the
chief of police went TO the mayor and said
that he would like a few days vacation,
that he wanted to run over into the do
minion to attend to a little business.
The mayor said "all right" and the chief
took the northbound train at noon. Wheh
the mayor got back from his lunch an
hour or two afterward, he found two men
waiting in his Office who said that they
wanted to see him privately on an impor-
tant matter He took them in an inner
ROOM and there they had evidence 10
show that his chief of police was con-
nected with the opium smugglers, and had
been using his official position to aid them
in the violation of the law. The mayor
was astounded, of course, and when they
told him that they wanted to arrest the
chief without making any more scandal
than was absolutely necessary he informed
them that it was impossible The man
they We're after had left town for Canada
the moment they arrived and if their
story was true he probably would not re-
turn.
And he did not Having received warn-
ing that his crime was discovered ana
that officers were after him, he quietly
slipped away His family Joined him IN
British Colombia some months AFTER
ward, but the dog that saved him from
the mob is still a respected, law-abidln9
resident of FairhaYen