The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-27
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w. euskzed 10 the Ao<zx through the
s1xonx
ne odlcer eave him 10 underskaad
that The muf1ix1ed body. winch ~ ex-
posed by pulling on che covering. had
been found IA the immediate nezehbcr-
hood OF the village. and tnsscaaed thAx
"a inspector mast b called and IN IN
quest held t1xme1sske1y. To the elder
himself Ct was only too apparent what
<he mennfng az ell this was Al pres
eat seemed TO catch on "a vulgar
pnrianue. ~ fhe >ane nsoznent.
II was NOT . question OF inquest e
all bot a. 10 bow much money would
ar police oflicer 20 move On with that
particular dead body TO the next VII
faxe. And after many no. tears ana
demonstrations and pdteous hargaintngs
the least possible sum which would be
received was contributed by the by
ISLANDERS, and the sleigh with In corpse
freight moved GA.
The person who tells tbs story fndi-
Gates that as long - the cold weather
lasted this particular police ofllcer had
very desirable stock In trade" end
that he no doubt used Il With equal
effect In al The nefehboring villages
An4her srayeser has another STORY
about Q corpse. which. IN this case.
was borne in an extempcrixed litter OF
pine boughs to the door OF . weu-to-io
peasant. and deposited on the ground
IN fun sight Of the window. The police
officer then entered the house and In
formed Its horrshed occupant that as
there vas no ''deadhouse. In that VIII
lage he would be obliged to leave the
body IN the PEASANTS house until the
district surgeon could come and make
did the fearful mou1ik invoke high
heaven and bewail the fact that his
daughter was to be married the follow
ing day. and that no guests would
enter his house with that CHASTITY
murdered man on the door.
He well knew all the time that there
was just one way to extricate himself
from the dilemma. and that was by
satisfying the itching palm Of the police
Inspector. So he drew him to one side
and suggested q financial conference,
In which they compromised ON 80
roables about $3.50, ard the body was
borne along the wide village street on
its way TO the next village, where the
same pantosnime was performed, and
the largest obtainabse amount OF hush
money secured from the richest peasant
In the town.
Lord Macaulay tells q story OF an
ItSsan prisoner of state, who took his
choice between reading all the works
Of a certain dry and prolific writer OF
the period. Guicciaydni, or of going to
the gaaieys. After a brief corsideaa~
ton. he selected the latter alternative
In much the sause spirit a Russian
traveller siescrfbes his finding the Ease
datel. or district chief OF police.
dressed in full uniform. ana seated in
his Office one day with three or four
huge QuaEto volumes OF the Svod "a
koIiof, or collection. OF Russian laws.
lying on the table In FRONT OF him.
Thirty or forty peasants had been
summoned and were stolsdly seated en-
chairs before his desk The officer in
formed them that he had received
orders from high authorities TO instruct
the people I'm his district In the ordf-
nances OF the empire He then opened
one OF the big quartos and read per-
fectiy uninteingybie laws to the serfs
the whole OF that afternoon and told
them. when the shades Of night began
to fall, that he desired their presence
for a similar purpose the next morning.
1t IS needless to relate. that he was de-
lighted to receive before bedtime a
depuration OF villagers asking him to
name the lowest psace he would receive
to let them of from attending his
lectures
Next to the rural police, In point Of
numbers. but infinitely superior to them
IN point OF ability and adroitness, are
the political Tsolice. These myrniidons
are shattered broadcast throughout the