The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-31

Number of Their Stenographers Suffer on
 Account of His Antics-As Result,
 "shorty Joe," as He is Better Known, Is
 Taken to Police Headquarters Where He
 Has a Long Rocord-something About
 Joe's Life.
 Joseph Corr, who is better known about the city as Shorty Joe" Is in trouble once more and the trouble is of his own brewing. He started on one of his periodical sprees yesterday and wound up at the lookup as usual. Before his apprehension he managed to greatly worry a number of persons about the center. He was seen on the streets just after noon and cautioned to go home by Officer Dargan, who is stationed at the corner of Chapel and Church streets. He is a bad man to handle when in his cups and it is always prudent to quietly persuade him to go home when there is any pos sibility of succeeding in getting him to do so.
 This is the course that the officer pursued and although Joe was very cheeky he was not arrested at this time. A few hours later he was found ill the hallway leading to the White building at the corner of Church and Center streets. He had been making la ;,, 4h and the tender stenographers did not escape his unwelcome presence. Judge Dow was also a sufferer and when he could stand the disturbance no longer he hunted up Officer Dargan and had the dwarf arrested. Joe was taken to the station in the patrol wagon and he made things pretty lively for the officers.
 1t was amusing, however, to study the contrast offered by comparison of the stalWart Bcey Began and Shorty Joe" as they walked into police head quarters. Joe is nearly as broad as he is tall. He is built on a peculiar plan, but possesses great strength He is very bow-legged and both limbs make an almost perfect ellipsa. They support broad heavy body. His neck is built in the same manner and upon It rests a head which might have been capable of much training Putting Joe together he measures just about four feet and a half, but this broadness read fly deceives the eye, for he does not appear to be more than three, and one-half feet tall at the most.
 Joe started his business career when about eight years old. About this age he appeared in the center as a news boy and even in those tender years he was curiosity to everyone that saw him. His deformity brought him sym pathy, however, and he sold more pap CTS than any other boy on the street Some persons took a kind interest in him and 1t q later stage of his life he found himself a water boy on the Shore Line division of the Consolidated road He did not succeed we'll in this line.
 It is said that Joe's legs did not fit the aisles of the cars run at that time and he was retired in consequence Of course this injured his dignity and to get even, it is alleged that he tried to wreck train by placing a tie across the tracks at Tin bridge, just this side of Cedar Hill. He was arrested for this and since that time has been a steady caller at police headquarters He has been employed at pretty nearly all of the stables about town and al present he is throwing switches a the freight yard He has hppn an interest ing individual for many years and there are still many persons who sym- pathize with him.