New-York tribune., 1895-08-27

We spoke recently Of the case Of Kmball Green.
OF Missouri, who. lynched casually by a small
party OF friends. made up his mind after hang
ing some time by the neck that he was not be-
ing treated right. cut himself down and now
wears the bit OF rope In the guise Of four-in-
hand cravat. The incident seemed to us to bor-
der more or less on the unique; but more re-
markable occurrence Is reported from Michigan;
more remarkable and more interesting, since 1t
involves a lover and his lass and too, the hated
rival; romantic and ever-charming trio!
There live at Ws!dron Mich. two young men
named respectively Myron Rogers and Bert Day.
For years they were the closest friends. attended
the same school. sharing each others books. les
sons. toys whippings and other incidents OF early
educational days. and during vacation they
seldom separated. Early manhood arrived and
their intimacy continued. But. alas. Woman
stepped between, as she often does In the
person Of young thing named Dorothy King.
For some time Miss King seemed to bestow her
cherished smiles equally upon the two young
men Then she began TO show n leaning toward
Myron Rogers. Iert Days soul burned within
him He first conceived the notion that this
preference Of the lady for his rival was engen
dered by his dhe rlval's) superior ability at ar
ranging his necktie. lie accordingly hired a
young man In the habcrdashery line To- give him
secret lessons In the mystery of rravat tying and
soon astonlshed the village wti some " the
most marvellous knots ever seen IN Michigan
but all ~ no purpose, nhp remained cold Then
II struck him that perhaps II was because Rogers
had learned a. smoke u pipe. ho hn learned to
smoke ono himself. aud pursued tho practice
with great industry on tho street. almost 10 tho
ront ~ calling out the local fra department,
but II did no sort Of goou lie then gave up as
.t.ht l,n. ....i.t alsat
for Texas and announced that he should never
return but should stay there and lead wicked.
desperate life. and finally die with his boots on.
hard and fast.
Young Day disappeared from Waldron and. It
is presumed. went to Texas as he had announced
he should. At least. for six months he was not 4
visible to his friends. and Myron Rogers went on
gayly in his courtship Of Dorothy King He
Idldnt know that Bert Day was to say. hang
|irg over his head by a single strand of hemp.
t.ast Sunday afternoon young Rogers was walk
ing along one OF the business streets OF
Waldron with the object If his affections. The
street was pretty well deserted at that hour, and
they were taking a short cut to some sort Of q
yc ing peoples meeting at the church. Their
step was elastic and their hearts beat high. The
idea OF death In Texas while still wearing ones
boots had Just occurred to the young man. and
he was smiling to himself pleasantly over IT,
when there was a sudden swish In the air above
him and the moose OF a rawhide lariat fell about
his shoulders. He tried to throw II off. but the
moose frightened and he found himself jerked Off
his feet and ten feet above the sidewalk with
his head and neck free. but with his arms PIN |
ioned to his sides and his feet wildly beating the
baseless fabric OF the air He shouted for help |
but there came in response only echo and Bert |
Day the latter down a nearby staircase. wear |
ing boots like a pirate and with spurs on them |
like circular saws. With starting eyes the sus- |
pended Rogers saw the scoundrel whisper to the |
fair one Then with eyes which could start no |
farther he beheld them walk away together, |
while personally he swung gently In the soft |
afternoon breeze. His cries for help" says the |
account Of the affair before u.s. finally brought |
Marshal Kilgore. who ascended to the third story |
OF the Bennett Block. united the rope from the
steam radiator and let him down to terra firma."
What the outcome Of the affair has been. II.
indeed. II has had any outcome we cannot say.
or itself OF course. II Is an unimportant Incl
dent and II arrests the attention chiefly for the |
vision which II opens Of the possibilities OF the |
lasso I'm courtshp. Are other ardent young men |
going to be snatched ew-y from the side OF their
beloved ones from thrd-story windows? The
Young man In love has enough terrors already,
without being obliged to keep one eye constantly
on the upper stories He ought not to be re-
ouIred TO carry an umbrella simply to ward of |
the Iariats OF boot-wearng rivals from Texas
But we have warned the young men Of the coun-
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