The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-13
PLAYS DEFECTIVE.
Spies Pickpocl<ets and Calls Them
Down.

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Spies Pickpocl1ets and Calls Them
Down.
! CENTRALIA, Mo-, Sept. ian eX-
citing incident occurred while the Bry-
an train was at Salisbury where it
stopped a minute. With the experience
of his party with pickpockets during
the recent trip through New York and
| Ohio fresh in his mind, Mr.. Bryan had
been watching, with suspicion all the
morning the actions OF some men on
the train who would get off at every
station and circulate among the crowd.
! At Salisbury the throng about the
train was large. Mr.. Bryan had just
begun speech but stopped suddenly
and with his finger indicating par
ticular place in the gathering, said:
Hold on, there are two pickpockets
operating down there"
The crowd parted in an instant, but
before the crowd could see the result
OF Mr.. Bryan's detective work the sig
nal to start was given and the sDeech,
II no pocket books, was lost However,
MI Bryan's detective work met with
success at Huntsville, where his train
arrived at 1:30 p. m. He had spoken to
Colonel John l.. Martin of st. Louis
about the men whom he believed to be
plckpockets, and as Colonel Martin and
MI. Bryan stood facing the Huntsville
audience, the former asked the candi-
date if he saw the suspicious men in
the crowd. yes, there they are" said
Mr.. Bryan.
The two men indicated by him were
moving around through the peonle act
ing very suspiciously.
Inc town marshal who was n,i+,,
Colonel Martin on the train nlatform
caIed out that there were pickpockets
IN the crowd, and the two men to whom
+Mr. Bryan had pointed made a dive
FOR the outskirts of the throng.
STOP them, farmers" cried Colonel
NnaIt!h' ana IN an instant the two men
were IN the hands of half dozen sturdy
/ men. 1hey were carried off by their
captors' ana all Mr.. Bryan and those
accompanying him knew was that thew
had railroad checks in their hats sbo1,,.
ing that they We're passengers. The
crown at huntsville numbered about
9uo' ana showed much enthusiasm. Mr.
Bryan made few remarks
HEARTY RECEPTION
Mober-ly was reached at 1:55, and a.
nearly reception was given Mr. Bryan.
lie made short speech. Seated in a
carriage, covered with bunting. and
drawn by four horses Mr.. BRYAN, was
conveyed from the station at Moberlv
10 the public park. A mounted escort
went along. More than 5000 people
were gathered in the square. and thew
cheered the candidate with a, vim as
ne came on the speakers platform with
MI Stephens, the Democratic candidate
for governor. To his audience. Mr.
Bryan said:
Ladies and Gentlemen-I am NOT
speaking in Missouri because it is
necessary, for if Missouri goes back
on the principles set forth in the Chi
cago platform, which the Democracy
ot Missouri has believed in at all times
and under all circumstances. then to
what state can We go and expect a
welcome? Cries of None" 'sNone y
and "Arkansas.'O We count on the
vote OF Missouri, and if we needed any
thlng to insure the electoral vote of
Missouri there is not a state in the
Union richer in public speakers: so 7
40 not speak because 1T is necessary
out simply want to see the people who
are so enthusiastically supporting orr
ticket. Let me call your attention to
one characteristic Of this campaign.
have said you are rich in public speak
ers but do you know in a. campaign like
thls no community is poor, because in
every community can be found r,1tIio
speakers. In times of quiet very often
the machinery of the party takes
charge of things, but in times like
these,
THE PEOPLE THEMSELVES RISE
and if the machine does not do what If
ought, then they have the remnants of
a machine scattered all over the state.
(Applause) The machinery of a party
IS used to advance the principles and
interests CT those for whom the par-ty
speaks. You are fortunate in this
state that the machinery has been act
ing in harmony with the people of this
state, but in states where it has not
done So they are finding the people are
greater than any machine (AppIause)
They tell US the craze is dying out
that it is a lunacy. If so, the lunacy
is spreading so rapidly that by election
time there will not be goldibugs enough
left to furnish guards in the insane
asylunns for all these silver lunatics.
Great laughter.) Some of those who
few months ago were calling the adj
vocates of free coinage lunatics are
today the most enthusiastic advocates
of free coinage we have. and they are
grateful to those who saw the condi-
tons before they did (applause). and
the new converts are among the most
Jealous supporters we have"
Mr.. Bryan vas driven back to his
train, followed by a crowd of cheering
people, ane resumed his journey to ST.
Louis at 2:20