The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-19
THROUGH HIS HAT.
A Bullet Perforates Frank Saul's
Headgear.
He Thought He Was S'opplng a Missing
Team-Norh End NOles.

| Saul forget bis experience on Branch
avenue last night and he went 10 bed last
night with the thought that he had come
| as near the close OF his career on eirth
as was possible and yet not be injured.
| The hat he wore last evening, while 60
ing for q walk, was a derby. and through
its narrow rim, bullet had been sent
by man whose horse Saul tried to stop.
Saul supposed there was no one In the
buggy attached to the hvrse, and that
the swiftly moving animal bad no one to
guide 1t. lie realized his mistake a few
seconds after he grabbed the bridal aud
saw . revolver and hand directing il
through the darkness. Before he could
speak bullet whistled by his face and
through his hair TO the rim OF his hat
and out again into space. Saul was badly
scared and ho let go of the bride out
the man in the buggy did not start his
horee right sway.
This was the way Saul became inter
estea in the horse and incidentally had
his hair raised aud his hat damaged.
About an hour before he had his ex-
perience, which latter was at $40
O'Clock, John Q. Sullivan of Central Falls
reported that his horse and buggy had
| been stolen from the corner OF Branch
avenue and Livingstone street. Officer
McEiroy was the party to whom Mr.
| Sullivan arst made his loss known and
the officer and Nr. sullivan walked
around to see II they could discover the
missing turnout.
The two latter had been investigating
little while when they saw horse and
! buggy just beyond the big tree on ,hs
| avenue that answered the description of
the missing team. They started in pur-
suit of 1t, and Saul, who was about 80
yards ahead of the officer, saw them COM
| ing. News sometimes travels fast in that
section, and at othor times IT Is very slow
| in spreading itself. But Saul was wide
| awake fellow, and in this instance had
got the information quick of the sup
posed stolen team. Sesipg the horse GO
| ing rapidly and the officer and another
man coming he boldly stepped into the
road and In a snort time was sorry for his
| rapidity.
Officer McElroy and Mr.. Sullivan made
| double quick time whsn they heard the
sh OF and soon reached the buggy Then
| the man who was in the team asked for
explanations. The name OF the man who
wanted the explanation was Willis {.
| Capron OF North Providence and when
the thing was explained TO him he felt un-
com forta BILE, but OF course the officer
could not see how any one was TO blame
and Mr.. Capron went his way. Saul has
made up his mind In the future to let
somebody else look after swift moving
steeds on dark nights. AS for MIR. Sull
! vans horse, which had been the innocent
cause Of ell the trou ble II merely went in
| an opposite direction from its pursuers
| and was shortly after the shooting founu
| on Sexton street.
| HARVEST CONCERT AT ST. THOMAS CHURCH
The annual harvest concert Of the
| Sunday School of St. Thomas Church
was cid at o'clock yesterday afternoon
in the basement OF the church. Ii proved
| q very enjoyable and instructive concert,
and one OF the best thugs about it was
the exhibition of the large collection OF
| fruits and vegetsb bes that the children of
the school and their friends had pur.
| chased to give the inmates OF st. Mary's
| Orphanage. The order Of the service
was as follows: Hymn 3Os; Lords prayer;
psalms and % scripture lesson; mag
nifcat creed and canticIes; prayer;
hymn 301; address by Rev. Mr.. Pearce,
| pastor; prayer. hymn 302; recitation, "Oc-
tober," Nellie Parker; singing by Mrs
Whipple's class; recitation by five little
girls, Miss II. Morse's class; singing by
Miss Ella Morse's class; recitstions by
Annie Drew, NJ. Hargraves, Georgie
Jaffery; singing, Miss s.. Morse and
| class; recitation by three little girls,
iss II. Morse's class; Carrie Taylor and
Wliiie Deacon; singing by Miss Andrews
| class; recitation oy Miss Cokify's class;
recitations, Lizzie raylcr ana Katie Hof-
enditz. Superintendent of the sunday
School Harry A. L. Deacon had charge
OF the concert. Toe address OF Rev. Mr..
Pearce was pert nent appeal TO ELL pres
ent to recollect that all the fruits OF the
harvest as we'll as all otner good things
came to Us from God, and that all should
| be thankful 10 Him for them.
Last THURSDAY evening a reception was
| rendered Rev. Mr.. p6arco, who ps teen
with the congregation as rector since the
first OF September, and 1t was n well at.
tended and very enjoyable affair. showing
thst turin his short term OF isrvice he
had mace many friends.
NORTH END NOTES
Patrick j. Fleming OF rs Evergreen
street reported to the police Of the Second
station last night that some orc curing
the evening had gone into his hall way
and taken blue black overcoat valued
at s25 sr d new brown soft hat. A
brown derby had been LETT IN rlaco % the
soft hat. but owing to the absentminded-
ness Of the p rty taking tue overcoai no
substitute for IL was left.