The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-01
HE CAPTURED A JUSTICE.
RAN IN THREE OTHERS,
roo. FOR FIRING 4 u SUNDAY.

,.-.rd. 4. President OF the CitiEens' TaApay.
.,., League or Enst Q~uoEue-showcd Hia
C.pt,yrs on. Made Them 60 without Lunch,
30 Took Them Fourteen MILES to Court.
oroeuR, l.. l.. Aug. 3l.-Back In the thirties
somewhere, when the Presbytorianism of this
r.u,on was 50 blue that a man who ate sugar on
Sunday was regarded as unregencratc, the
.lders OF the community passed q law making IL
n mIsdcmeanor to discharge a firearm on Sun.
day. For many years that law has rested in the
,veet pcacofulncss Of absolute disuse. Nobody
has worried about It or been worried by II. Last
sunday IL was dragged ruthlessly forth. put
into working order, and used for the discom-
a,ure OF two summer rcsidents, q Long Island
City Police Justice, who had boon visiting here,
and A small boy. Tho man who applied the
ancient law Is Louis Edwards. and no was
aided by Game Constable Morgan jackson.
Mr.. Edwards Is an itinorNnt Snowman, not by
oocupatlon. but by instinct and this is tho
only chance he has had for q long time to follow
ont his bent to q satisfactory conclusion. He Is
.Iso the President of the Citizens Taxpayers
League OF East ouogue. an Office Of exceeding
honor. which, In Mr.. Edwards's opinion, ro-
oulres It's incumbent to do something periodt-
cally 10 show that no Is alive. On Sunday
morning Mr.. Edwards's instinct as an itiner-
ant Snowman and his CitiEens-Tsxpayers'-
I-aSue-Pr,sidential desire to adduoe evidence
N the effect that he was alive were summing
themselves ON the Edwards front porch In
East ouogue. Several gunshots from the d.
r,ction Of tho bar across Shinnecock Bay
started them into instant action, and they COM
nailed Mr.. Edwards to seize his revolver, thrust
/, into his pocket, and sally forth in search of
helm. He soon found Game Constable jackson
"iet your gun. Jackson" cried President
Edwards Of tho G. T. L. E @, waving his re-
yolver overhead.
"what's tho matteIi' said Jackson. BUR
glarsi Where are theyf'
ct amt burglars. Somebody's shooting
snipe out on the bar
well, s'posen they arc. You don't want all
- suipe yourself, do your
Its Sunday, and It's against the law TO
,hoot on Sunday" shouted Mr.. Edwards A
President of the CitiEens' Taxpayer League Of
East Quo<ue 1 demand that you help me en-
force the law"
Tho two preservers Of the law jumped into
that kind OF q sailboat known as . skimming
dish and set sail for the bar. Tho shots which
had stirred the ambition of Mr.. Edwards had
como from the guns Of q party consisting Of
John W. wardrop Of New York, Charels o.
Herx, Commodore Of the CanArsie Yacht Club;
Police Justice Ingram Of Long Island City, and
q boy named Jacobs. Mr.. Wardrop and Mr..
Herx have summer places at Good Ground, near
this place. Justice Ingram was spending Sun
day with Mr.. wardrop Young Jacobs went
along to help with the guns and the boat The
party had fired the guns, not with the specific
and devilish purpose Of Kidding . respectable.
elderly law with bird shot but to kill soma
mipe. The snipe are still enjoying their usual
state Of health. Upon the departure Of the
nipe the party wandered about looking for
other game. but could nnd nothing but fiddler
crabs. 1t IL considered unsportsmanlike in that
-I.i.;r- g. shAot dJJlar a.. n ~ Gpptay ca
they put their guns back In the boat
When Edwards landed with his revolver in
his hand and the game constable TO back him
he had the drop on tho others. Rushing up 70
Mr.. Wardrop he shouted:
Don't make o novel Don't stiri Keep
perfectly quiet. Don't any Of you STIR"
Held up. by thunderl" exclaimed Justice
Ingram. and = boat full Of gums Almost within
wards, You're under arrest You've VIC.
A' aHoWf' demanded the entire hunting party
by Shooting snipe on Sunday"
Don't make any, Odds cried the upholder
You're under arrest for shooting a gun on
Sunday"
1KsS f AND T haas asS 1q p: s g. +! T. F. O., hi,
opportunity. He told the story Of his Life in
Ssssisd & Yah sh he T e ts sasSu q t al Pr psi s@iias re- ss
Weakened condition, that this parsonage who
only a private citizen; Ali got into the skim
ming dish and were taken over 10 East ouogue.
i've been a Police Justice in Long Island
City tos some time, but never heard of this law
Police Justice, heyr' cried Mr.. Edwards, IN
high Elee. Well, II this amt 9 catch! IN
p@apers!l have il: Police Justice in jail. Work
Of the Hon Louis Edwards" and with this as a
f Saa. Re ts di1 St pee6ls until H. ny E{dW m e sn Ssiisd 'a all
Say, I've caught EN-. Got EN- in the act.
They can't deny It Ono OF ems o Police Jus
ice, too. I'm taking en- to court now"
This vas pleasant for the prisoners, and
stinet was now paramount in the Edwards soul.
Biz ~sailboats, were passed, and each time the
%cspSves. At East ouoeuo there was quite a
sFp%d 81 the d sIseon and the eS,s ss2w g1S0, asi " re-
pri1 s eaptiVe, J tsst2ies'ffi ns 1TnGh' a0'0''o 10 hi'
That ones the Police Justice" he repeated
bali a dozen times stand up there and show
Each time the captive unreasonably declined
70 do this, which was g blow 70 the Snowman.
ing four armed lawbreaiers, and one Of Them
bad ' Brought sH''s word ' to squire q%i s1 Sriaien 9 iSas f oai
Desperate malefactors had been arrested, so he
va xsst a . so ono hSTa hs sp. sGS G a1ss 81 0f Gasard dss F:
G. 7. L. Z. Q, at the conclusion Of which the
edulro, requested somebody to inform him
what tho charge was.
"DioGharginE a gun on Sunday said Mr.,
EDWARDS. It's against the law to discharge
n don't know that law" said the Squire. hi.
syes twinkling. as there any law against dis
charging a prisoner on Sunday.
Don't do that, Squire; don't DO that" cried
Mr.. Edwards In great alarm, seeing his occupa.
bon as howma disappearing. i've got The
NV on my side, Squire. and one OF ems a Pc
lice Justice, too"
"Well, ! guess I'd better not hear this case
s is eSu'r over SFi To wssth SI tom The There's Ou !
Justice here. and it's only three pileS, I'm q
there, and 1t might prejudice me-"
court was then Adjourned. Mr.. Edward
lon went to lunch, leaving, their prisoners
locked up In the Town Hall. The prisoners
got nothing 70 eat. When tho two captors TO
turned, Mr.. Edwards had greatly improved OF
ssSuire Grinen,s suggestion. He had decide
= fourteen, miles away. instead Of to West
hampton. That meant fourteen miles Of road 0veI
which TO exercise his proclivitles as Snowman
And he didn't let q chance 20 by. Every time
mat 4. IL