The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-25
ODD TALES FROM THE PARK
QUEER THINGS THAT HAPPEN TO
GR1T-COdTED POLICEMEN.

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PERFUMES SuERes'e" II REPORTER
"euo' sara sergeant iodg'ns. had one
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neara the ehd OF III yet An ofhccr Drought IN a
pretty.'ookine young woman. and thought to
myseh 1 "ohucr "hat you We oeen up 10. In
fact, she was very pretty, all powdered and
logged out. and l saw she wasn't drunk.
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"sN'n '"o Smter VIVA. inc charso was
Oh oiSoFacFly cohuuct. IN tact' ne q oeen trying
TO make love to the roundsman. The chap gave
ms, m,s "ns = $3.50, ISL" Ky lyons n, uensea rn"s nc was a
man, ana declared .nat nc was a ,ailoress. Upon
arrested in the Park two years before on tho
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same u,1d C cn"Ise, . rGSn n ne ,s gave sa ms MAN name 90 as f sesr
,ia' ana was rho ;" TonnS ss %%s . Joi1 N "b,,d 900
He was sent up to the Island the first time. but
got off after five days. Hc'so young chap, about
y. and the other day when we nabbed him
new woman um was allowed to dress 9a as sh ,' n,.,snS
and to so around in male attire. and he didn't
sec why he couldn't wear female attire. He said
.na LIE" a' o,,e 'eh nres'eu II inlaoeipnia
ana other places In mems clothing, and he
thought he ran a better chance of not being ar
M,ois,.a,o sin,n,s Nv ~. nnau,"s .hs. ma
-h'e'sera'c oimms on the promise that ne would
wearing women's toos. and tho Officers ont bcrs
hone VIC arc rid Of him. A few DAYS before ho
,ras ,rroa,od ,hn Sr.t .,mo "a 'em , 10y y no
zone IN an emplovment apencv and secured a
place as cbambermaid in a hotel mn the riivcr a
after two days" "nN saw VI
Ono of the 9 ucerest experiences I ever had
), Hh m;n,s q nc rounds Ioas1 man : oa said ,ssrsesp. Dillon:
travelling nv beat on the west side One n;SbI
late. 1t was uwfully lonely. Just az I reached
a po:at a little north Of the Swiss Cottaee' and
passed under a tree that oyerbnn1 the road
Something Knocked INV hat of. The moon yyas
shin;ng hnt II was mistr and Al cnuTd aoo WIS
Ing. Somehow I shnSdereS. bnt I went ON
After a While I passed the same way, and lust
aSaint 7 thrc seniu spOr oI went ny neunet
j Tried to get him down. but couldn't Dc;
assistance. He came and climbed nh to oct t h.
man down, and i don't know what ever nos.
sGsssd me TO try and eS!sh a man who was
him. bit he came with sncb force That IL tbrsv
nc down, and the first thing I knew Inc ofieer
We're =, q two " I i've Gun m r.sh an 0d ' o d Hs U.s. ono rh rqiii we
around like billiard balls. Finally the two live
"'Shnre am I THOUGHT The dafd cornsc was n
esspplin' wild ycz when 1 sec you fall, an / was
lornd In trees for dead men" A-s
There was a time when tho park policemen
often had chaGes aftcr phOsts" SAID an old
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You mean from them " ,orrected anotbor
You sec. it was when this part Of The civ
wasn't much bmilt nm" continual Sumher 0mnss
Where all these fine residences and hotels now
stand there was nothing but sca1torinn sbant;e"S
One night nm officer who is ouI at PsIbom noS.
pairollins his beat when he u he IIooSted mn n end
a tall figure fyinp down The middle ~ tho iho
road. 1t was n very Fare thing for any one t to
come in tho Park Mt night Their. and Re nade
sure it was a ha'nt. His Knees knocted tn1ether
and he snid his tongue seemed 10 stick IN The
roof OF his mouth. the same ma n n had bean
with cotton batfin'. when he triad io sneoE
last. as tho fv,Irc came even with him he vnt
put the words:
"'Whcre YOU goin'r
"'I'm on nv way To heaven : tho ousyver camo
back. and the policeman called ont In a verv ra.
Iievcd voice:
We don't lot me interfere
at was n great. tall. half.crazv negro that had |
in here. Often nowadays The odicers
On duty at night hear women and chiidrep
,creaminp. 80 they think but in nine cases out
Of ten II turns ont 10 be n nnacorL or screoch
,wl. But the Park ia n ycry lonely nIoce nj
night. don't know what the roundsinan vyouiT
10 II it wasn't for those parties that drive mn
rom the Tendcrioin about 4 or 4 o'cIoct Tbcpp
ire generally orderly enouVh and IT. teans
he Officers from fee,in' So ,oneiv n bcppss
en- go by laughin' and talkin', and OF course
10 has to Keep an eve on 'cm 70 az. that thev
lon't need his services. Lots OF people Who