The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-04
GOOD WORK DONE.
Patrol Driver Captures 4 Man Who
Had Stolen q Team.
Went 60 the Assistance Of the Children.
Norh End Notes.

Second station, made a clever capture
about o'clock last evening and pre-
vented considerable loss TO the firm OF
Hartwell, Richards a. Co. Mr. Mccain
was going TO the station and when on
Charles street saw fellow driving bug
gy and trying to get out OF the way as
quickly as possible. Frank knew the fell
low well, and Immediately made up his
mind that If the fellow was rightly in
charge of the team then somebody else
than the man who was inaugurated today
was President-elect of the United States.
The thought was quickly followed by
the act Of McGair and he soon had his
hand on the bride of the horse and the
fellow who had the outfit in charge held
the patrol driver quite an argument with
whip. The argument was useless one
for McGair seemed to have iron hands,
FOR he refused to release his hold and
could have told 1t from the expression on
his face or the little effect the blows had
in loosening his grasp. Officer Gilfoil
came to McGair's assistance and the fellow
was taken TO the Second station, where,
after an Interview with Captain Stevens,
he was locked up and this morning fined
for drunkenness,
The horse and buggy, It was found,
belonged TO j 4. Holland drummer for
Hartwel, Richards a. Co who was in
McCready's dry goods store on Randall
Square when the horse was driven of.
In the buggy were "A number of valuable
articles and they could have been easily
disposed of either i'm this city or in the
suburbs. The fellow was not so drunk
but that he could direct the movements
of the horse pretty we'll. So it was a
quick and commendable catch on McGair's
part.
CHILDREN'S NARROW ESCAPE.
The screams of frightened children and
the piteous wailing of dog attracted
shortly after o'clock yesterday, the at
tention of John j. Benson To the tene-
ment occupied by William Williams at Al
Hamilton place. Mr.. Benson broke in
the door Of the tenement to ascertain the
cause of the trouble and soon found that
smoke and fire had caused the screams of
the children and the noise Of the dog and
also that the lives of the children had
been in great danger
The little ones and the dog were
hustled out and an alarm sent in from
box 1913. The woman i'm charge of the
house had gone out and locked the outer
tenement door. She left some clothes
drying on clothes line stretched above
the stove. The line broke and the cloth
ing falling on the stove began blazing
and the flames soon extended to the wood.
work around the chimney. The damage
caused by the fire was very slight but the
little ones and the dog had very narrow
escape from death. The building was
owned by Thomas j. Hamilton.
AS TO NATURAL HISTORY.
At the Second police station last night
there was sort Of class instruction i'm
natural.history and head master Murray
gave some OF the men points. Officer Nc
Carthy was on the last half Of the night |
out and he asked the lieutenant to des-
cribe a gray squirrel. Some of the other |
officers were waiting to turn in and they |
thought few minutes instruction would |
do them no harm-it was wise idea on |
their part for amusement was combined |
with instruction. Officer Mccarthy started |
In 20 describe "a remarkably strange |
animal that he met just after dawn a |
couple of mornings ago. "At first, the
officer said, Il thought IL was n rat,
though it was of remarkable size for such |
n a.. ~, IL.
swinging my club. In the excitement of
the impending conflict / jumped clean
over the critter-for / was the longest
jumper in county-when was boy and
IL was hard TO restrain myself The crit
ter seemed very tame but hit il and then
a man coming along said, it's musk rat,
punch it, Together we inspected the
animal and l made up my mind it was a
squirrel We tried TO call il but it could
not stand only Nwhen we stood IL up
against curbstone. Finally IL picked
~ spirit enough and ran towards door
way and a-hand with u red sleeve was put
out Of a door and the crittcr taken in.
noticed, said the officer, in concluding his
tale, lit had ring in its nose. The
Iicuttnunb ulinoSt lcll OH MS Cndlf nS nc
in tone of disgust, thinking
of the fine squirrel that sport around his
fine place in south Providence THAT was
40 squirrel, that was ferret. -
NORTH END NOTES.
Lyons defeated Parks at the pool tour
i'm Dimond block last night by a
score of 100 To 95.
Two wagon cushions were picked up by
} citizen on Luna street this morning and
Iwait the owner at West River street
John Cranshaw. an old resident of
Geneva died at his home yesterday morn
ng
The committee in charge of the Memorial
o Father Fincgan is meeting with
marked success.
The largest congregation that ever Ms.
embed in the Church Of the Immaculate
conception attended the opening Lentcn