The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-16
CONFESSIONS of COPPER.
Ut FORCE rs TOO BUSY JUST NOW
TO ATTEND TO BUSINESS.

Who G0nI WIZ " EtCh huu
wounded. and who Requires FREQ Beer.
Hey Heyi Wait a minute!" Inasmuch as
II was n policeman who called, the reporter.
who was the only other person IN sight on the
street, stopped. Tho policeman sauntered along.
tucking hs club easily under his left arm. "In
A hurry, Doc r. he asked. The reporter had for
Rotten for the moment that he had just como
from the door OF a hospital, and did not perceive
that tho policeman took him for a physician.
Doe seemed no more at tho moment than a
~on.committa word OF greeting. SO he said,
in answer TO tho p~oliccman's question. that he
was not in a hurry-that. in fact, he was through
work for the night. It was Saturday night, In
cidontally, and the plsce-well. the place was
"a far from Fifth avenue az 1t was from Four.
tconth street
Tired, amt youi' asked the policeman.
81 am" said tho reporter.
"Woll, say, IL IL wasn't for us coppors," said
tho blue-coat. you'd be n sight moro tired.
How Why. say man. many and many u night
you'v had eight hours sleep when you wouldn't
have had two hours II It hadn't been for me.
Howl why, how do you Think By chasing
tho buns away before they get to you"
Still the reporter did not catch the idea that
the policeman believed himself to be talking to
a hospital surgeon. He did not understand, and
said so.
The policeman had been drinking. This was
evident from tho odor Of liquor surrounding
him. Perhaps that was why he did not receive
tho reporters mental sluggishness with tacttul
choerfulness.
Say, you,' he said with some heat. "aro you
dopey or are you soro or are you kidding T.
without waiting for q reply or lessening the de-
gree Of righteous Indignation in his tone. he
went on: why, say, I've chased six tonight
II I have chased one. There's one Of them now,
So IL A.
fyou don't believe me; ne pointed 70 a hsure
leaning d Mss, tnn esh h,noss an iron lron renee %an near iran an
DOWN mere ?uss mo" On nail .Fo., OF. tatner.
"h.r 7 .av him crossinr the avenue, Had N
run to catch him.
Here. YOU 1s.s'. where you eoinsr
Hospital. says he, taking up q ero.n. HOE
me, oh1cer. for Gods sake. I'm going to faint
Aoer MT saysE . on QUO. "nef' you
came Irom. u n''p't., ~ i'seu
n.oA dom dom n Ss n0i Iss nj taxing rn 70 up .S, more Sa,'
pit.L.
with tna. l efsooeo MN oy inc arm ana l
swung Nun 70 ,aoe Ine way ne came n rom. no
all in q heap. yelling Obi like that; Oh. oh, I
can't 20 a step further
a.f3ei, Won cnn'tI saya L and I swiped him
o one NM ~ Sast enouah. '''N ~ o. ITO
Nov says /, go on He didn't 60. I
nsain' Now I'm lust a. patient and Kind
S Ss an 4 woman. Bn, thai took ali the
patience j had right out Of me. There wasn't
ooseoI % Dc DO some extreme measure. Honest.
hited oy dynam1we' ana am YIN ,t me came me- eo tsn
whoio teSos was atses him faster ihsn b
one Leg and draSeine the other. going away he
was WAS runninr Win both and iimpfne with both.
" was So S5yin SS,s aad Sole Whs. h With he tSe i blood s H5eer
WettinS down the pavement with tears.
I his Mn nat eam one down Sqst be ee.oI : h ona sbeFe %as
with his blue Jumper wrapped around his head.
and soaking with blood. fheld him up.
B1ansety hl nsms So q Ssfini ny eisr aa az ! h sed tphe
riyerI "Why'nt YOU 70 to- 1.-THE policeman
'n s! SfseS Copper ran me away. says he.
your head that It would take doctor an hour to
nj " s sss !; "a I; r. s!; "a s sSs s. E SsSS;'s J. s sasf
disorderly intoIication. Go on /!
And gave him a belt behind to help him
The reporter began to understand tho police
mans misrepresentation. He permitted himself.
'oI Hos n 10 s'd 90 S9 Ssa n turn f sSsg IN night"
From three to twelve" be said. but lately
they have been going around me. The man over
there I%pointing TO the northl stops them up lust
as short as l do. Over on that beat Ito the south
eastl there is a now man. They get by him easy.
50 IL YOU get walked up too often. doctor. YOU
know whose fault it is
Say" said the reporter, you have made q
mistake. am not a doctor; 1 am a reporter"
For a moment the policeman rubbed his chin,
dumfounded. Then he decided to throw him.
self on the mercy OF his interviewer.
Il might a. known" he said. III I'd "a
tAnnght. Well. there ain't any hard feelings
any way, is there r
He was assured that there were not.
Come have a drink" he said. On the
way down the street he talked about thinRs.
He said that he had been eeyen years a police.
man. He had never been before the board on q
serious charge.
Individually he said, "the present admin
istration OF this police force is a pipe. II is ele-
giant. 1t is soft. But as a police officer. It's aw-
full. It's enough to make ex-Inspector Alex
ander 8. Williams cry. let alone a scared old
woman like Pete Conlin."
BY this time the front door Of a saloon had
been reached. A girl about 10 years old was
sitting on the door step, waiting for a pail of
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