The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
ELMSPECK TESTS A JAIL.
BAEsi GOES THE Door, SNAP! GOES
TINE LOCK AND THERE HE IA.

IN. prand.New n.och-Up Docs All That Hs
p...,rea or n and = Little More. and
U,r.,.ct During q Trdisus Session rur-
p,,be, tho nIasiu for q new RoHues, Gallery.
yoNprRs. Nov. 27.-n Herman Elmspeck,
,,ho h,. hitherto conducted himself ne q law
abiding citizen, and the proprietor Of q cigar
store in warburton avenue. ever gets on tho
,vitnosa stand and has the usual question,
"Have Won ever been in Jail r. fred ut him he
viii have TO admit tho soft impeachment. Mr..
Eimsneck spent six hours locked up In q coll Of
tina newly completed city Jail to-day, and has
the doubtful honor Of being the first prisoner in
the new lookup.
q number of citizens were permitted to go
through the building to-day. and in the party
was Mr.. Elmspeck. After tho rest had made
what they considered a suitable examination of
the place, no led them to the jail.
"You don't want to 20 away before you go
through the JAIL" he said. "why, this is the
best part OF the show. It's all fixed with com.
bipation springs and fancy locks and all that
port OF thing. They tell me q man couldn't get
out OF IL with q barrel of keys after he's once
locked inside
Then Elmspeck stepped into one of tho largo
iron cages, and the door Immediately changed
shut after him. Shouts OF laughter from bis
friends greeted this accident. Elmspeck laughed,
too, for a while. but presently the humor Of the
situation paled. and he suggested that his
"Unbar nothing, said one of tho party. "This
door don't unbar. It's one. of those elegant com.
bination ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS things you wero
And a man couldn't get out with a barrel Of
keys after he's once locked In added another.
"ouit il" said the prisoner. There's a key
SOMEWHERE, Some of you fellows 60 after IT,
.,rha drfnka = N nm ynn than " pt.Dnnafad hale
q dozen Of the crowd in a breath.
"Sure thing. agreed Elmspeck. eargerly.
SsAsnS. Kind you like. IL you'll get me out of this
SO a messenger was sent to the Chief Of Polioo,
.? The CHIEF says he keys ain's been hSnded
over to him yet, The contractors got EN-. he
"stewsrt's the e., contractor" said one of the
1t took half an hour to and Stewart, and this
MIR. stewart says he hasn't seen the keys,
but he thinks maybe the architect. Mr.. Forsyth.
"Weli. coniound you, why didn't you ind
Forsyth instead Of coming back here1 Go out
following interesting information was extracted
The man who has the keys is the machinist
~ know who that Is. It's Tom Morris. :" said
one Of the waiting crowd when the news arrived.
over to Mount Vernon. . added smother.
GOOD Lord!' groaned Elmspeck. Zone of you
fellows 70 and tell my wife that I'm delayed
on important business. or mixed up In a railway
wreck, or called away by the death OF my aunt.
or lost in the wo, DIS, or something, Tell her
anything except about this confounded jail,"
and he beat vengefully upon the steel door.
A friend offered to ride over to Mount Vernon
on %b,a MS ,b wh mriso anT g hnd Tom sGn.I MoEris h, an OTTER
strove to cheer him w.
You won't starve to death. old man" they
said. We'll pass in your dinner"
And here's "A bottle to start on"
When 1t comes night we'll try and get a oil.
low In 70 you"
yop, re a desperate character and might tear the
Rumors of Elmspeck.s pr%edicament spread
MIN yisits-not of sympathy, however. One
Der OF shots at the unfortunate prisoner, afixing
titles to each snap. such as:
.Slobsy. the Dub, Immediately after capture"
der OF his aged and pious grandmother." "Hobo
BIZ, picked up on the road to White Plains"
The Whillabajee. or wild man Of the Pike. who
has for weeks terrorized the folks Of Westches.
ter county"
In all the camera nend got q dozen pictures,
while Elmspeck scoidee and threatened dire
things. an unwise performance which only
brought forth another snap Of the camera and
Bloody Mike. the wholesale butcher. accused
Of thirty.ssven murders and planning his thir-
The picture taker had departed long before
tho emissary. to Mount Vernon returned with
tho keys. having ound Tom Morris. The lock
was turned and Elmspeck marched forth a free
man amid the triumphant shouts of his friends.
successful .ss ftil'i jail il delivery livery ' He bad BEEN H IN about out
six hours. 1t Is understood in Yonkers that he
will make q liberal offer for the negatives Of the
photographs taken during his Incarceration.