The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-12-22
MUCH ADO OVER NOTHING
CHAPEL STREET CROWDS TERRI
 FEED BY 4 GTPSY'S TELLS.

Story of a Fortune Teller and a Dentists
 BilI-Pedestrians Thought That Murder
 Was in Progress-WoInan Ordered Set
 ofTeeth and Refused to Pay for Them
 Difficulty Settled by Policemen.
 Pedestrians on Chapel street between State and Orange, were startled about o'clock yesterday afternoon by the cries of Help! Murder!" and other va rieties of agonized yells in a feminine voice of tenor which burst in volume from woman in the open second story window of a building on the north side of Chapel street, near Orange. Wo- mems cheeks blanched with horror, strong men trembled, and even the trol- ley cars seemed affected. The street was soon blocked with people rooted to the spot by the alarming sight, Specu- lation as to the cause of the woman's terror flew thick and fast. One vigor- GUS man of action suggested that the militia be called out, another thought that a general fire alarm should be turned in. Those of morbid tastes pie tured to themselves the bloody murder which they were sure was being done up in the room back of the woman. Others watched in expectation for sheets of flame to burst out, as they were sure that the building was afire. None, however, dared to brave the un- known danger until suddenly Officers T. Hayes and Peter E. Dargan appeared upon the scene. Undaunted by the warnings hurled at them by the crowd, they dashed up the stairs each wing with the other to be the first to face the peril above. Up the stairs they jumped three steps at time, neck and neck, and at last they rushed into the room whence proceeded still with undying vigor the female voice in terroI raised. And what scene met their eyes? There at the window stood the woman with hair disheveled. face distorted with aw- ful terror, shrieking and wringing her hands, while running about the room wild with fright was a little girl. On the opposite side of the room from the woman sat Dr. c. H. Gidney, the den- tist, looking dazed and helpless in the confusion rife in his usually qiuet office.
 Hayes and Dargan at once began an investigation and found that the wo- mans terror was all caused by a set of false teeth and SIP. It seems that she was a gipsy woman, one of those connected with the gfDsy camp on Chapel street, and some time ago went to Dr. Gidneys office and ordered a $12 set of false teeth, which the dentist ac- cordingly made for her. In the mean time, however, she had gone to another dentist who agreed to make a set of teeth for her for less than $12. Yester- day she went to Dr. Gidney's office and told him she had decided not to take the teeth which he had made for her. the teeth since she had ordered them, and must pay him the SIP. This last was the cause of all her alarm, and as soon as this ultimatum was delivered to her, she rushed to the window and began her yells, which were the cause of all the perturbation in the street be- low. Dr. Gidney told the officers that unless the woman paid for the teeth he would have her arrested. The police men then advised the gipsy that the best way out of the difficulty was to pay the SIP and take the teeth, as she had agreed to do. This advice she ac- cepted with protestations, and left the office muttering threats of vengeance.