The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-21
BOY DETECTIVES PARADE.
MxRSHAJIED IN sEYERAE DITIs-
IONS BY YOUNG Mr,MULLAN.

Ne Lcd It % the stauoa and Charred Prank
Hawier with Stealing n ~DoG-Lawler's nj
vision was Put 70 F1iEht ana ne
was Locked Up-said ne Pound the nos.
At a little after 9. o'clock last night Policeman
Degenhart marched upon the West Forty
seventh street station house with a truly re-
markablo following. Tho order of the process
sion as, It moved from Fifty-1fth street down
Tenth ~iavenuo to Forty-Roventh street. to the
station, was as follows:
I.-John Mcmillan. IS Year, old, leading. with some
lack Of dignity, Gyp, q large Irish setter.
u.-Policeman Degenhart, leading. with the utmost
dignity. Frank Lawior. 20 years old. OF upper Hells
Kitchen.
m.-Indigunnt friends Of Mr.. Lawior.
Iv.-Proud and outhusisstic friends Of Master No
Mullan.
v.-Friends OF Master McMulan's friends TO the
number Of 500.
W.-Young women friends Of the foregoing.
WL-Parcnts OF the young women.
VITI.-Threo smalidogs, presumably friends Of oyp.
The first three divisions wheeled in front Of
the station and marched In. Sergeant Hulse
rose In his seat and reviewed them with no
kindly eye.
Officer" he inquired, what 10 it,"
This is the complainant" said Degenhart.
commerding Master MCMILLAN TO the attention
~ Roh y 10" hAh tHS Joehb
man was too much overcome with emotion to
speak. At length no out, inter
rupting himself the while by rubbing
the back of his hand in his eye.
that the dog belonged to the boss. that the dog
had been stolen twice before, that that Teller"
10 ask what the boss would give to get the
dog back. that the boss had sent him,
i iSSs n' anu shc; o dog on a nao " tfrsot fo Tisn in ama to
follow them until he met a policeman who
the boss's fault and not his, and that he didn't
mean no wrong but only to do like the boss said
WHO ia tho boss r. asked Sergeant Hulse.
William Gortler, S81 Tenth avenue" ratified
Johnny. on familiar ground at last. Then he
,Lawlor said that he lived at 5s5 West Fifty
eighth street. He asserted that he found the
"You." said the sergeant sternly. looking into
the prisoners rather shlfty eye. Weren't you
felonious assault r.
Yes. sergeant, but
-,~ ~bIhe nsv. t Ion 81 eansa he a serEeaf Nav I vohns
crowd you run with, and you can't find any
"But." Interrupted Lawlor. 81 acquitted my.
self of being, not guilty; Ask me friends" Here
ceseIon, which advanced to the reviewing stand.
Who are you" asked Hulse, and then. with
poI wnn1lns standing ! in By that resulted ' IN Mr.. LAW aWe
lor's friends being hustled into the street and
chased in bad order.
his employer to court in the morning. and was
dismissed with the promise that the dog would
be well cared for. John departed, and the dog,
which had been watching the proceedings with
u satirical grin, made a wild dash to
follow hun. Degenhart, who had hold OF her
leading string. would have been pulled Off his
feet II Wardman Walsh had not como to his
AID. Johnny. stood on the steps, sobbing and
the multitude looked at him with awe and SYM
patty, murmuring, That's him" That's tho
boy detective"
Lawlor was locked up. Gyp was also sent to
n cell, and she cried 80 much that few of tho
prisoners had any sleep last night.