The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

Daily PeUotrs third story brigade, armed with
side and CONSERVATION followed. =.
To. preserve the. chronological sequence. II
papers Of Oct. 20 reported tho fact that the
equestrian statue Of Bolivar. which stood on the
west side Of Central Park near Eighty.third
around bolivar. ard BY. this means the statue
the 'vsndaIs had battered the statue beyond
hope OF repair. Il was pretty generally agreed
that Bolivar could be spared. but the lawless-
ness Of the decd frightened the nurscmaids.
Two nights later the statue Of Sir Walter
Scott, representing the famous novelist as suffer
ing with a crick in the back aud a sore throat.
was broken into pieces. On the evening of
Nov. 4 . miscreant. broke no less than thirty
front windows in houses on Marcy avenue,
acurious coincidence 1t happened that in each
OF these windows had stood n clay pottery
ing the Baby" group,. and ali OF them had been
smashed. During the next three nights two
hrookiSn Bridge POLICEMEN, the surercili9gs
missionary who had shouted hymns at the top Of
his voice on Sundays from the City Hall steps,
and the, originator of Good Government clubs,
were all mysteriously assaulted. and in each
use the victim heard a voice say That
E Miehae a.p, jnIt c before the no bl9w was struck
whom he had sent out disguised rs Italians
with puslIcarts to locate the guilty fruit seller.
shadow as many men selected at random from
the City Directory whose first names happened
to be Michael. skcrrigan was not important
enough to be assigned to this case. Purely for
his own amusement he CHANGED on the evening
Of Nov. 8 to go to the opening Of the big fair at
buy blackthorn canes for Irishmcn in this coun.
try. Skerrigan wanted a blackthorn. As no
s surpTise t GysF G !ae P %' = pe s nnd n9 9nss re w1tn
cred from his accident, was the manager:gen.
eral. and that little Major p; Redliw was down
fol, half an hours. wit and numor," he heard
a deep voice behind him say:
Oh II Michael were only here!"
cold he Caught in BrooklSn,' said another Voice.
It's too bad" said the deep voice, for here
are Col. De SNOW and little Redliw on deck
wouldn't take a Drop.
Skcrrigan' didn't understand the real signiti-
canoe of what he had overheard. He merely sus-
pected that these two men knew something
about the mysterious assaults which had puz.
zled the police, and he determined to shadow
picture OF each of the men. One was tall and
slim with thin cheeks and a dropping mustache.
and the other was short and strongly built with
a heavy black political.looking mustache. Just
hen Col. De Snow began making his usual open
ing speech and the crowd within sound Of his
voice made a rush to the further end of the hall.
The tide was too strong for Skerrigan, and he
was borne along with II. He was unable to pick
up again the two men whom he suspected, and
he went home determined TO keep an eye out for
them. Three nights later he saw them shortly
before midnight walking down broadway and
There could be no mistake about his men. and
they passed in front of lighted windows or un-
der electric lights he made a discovery that for
a moment tempted him to pick up the officer
on the beat and arrest them promptly, lmnic-
diately behind the two men walked a third who
cept on New York's most-used thoroughfare.
where an Arab in native costume or u cowboy
glance. This third man was muscular and awE-
ward in appearance; Though the night was
S SReeke 1i j T1ae ~s @ith the W fieht sieers 6 rolled oiHei
back displaying a red undershirt. 1t was the
club in his right hand that fastened Detective
make out it was an ordinary baseball bat, lust
the instrument to have caused the wounds, on
the head Of &. De he sn n1%b, R fsrriry and the ,. other
Skerrigan saw that his upper lip was long and
that his red face. was framed in redder whiskers.
he realized that he had no evidence on which to
arrest these men. What could have been their
To fairs. public afifs' dinn snsn or 7 i eh sn r Ra0i His e, f @ins
moved slowly, and before he had reached a
decision the men whom he was following had
University place. At the corner of Clinton
place the trio stopped and looked around. Skier.
houses and he stopped also. apparently salts:
fed that no one was following them, they turned
to the left down Clinton place and entered the
private residence but now served as a single
tenement house of the better class: ,Skerrigan
quietly upstairs behind them. The tall man
Knocked once, then twice. and then once again
on the door at the head of the second flight Of
stairs. 1t opened and SkerriRan, who was just
behind. unnoticed, saw half a dozen men sit
ting inside with their overcoat collars turned
up and handkerchief tied over their faces so
that only their eyes showed. They wore their
hats. -,
That" said the tall man, and as the light
from within fell on him and his two compan.
ions, Skerrigan saw that they, too, had tied
handkerchief over their faces.
That said the second man.
That" said the man in the jumper and VINO
carried the club,
Pass in, said the doorkeeper. We are only
one short"
The door closed, and skerrigan was left in
darkness. He pulled out his handkerchief.
tied 1t over his face so that only his eyes showed,
pulled down his hat. and turned up his collar.
He put his revolver in the outside pocket of his
overcOat. stood still for a moment as II in doubt,
and then walked up the remaining stairs TO the
door. He knocked once, then twice. then once
Give the signal said the doorkeeper.
That" said skerTigan, and in he walked
looked %t5knSdit about Snn,'h him fur i SIscpP The ,n room a S @as a not
large. 1t contained a platform such as is found
in lodge rooms. and seated on this was the tall
chief didn't disguise him. Behind him stood
the man in the check jumper. resting on his club.
their faces sat around. As II sEerriEan had az
been expected. the tall man arose and said in a
Nsfhe That Society will please come to order
and listen TO the report OF its Executive Com.
mittec., Number Two will speak for it."
Number TWO proved 10 ne me snort man Win
the heavy dark mustache, which was displayed
as he pulled up his handkerchief TO speak.
'Since the last monthly meeting Of your So
ciety,' he said. sin accordance with yonr dircc.
tons. / havctO report that Michael, acting under
our guidance, has executed your humane SEN
tencc on Col. DE Snow. Major y. Redliw. the
Rev. Monroe C.. Jacks, the Central Park statues,
Marcy avenues window pot cry groups. the
originator OF Good Government clubs, and a few
other public nuisances too insignificant 10 men
ton. / regret TO say, however. that three
nights ago Col. De Snow and Major p. Redliw
had recovered so that they again appeared at a
fair in Madison Square Garden. / notice by
the newspapers hat the Rev. Monroe c. Jacks
Is TO celebrate his return to the pulpit next sun
day by preaching on 'SandbagGing; or, the
Perils of a Great City and that he purposes 10
have a converted sandbagger in the pulpit with
him to illustrate his remarks. There is a rumor
that eight new pottery groups entitled Weigh
ing tho Baby have been ordered by people liv.
ing on Marcy avenue. In other respects our
work this month has been successful"
What is your pleasure, gentlemen, with the
report OF your committeef' asked the man with
the deep voice, who acted as presiding officer.
II would suggest, said a member that IL he
accepted simply as a report OF progress, and
that the committee be instructed 10 90 over the
ground again with Michael. We are law.
abiding citizens, and hence opposed to murder.
There are, however, some infringements on the
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