The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-21
FRANKS OF POLICEMEN.
FUN THEY USED TOHITB IN THB zKM-
DERLoU WITH sGINGEn0 REILEX.

AgrOup OF police OFFICIALS WnO1o patno ~
now strewn with roses sat In the cafe Of an uT
town Broadway hotel one evening last wee
and talked Of the old days, whom they wer
Young In the police business. Every man 4
che group was an oid-timer. and all had inter
estinR anecdotes to tell and interesting expert
euces TO relate. Police Captain James X. Prio
was one OF the party. Capt. Price n now Il
charge OF the Tenderioin, n district which h
kpoSs thoroughly. When Alec Williams helt
sway there Price was his right-hand man. Tn,
story he related had to do with that time.
I'm all my time on the police force. and in
eIdentally the nine months 1 spent on Of It,
began Price with n grin. "Inever met or knew
Q moro interesting policeman than Ginger
Reilly. He was In the Tenderioin whom VII,
lIams was there. Reilly has q good old 1rist
Christian name, but the boys dubbed him
Ginger and the name has stuck TO him since
HE must have been hot stuff" some one
calculated.
"He whs hot stuff" continued the narrator.
"An freshman by birth. he was as profane
and as religious a man as 1 knew In the busl-
ness. Rellly's profanity was a source Of wonder
10 the men in his platoon. The boys would
tease him Just TO hear him swear. He didn't
moan 10 be profane, but Il seemed to come nat
ural to him and he couldn't stop It. That's the
reason no was dnpped singer. II any one
mar MAJ Who S ad 70 Vs stand the srant o, n And
.hano - .ood manv nr-oo,icoi 49, onar-
torsd IN H1 the q T gTpd au stre pda station mouse Souss SS%a
Reilly lilly, was " st there r.,,,v had Madison .v.nno ,rom
ar"t YEAR Barnum showed IN Madison Square
Garden the show hadn't been cunning a week
when n rumor was afloat that an immense
anaconda had escaped from the circus. 1t was
mated in the brain Of the circus press agent.
ANYWAY, ~ was seisea Oy = couple OF l neasys
,e.o" Is " ~
JOKE on ana sh - n np,sn nm %n,1 was " -. q T tSna RHi1In
s - ~. - MI nSono.aS a. -
STUCK to his post, Ine pT9pGSca Joke was IN.
Of the ioksrs bought a dozen or more yards Of
circular 8 ruinre Joints ON @'t the sso a~a 1so plan i o'" When y
nh. n:s.s slstS s 5S'ass T Hfsssn put fss 'os' oHs ' ssS
m naSSssa sn %Ia 81 he saS U which v" WaS 'i prooursd az from ,%l
a theatrical customer. This makeshiit snake
was kept hidden for a couple Of nights in q
fourth avenue Grocery store near Madisoa
Square Ssrdea. me grocer TaS Tel snppied
1T as have ali we wanted. ,%isS the ehkaY and
an aFSIifH vos ~ ba The v,c,,m. and "a ,o,. M
stone unturned to give hin e good scare: A
S0rpIs 81 tbe niE SaEsra D 1taffsd inc I'M . ST,Sk tomas %ss
about, the anaconde That escaped from
sn2 Circus. heiliy was Always an inter.
Ss' STe as's sRsps snq he teS was SSy esSSs Ss alR iRssrssts SP
sSpaeonda Mas SIIsged 70 hsyo escapsd: was on
SsilklS. didn't 60 o. post until Il oeEocf. When
the mtdnig6t .RPn platoon 6sP1t turned out ths sergeant
Tcqusst:
vart Esca cap dd from b Ba15Fp1 ~ GreatsSt ShoH on
d SSa.p 4 n eSpp sS.ee aS1d an asSasGn i ffsssS q iset
9 e adsn Y in q t nan st ssratn Idtafv and o very dapGerops-
lIeysd his SIDE partner: and vas ,dStnE. %
anacSnds was in the Fourth avenue grocerY
yWSRRsaiyt h oe 3oS W Hled tin Ta5M sh e w ana on shna = ISL
! we're az apart sSSStns 3
sIqStsa d REQ thy WITHIN Hsst az aidsS a a, N M.d hisdly was was
carried into Twenty-sixth street and
sa sS'S Corner. "a stout at'S piece 1e q tw Inc WA eSFs a.
CsSessdM S sFG% The soI i%pTpe SrS aS snsk tba half ~ Tey
IN Linn Immense tree: S yaS to furnish 4 ths snakes
nm coming up the avenue lelsurely, swlnging
hs CLUB. ava Of danger, or OF practical
loker9. ne Approached the southwest corner OF
TWenty-sixth street. The serpent was already
ESo roSd e q E %Ssn p &c Ssa Hsll tSa had aSs SStssppedT Into
q. saw nv the 3psn,ISyed reptile making directly
HOLY mother. preserve mel There's that
w.1-.----5--iN.I seq serpintF
IeniRsyS and sn5pS Sss T1sd ike T 3 IiisSta aiHtEl RGole e DOWN OWE
a i1s G rSna 70 ETs sIS ed6Hsf s ssfs ssrk 1 g Sta sTt9sSp saSs
a WALL Running like wild toward me was
n,,i Hf91ah idS+ / ne IS5 yelled aEs saw It. saw Il
nays made me poor ch1lder orphuns.'
S9H,ye been drinking. Reilly. and I'm
AtsalH ~ have 70 report you for being Of postr.
j man that says TN drunk ie a liar. and
/ sSSmann N Wnip n nr yelled Reilly: AN II saw that
E gu ne maze ioE me. and whin ! ran he erawled
that's asleeR,op thin benchesi Sure IFS
c3rpseS tn9yH DO when that laddybuck
gets through wild them
Th9 Ipshot OF It was l went back with
nonlyl put knew we would md everything
P Fo SsIly,s T gSsSs C yESSn'S a M s sIoar Of q d snatkSs s
mark banChaa whom avakanad avOWad fhav hoH /