St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-06-18


try tricks on him."
/ made no answer, and he went away
by the side door and left me to the
1t had been disposed OF and
| was enjoying a cigar when Mr.. Wake
man entered, bade me good morning
and said:
"Well, / hope I find you feeling in a
mood for business. Have you any
checks with you, Mr.. Fisher, or do you
wish me to procure some? We can
finish in a couple of hours it you will"
laughed at him as / went over the
ground of the previous night. He had
captured the wrong man, and 1t was
useless to waste any more time over it.
| had no letters or papers with me to
prove my identity, but my garments
bore the name of a New York tailor,
and he had but to send to my hotel
to get all the facts wanted. He smiled
at first, but | soon had
him douDting, and he went away to re-
turn in half an hour with Saunders
This man looked me over with care and
said to the other:
II have known Mr.. Fisher by sight fol
three years, and l am sure this is the
man. He is simply trying game o.
bluff. Better not carry it too far, young
man! We are not the sort OF people
to stand a great amount OF nonsense!
answered that had nothing in par
ticular to do for three or four days
and IL they desired to board and lodge
me it would be to my liking. Ii they
insisted that / was Fisher ! would
sign a check with that name for 80,
600 If they desired. This offer was what
set them to doubling, and they started
out to find my refer ences. They mus
have found things as ! said, but
oeither Wakeman nor Saunders came
rear me again. 1t was four o'clock II
the afternoon before anyone appeared
and then the man who had brought my
breakfast suddenly walked in. q
once saw that he was in bad humor
and he did not wait long before say
ing:
"Now, then, you ought to know bet
ter than to play any such game on US
and I am going to give you humping
to even up things!"
1 started to argue with him, but he
rushed at me in furious way and wa.
plainly bent on violence. / was nc
match for him in strength, and fol
three or four minutes avoided him BY
lodging and running about. He grew
more ugly rs he failed to get hold o.
me, and at length declared that h'
would kill me before he left the room
The tray had not yet been removed
from the table, and on it stood pitch
er which had contained milk. While
lodging about. ! seized this pitcher
and as the ruffian penned me up in
corner whirlcd it about my head ant
sent it flying full at his face. 1
knocked him fiat, and he lay so still
that I thought him dead. He had shu
and locked the door after him and hat
the key in his pocket. As l begaz
searching for it the fellow showed
signs of coming to, and unbucklint
the belt which held up his trousers,
rolled him over and made his arms fas
behind him. Then removed my sus
penders and tied his feet, and | hat
Just turned him on his back when h
began struggling and shouting ane
cursing. 1t was well for me that
had him secure, as he was in MOOD
to do murder. He rolled about for hal
an hour threatening me at every
breath, and when he was physically ex
hausted lis eyes glared at me like I
mad dogs. The door-key was In hi!
hip-pocket, but l was full hour get
ting at it. Though fast bound he re
sisted my efforts to turn him over
and I had to beware of his teeth as
worked at him. finally got the KEY
and opened the door to find vacan
room behind it with stairway lead
ing down to the rear yard. This yart
was only about 30x30 feet, surrounde<
by blank walls of other buildings, ane
though I searched around for an houl
I could find no way out of it. Th'
back door of the first story was locked
nnd I finally had to return to the room
upstairs and see what could be dom
with the door leading into the hail. IL
the yard found stone weighing
about five pounds, and with this
presently attacked the door. The mar
on the floor had cooled off bit, ant
when he realized that I was bound t
batter the door down and make my es
cape he said:
I've got bad temper. and can't al
ways hold myself. l don't say you art
TO blamefor not being the man we wa:
after, but was 10 put out over thu
mistake that l wanted to get even. l
you'll unite me Ill call Il square ant
show you the way out Of the yard"
looked him in the face and decidet
not to trust him; and when I told hin
so he said he would kill me II he hat
to follow me to the end Of the earth
With the big stone pounded away a,
the panels of the door until l finall,
had the whole thing so shaky that
tore it away. There were four othel
rooms on that floor and five above.
went through them all and found moth
my Ouo QuSS anu I'll tHC
floor there was parlor, with foul
rooms behind it, but no one had occu
pied the place for months. Stretched
across the kitchen was clothcsline.
took 1t down, returned to my man, an,
used it to tie his ankles in place of m,
ssspenders. When this was done
nade him fast to the leg OF the loung,
and told him that I would present.,
send q policeman to release him. HI
coaxed and threatened by turns an,
finally offered me 6 50 to release hin
and let him 60 bis way.
The front door fastened with a sprinl
lock, and went out fully intending t
give the man into custody and try an,
bring the whole gang to book. Ono
outside found the street to be name,
Rivington street, and to be occupie,
mostly by laborers and foreigners. Blu
If laid information with the police
was certain to be held as . witnes
and put to much trouble, and on think
ing it over decided to say nothing.
did, however, hunt mp the address Of th
young man l was taken for. had PEI
sonal Interview with him. and relate
ths full particulars. This was wee
later. In company with private d
1tecuve We Visited tee house one attel