The San Francisco call., 1898-12-29

in the market has repeatedly con- plained that Kohler has made his way secretly into the market in the stTe1gb or and dngh gdayeon to P5sctoe bs hs on, the. chickens that have been killed during the course of the day. One instance in particular is cited where the watchman was given no night visits. He claims that Koh- Ter stole into the market the night before Christmas eve and raised havoc among the poultry generally. How long he was there or when he came is unknown to him. The only indication of his presence was had about 1 o'clock in the morning. when he was startled by number of re- sounding whacks. delivered on the turkeys hanging on the hooks in front of the poultry stand in the Pine street aisle of the market and violent muffied whisperings of eenmity s.ra,, and wrath uttered by by koh3 oh that; I can lick anything that walks. Seei" although the birds were possessed of anything but ac- tion.
 somebody was being murdered. He ran for his revolver that was se- creted in his coat pocket at one end of the passage way. He began a roundabout course among the diff ferent stalls to obtain position of vantage over the murderer who he was well convinced was beating some employe to death. Upon gain ing a good position on top of an ice-house attached to a fish stall his head above the boxes on top of the house and took a survey of the aisle below before finally command ing the intruder to throw up his hands.
 Instead of bloodthirsty footpad, however, he beheld nothing more than a confused mass of maimed chickens and turkeys strewn in dis- order on the floor and the indistinct form of Kohler leaning over mann knocked off one of. the hooks. He was bareheaded and had his sleeves rolled up to the elbows. The per- spiration was literally pouring from his forehead as he breathlessly counted his antagonists out: All chickens, some with broken breast bones and others with their heads and other parts of their anatomy completely Topped off.
 After exclaiming, to. the turkey that he was the fffty-second man he had ''put out'' within the short space of time of two hours, Kohler with supreme air of victory un- rolled his trousers, which had been turned up above his shoetops, and mass of dead turkeys, chickens, ducks. etc. that covered the floor in all directions.
 Upon finally extricating himself he pinned on his innumerable electric diamonds to the most conspicuous positions on his necktie and vest and walked over to deserted chicken coop. in the hidden recesses of which he unearthed other articles of jew elrv which he deemed the most val ly that they might not be lost dur ing his pugilistic encounters with tine poultry.
 After these had been carefully stored away on his person he start ed to crawl under one of the guard the Pine street aisle of the market. He hadn't gone a dozen steps. how ever, when the watchman heard him say, My God. forgot me leg de- velopment" He retraced his steps to the chicken coop, where he again deposited his valuables. He then disrobed entirely. with the exception of his under garments. and started to circuit the entire market on a dead run.
 The watchman wishing to have a hand in the fun, secreted himself behind a huge section of beef in front of a meat stall and awaited Kohler's arrival from the opposite end of the market As he passed panting like frightened deer the watchman jumped into the aisle, "squared off' and told Kohler to come on: that he would give him more real fighting In minute than he has ever seen during his entire career as an amateur pugilist.
 Down Kohler went on all fours, pleading like a frightened school boy for the watchman not to hit him. and he would make it all right with him. He protested that he just wanted a little exercise and didn't mean to harm the chickens.
 The watchman gave way in his determination, but demanded that Kohler pick up every chicken and restore 1t to it's original position on the hooks. After about an hours work he succeeded in getting them back to their original positions. He was then allowed to dress himself and make his escape through the guard gate. upon gaining which he started on a dead run toward Cali fornia street.