The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-05-27
HIDING IN BLUE UNIFORMS.

orleans. II was curing the exposition at.
new orleans, and the languid Southern
! city was filled with detectives from all
parts of this continent: The day after
| the Richmond dropped her mudhook in
the harbor the gangway was thrown
| down to ship visitors. One of the ship.
visitors was New York detective, who,
I Is still In the traces. The detective had
| simply gone aboard the ship out of cur
! iosity, not because he fancied he would
| find: any business in his particular line,
He was taken in hand by one of. the.
young watch and division officers. The
two men We're. standing on-~the poop,
l looking forward, when the detective gave
| a start, and then, to cover it up, he turn
| ed facing aft and said to the young off,
GER: o."
THAT young fellow shining the brass.
bridge rails-what name is he. shipped
! under?" =. e''. '-.s.
The okcer, somewhat surprised, gave
| the mans name.
Zone of the best seamen aboard" he
| added.
Eyes. he ought to be pretty good sea-
| man." said the detective. He put in.
| five years aboard merchant ship in the.
China trade, and when he got back to.
| this country, over two years ago, he went
to a town in western New York, and.
caVed his old uncle's skull in with an.
| axe for the sake of few hundred dol.
lars, which he didn't get, after doing:
this bit of bad work for it. He's GOOD
ind''
The officer was amazed
1.-THE m0ldest-mannered blueiacke
aboard he said. you must have this
mixed"
Il farcy not" said the detective. 1T
had look at his photograph no later.
fhan yesterday afternoon, when ] was:
going over my collection Of 'sleepers.' l.
spent month in searchi e for t..is man
ut the time, too, you searching for this
man at the time, too, you kcow. I'll
take him when I get the papers,
The officer took the detective to the
lshipper and the story repea ed. as
realty to the commanders surprise as;
| it had been to the dec,2s o1sce-'s
or course, when you get the papers,
}1ou'n have to have him. SAID the SIX D.
'er. But the thing truly aston:shes.
ne. The man is a irst-rate saiiorman,
ind had him in mind for ca.ef petty
officers rate"
The detective went ashore to Go his:
alegr" ming with the New York authori--
les. The seaman went very white when
We was taken by the ships chief master
.t-arms to the mast and the ordered to
i'e conficed in double irons in the solitay
orig.
What :or, @s!r?" asked the seaman
you'll learn that later. ray man." said
mistake discovered.
The seaman knew that there was no
mistake 1t is a hard matter to saw
| through double iro1ls but he did it during
the first night of his confinement 1t is
harder still to saw through the perpen-
dicular bars that run up and down inside
the round portfolio of solitary brig.
This also, the seaman did. He was. a.
slender man, else he could never have
| gimleted himself through the sixteen-inch
portfolio. But he did it all right. How he.
contrived to let himself into the water a
goodefourteen feet from the solitary brig:
portfolio, without making a splash suf3i-
Gent to attract the attention Of the night
touring ships corporal was another mys-
Terry. This, also, he accomplished. Then
| he swan ashore to the New Orleans
docks, and, for all the civil military OF
| naval authorities know to the contrary,
| he is going yet. When the master-at-
| arms opened the solitary brig at ali hands
| the next morning. he found the sawed
double irons and the sawed portfolio.
When the detective appeared aboard thu
ship. while later. the you:.@ officer with
whom he Lad talked ret him ct the "
gangw2y.
| II guess that was your man. all right"
SAID the officer. lie has Gone neat Dit
of skip jan.r!Eg.'
! Three summers. ago an ella borate lunch
| ION was siven beard one of the ships OK
the North. Atlantic squadron, anchored
| at Newport. About a hundred of the res
| idents attended the luncheon, which was
given in the wardroom- TO reach the
messroOrn the guests passed through an
| open lire Of natty n1essroom attendants
| drawn UP On the quarterback. A the
| party of guests passed along through the
open line Of "strikers'' one Of them. a.
| MISUNDERSTANDING English servant,
suddenly dropped out of the line Of man.
| Gf-war servants and retreated forward a.
lope. The officer of the deck observed
| this move. When the guests had ALI
passed into the messroom, the officer OF
the deck sent for the messroom attendant
| who had SO suddenly abandoned his
mates. He questioned the man.
| I'm sick,'' said the bolter.
| The officer of the deck told the man to
go aft and see the surgeon, and then to
report Immediately for duty in the mess
| room, providing he was not placed on
the sick list. The servant, with many
anxious look into the messroom while
this colloquy was going on went to the
| surgeon and the latter examined him
carefully.
you're malingering, my man. said the
| surgeon to the cockney striker. Don't
try to shirk work aboard this ship. You
are liable to get into trouble at that
game. Report to the officer Of the deck
as fit for duty at once
! IncTc WAS HOtHlNS Lux IL UuI " oOcys
The mess attendant was sent into the
messroom to help wait upon the ships:
guests. He went to the galley up for
ward with the procession Of mess attend
ants after the soup, and then the process
sion of soup plate bearers went aft to-
the messroom in close file. or course,
the guests looked up at this natty parade
of "strikers." AS the English mess at
tendant stepped under the Intel of the
wardroom door one Of the women at the
table became greatly excited and all but
screamed. The cockney dropped his soup
plate and ran forward.
"The man that robbed me of my
Jewels! Catch him! Catch him." ex-
| claimed the excited woman.
(Which one?" inquired one Of the OFF,
GERS
HE was our second man. Three years
ago. at our Denver house, he went
through the jewel chests while we were
out and stripped them"
The striker" was found hiding IN one OK
the bunkers. He was turned over to-
the Colorado authorities and is still In.
Jail.
No Time for Reasoning.
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