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The detective says he say Lacey stop two
women, and, in response to Interrogation,
the women said Lacey had been begging.
Detective Werrick was looking for half
a dozen alleged tramp beggars' who had
been run out of Minneapolis Saturday
and concluded Lacey was one of the
crowd. When first arrested Lacey, who
has but one leg and walks with a cane
and wooden stump, went along quietly.
At Tenth and Sibley, however, he refused
to go further and turned on his captor.
Dealing Detective Werrick strong blow
in the face, he utilized his cane and
wooden leg vigorously in trying to best
the officer. Detective Werrick grappled
the Infatuated cripple and threw him to
the walk While holding Lacey down a
crowd of men and women gathered
Lacey continued fighting and received en-
enlargement from the spectators. Otto
Pachler, according to Detective Werrick,
grabbed him by the collar and tried to
release Lacey Then the detective pulled
his revolver. This did not frighten the
crowd nor cause Pachler to relax his eff
forts to overcome Detective Werrick.
Meantime Lacey was biting, punching
and kicking with his wooden leg with
might and main. Detective Werrick
called upon several citizens to assist him.
All refused. With a husky young man
hampering him from behind, Lacey max
ing things lively underneath him and a
crowd of threatening sympathizers, De-
tectiVe Werrick was in bad way to land
his prisoner. He says he informed the
crowd that he was a detective, sent out
especially to round up the begagrs, and
showed his star, but the threats Of the
crowd only became more ominous.
Finally, in answer to the crowds de-
| mand Detective Werrick, to avoid trou-
BILE, he says, agreed to let Lacey go. He
released the cripple and grabbed Pachler,
whom he placed under arrest for inter
fering with an officer. This did not suit
the crowd nor Lacey The latter came
magnanimously to the rescue of his
| chance friend and declared that before he
would see Pachler locked up he would
consent to go quietly with the detective.
| Then Pachler was released and Lacey
again taken in charge. Meantime
someone had telephoned for the patrol
wagon, which hurried to the scene OF
| trouble with half a dozen officers. De-
| tective Werrick put Lacey in the wagon
! and then made dive into a crowd on the
walk and brought out Pachler, whom he
| also arrested.
| AS this tranSpired another cnapter was
added to the exciting incident. PachleT
| had two friends who are also said to
have done some arguing in Lacey's be-
| half They were Lew Kronen and George
! Hummel When Pachler was hustled into
| the wagon Hummel insisted that he and
| Kronen also go. Kronen objected to this
| course and when Hummel became insist
ent to the point Of grabbing his friend g
coat, Kronen let go with a stiff right
hand punch, catching Hummel under the
eve and knocking him on his back, ten
feet away. Hummel jumped to his feet
quickly and rushed at Kronen. The
| while the patrol wagon stood by, the
Young men engaged in a lively fight.
! Both slugged away without regard to
| science. but each managed to land num-
| her of blows much to the editlcation OF
the crowd that had already been enter
| tanned with a lively go between Detective
| Werrick and Lacey. Detective Wells
| Jumped out Of the wagon as soon as he
could leave the prisoners already under
arrest and added Kronen and Hummel
| to the load.
! Pachier Is charged with resisting an off,
| Ger, while Hummel and Kronen are
! charged with disorderly conduct. Lacey
is charged with begging. Last evening 1t
was found that Lacey's shoulder was dis
located and he was sent to the city hos
| pital When Hummel and Kronen had
| thought their difference over at the sta
| ton, Hummel exhibited a forgiving spirit
by putting up $50 for the release of him
self and his pugilistic friend.