The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-04-21
A OF AUTHORITY.
Kicking Of a Shell Game Man Pro-
voked COnnict Between Civil
and Military.

when the Spanish val came on"
said A. S. Walton, Of Butte, Mont.
recently, "and the call by the govern
ment for volunteers was being en-
Enthusiastically responded 10 all over
the country, at first there were major
and minor clashes between the civil
and military authorities until it was
asoertained where the powers Of the
one ended and those OF the other be-
gan. ] remember a funny case Of this
kind that happened in the Montana
regiment, when II was at Camp Mer-
rift in San Francisco. that viii bear
the telling. The regiment had been
there but a few days when one Of
the lieutenants, a Strapping big fell
low, standing some six feet two
inches, happened to notice a crowd Of
soldiers before a tent In one Of the
company streets, and on investigating
found that a faker had wandered into
the camp and was relieving the Nom
tana soldiers Of any spare cash they
might have by means Of a thimble-
rig game. He at once told the man
to get out, which the bunko-steerer
said he would do, aud, packing up his
paraphernalia, apparently took his
departure.
Some time later, however, the lieu
tenant again came across him plying
his nefarious trade in another part
of the camp. This time the %lieuten-
ant was angry, and. upon his de-
handing In forcible language; What
he meant by being there when or
dered OUT the fellow, evidently en-
c%ouraged by the presence Of the sol
diers, whom he regarded as his
friends, made an imprudent response.
At that the lieutenant grabbed him
by the collar and, after shaping his
chops three or four times, turned him
around and proceeded to boot him out
OF the camp. When the entrance was
reached with u final kick that pro-
PEELED the faker half across and
dropped him a battered and bedprag.
gled looking object in the roadway.
the lieutenant left him, whereupon
he arose and departed, after vowing
vengeance on the officer who had as
saulted him.
There is a shrewd suspicion In
San Francisco, as there has been
aforetimes in this city, that the police
stand in with the thugs, but. be that
as 1t may, in less than ten minutes he
was back with two members Of The
finest, to whom he pointed out the
lieutenant, who was excltedly Il
planning the matter to a group OF Of
hcers just inside the entrance to the
canp. The guards, who thoroughly
appreciated the situation, promptly
stopped the policeman with an in.
quiry as to whether they had permits
sion to enter the camp. Those
WORTHLESS, replying that they needed
none, as they were in pursuit. Of their
duty, and guessed they knew what
that was, were promptly told TO guess
again and suddenly found their en-
trance barred by a pair Of crossed
rifles, surmounted by large, fierce,
angry bayonets. On attempting still
TO force an entrance one of the
bayonets suddenly entered the fieshy
part Of the thigh OF one Of the off,
GERS, which caused him first to emit a
loud and resonant cry, aud, secondly,
at a safe distance, TO inform the Mon
tana regiment in general and the two
sentries in particular. that he would
return with the captain and reserves
and arrest the whole kit and caboodle
Of them, and, thirdly, to depart TO put
his threat into execution. II is need
less to say he didn't come back, but
after that the police force Of San
Francisco had q wholesome respect
for Uncle Sans soldiers" - n. Y.
Tribune.