Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-02
WAS A NIGHT
Of A|LAR|TY
THE Users CELEBRATED JACK
LEaGAT's BIRTHDAY LAST
NIGHT
INCIDENTALLY ONE OF THE
MEMBERS WAS JAILED
Harry futile and Leggat Are Each
Congratulating Themselves That
the Affair was no Worse.

The Users were abroad last night and
for awhile the west side was in up
roar. Has beens'' and Corners gather
ed in awe-stricken silence to witness the
tangle and disheveled women and chill
dren shivered at front doors in an eft
fort to find out what was going on.
The mystery is easily explained. 1t
was Jack Leggat's birthday. He gath
cred at his hospitable home, West
Granite street. number of his friends
to assist in celebrating the event and
to confer the exalted degree of Is on
number of candidates. Mr.. Leggat
always celebrates his birthday in an APP
propriate manner. but last night be ex-
celled himself in the completeness of the
affair and it required the combined eff
forts of the fire and police departments
to straighten matters out
1t was April Fools day and "Pop"
Renisch with the assistance of the ver-
satile Jack put up job on Harry futile.
Mr. Renisch explained to Mr.. futile that
1t would he huge joke to collect
quantity of straw and build a bonfire in
front of the house while the festivities
were at their height. The plan was to
have Mr. futile pull the fire alarm and
Sanger arrest Mr.. Leggat for unneces-
sarily calling out the fire department.
Mr.. futile waited on Chief Sanger and
placed the proposition before him. The
chief had already been seen by Mr. Leg
gat and so he agreed to the joke and
gave Mr.. futile key. Throughout the
afternoon Mr.. futile would gracefully ex-
hlblt the key to friends and tell them
what huge joke he was going to play
on Mr.. Leggat.
AT about II o'clock, when the Jolly
crowd was jollier, Mr.. Renisch and Mr..
Iuttle collected the straw and started
the nfe The latter pulled the box and
the hre department promptly responded.
lhe laugh was on the fire boys, but they
TOOK the matter good naturally and ac-
cepted an invitation to enter and eniov
the goods the god of the occasion had
provided. Time passed merrily and
when Chief Sanger found it time to de-
part he sent in call for the patrol
wagon and caused Harry Tuttle to he
placed under arrest. Mr.. Turtle was
surprised. as this was not according to
the programme, but when he acknowl-
edged that he had sent in the alarm four
stalwart policemen hustled him into the
wagon. Seeing that the tables had been
turned on him, he took the matter good
naturally and went without further re-
sistance to the city bastile.
After he had been there an hour or so
he commenced to get very nervous ana
was afraid that the joke was becoming
serious. When he had almost become a
mental wreck his friends appeared and
submitted their personal recognizancos
in the sum of 100000 for his release, and
Harry breathed freely once more.
Mr. Leggats birthday party was a de-
cided success, and at it's conclusion TIE
genial host presented each guest with a
small bottle Of bromo settler, with di-
rections as to its use this morning. He
received many handsome presents from
his guests, all of whom expressed the
wish that they might be present at his
hundredth anniversary.
But while Jack Leggat is congrat u-
lating himself on having turned tic
tables on Harry futile, the latter is hav-
ing little quiet furI all to himself In
the first place he says that he himsel;
drove the patrol wagon to the city Jail
and he only spent short time behind
the bars. Luckily the kangaroo court
was not in session, so that Mr.. futile
was not Invested Of any of his cash Or
jewelry.
After remaining short time In j4i!
Mr.. futile asked the Jailer to telephone
to Mr. Leggats' house asking that cash
bond of $40 be sent down Immediately
for his release. The patrol wagon was
then sent up to Mr.. Leggat's house and
many of Mr.. Leggat's guests rode down
in the wagon to see Tuttle. The latter
again made the defand for $40 bail aoG
the money was put up by Mr.. Leggat
and Mr.. futile was released. This Is
where the latter saws he has the laugh
on Leggat, for the money was distr;b-
uted among the members of the night
police force, and all We're told to make
merry.
futile says he is willing to spend an
other term in Jail in order to have the
police force and fire department boys
enjoy themselves.
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