The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-06
RETIRE me-? JUST SEE this.
AND INSPECTOR THOMPSON DID
GREAT STUNTS RIGHT THERE.
A. Back Fripe. Crabs. scmersaults. BROAD
Jumps. vaulting. TIE says. He Is the
~, eiiest and I.iniberest Cop on the
Force and Gan Beat Al Cops Out.

Police Inspector Thompson was seated
in his Office In the Queens borough police
headquarters over in Jamaica, l.. l.. YES
terday, when newspaper reporter entered
and introduced himsen.
Inspector" he said timidly, there is n
rumor float TO the effect that Police Com
missioner Partridge intends 10 retire you
for physical disa utility"
"What?" exclaimed the inspector, -re-
tire me- Why there isn't kid in the de-
partinent a. lively AZ your Uncle Walter
Say. young man, can Won do three somer-
saults in the air. land on your peds and run
q mile in four minutes and five seocnGs'
Is there man in the department outside
of your Uncle Walter who can do that?
Do YOU know a cop on Tive force Who can
do % feet in running broad Jump ex-
cepting me2 Retro ne for phvsical-why
say, you ought to lie in the funny hou,e
just watch me"
Here the little inspector vaulted over the
high desk rail. turned a somersault in the
air, did the cart wheel across the room
and made hitch-kiclN that showed he could
knock a hole in the ceiling if he wished
to.
"Ha. Ha. Ha'" he laughed Retire
a young fellow ike me, have walked the
pave for three score years. and they think
hat am old-Tha, my head il ripe for the
btsket now, and my years are woll-nigh
told Why il L. not true, No, il il 10,
true; | amt old. I'm in my prime Why
| can vault twenty-foot fence, and prove
il any old time
The little gray-haired inspector made
| N uiick Ion nj I'M, l.. o,r l,ip
the pinwhee before landing on his feet ,
then making handspring, landing on his
neck and sliding five yards on his ear As
he bounced back like a rubber ball and
landed in his revolving chair he con-
tinued;
Me physically disabled hope none Of
my newspaper friends ever said that
What was il Sergt. Sinms used to quote
from Shakespeare!
blow, blow, tnou winter wind
Thou art not 50 unkind
As mans ingratitudc.
Thy tooth is not so keen.
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude
Heish no. sing h"ish no, unto the green holly
Most friendship is frgnine. mos, loving mere
Then. hceh no. the holly.
This life u most jolly "
| Eyes" continued the inspector "the life
OF cop ia jolly al times, but it's not all
| sailing Dut l am all AROUND
athlete Ask Tony Pastor. When he was
a circus clown ! was billed a. the champion
| bareback rider of the world. | can per
| form any feat that was ever seen in a cir
| Gus. These young fellows seen nowadays
| throwing back somcrsault from a horse
| into the ring are just doing what ! did in
the old wagon show DAYS. ! was the first
man TO do the running jump from the ring
| upon the back Of "a gallopng horse. Retire
me! can give the Board Of Examiners
some pointers. Look at this
| The Inspector stood erect, and then bent
his body forward until he got the palms OF
| his hands on the floor, without, bending his
| knees Then he bent backward and did
the crab finally turning a back somer-
sault and landing on his feet
| Persons who are acCluaint I'd with Inspect OF
Thompson have seen him do these things
before. When he was captain Of the Oah
street police precinct he made a record a.
an athlete AZ fires On one occasion h,
climbed up the front Of a burning building
and brought down an elderly woman, max
ing his wav up and down ike a cat. Or
! another occasion in n row in Madison Square
| Garden, he Jumped clear across one Of the
arena boxes and landed between two com
hatants, both OF whom he knocked down and
| then arrested
But when he was transferred from the
Madison Square Garden district to the
| graveyard section Of Greater New York
his friends. who believe he Is wealthy
thought he would ASK TO be- retired
-Retire!" he exclaimed why I'm just
In the prime of life. I'm as lively "a any
cop on the force When | left the circus
| kept on practising in a gymnasium.
did a trapeze act. was the champion jumper
rode bareback, performed on the hori-
zontal bar and can do these things as wei
to-day as I did EN- forty years ago I'm
"a timber as an eel. and will nun a footrace
with the youngest man on the force II
them examiners come down here 20 look
I'll give EN- the greatest surprise they ever
| had in their lives.
But say, young man. I'm going over 10
Long Island city now on bu,iness It..
only nine miles and as the storm has delayed
trains on the road ] think I'll foot it. II
you're not afraid Of getting your feet wet
I'll race You over No? Well, you ought
TO be retired"