The age-herald., 1902-03-09
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the minds of most persons who read of the escape.
 The only thought was that here was a man who had been sentenced to hang for crime he claimed not to be guilty of
 0ust as if all murderers did not claim innocence) and he had escape by an ex-
 hibition of wit and cunning simply start ling. Here was a man who had for
 months been working for sympathy He
 was away.
 The only cry heard was May he stay
 away"
 While in New York last week MT. Rob
 ert Jemison saw Prince Henry the Ger man of Germans who is now making a tour of this country. MT. Jemison tells
 a rather remarkable story of the Prince. He says the night he saw him was when the Germans of New York gave a torch light parade, and the Prince accompan- fed them on a tour about the streets of the city.
 T was in the Hoffman House eating dinner" said MT. Jemison. when the Prince passed by. He was leading the
 procession, and strange as 1t may seem.
 not a single person in the large dining
 room left his or her table to get a look | at the man of royal blood It is true | that everyone turned their heads and | slightly craned their necks. but it is as
 equally true they did nothing more
 This was most remarkable to me, on | account of the fact that so much was | being said about the Frince and also the
 fact that Americans rarely have a chance 1 to see an exhibition by royal blood I think 1t marked very healthy sentiment
 in the minds of our people that they did
 not leave their meals and rush for | glimpse of the Prince, as will a bootblack | rush from stand when a brass band | passes"
 | Anent the infanticide horrors which have shocked Birmngham's sensitive | nerves during the past month, a good | story is being told on two policemen, the coroner, and an undertaken. The story | deals with the finding of a body, buried l in a cigar box.
 Over on the South Side lives a woman | who keeps boarders. Next to her home
 a new dwelling is being built. While the | foundation for this new place was being | cleared away last week a cigar box con . | taining a few bones of what appeared to | have been an infant. was found by the | workmen Two policemen were called and | an investigation of the contents of the | box and the cause of the burial at this | place was begun. A number of questions | were asked the workmen, and when all information they could give had been obtained the policemen telephoned for an undertaken an the coroner, While the latter were arriving the po- 1 licemen went to the house next door and began questioning the cook and other in-
 mates. Finally the landlady was reached
 and that person when first questioned began to laugh as If she had escaped life sentence in jail ersistent inquiry
 into the cause for this laughter, which
 was at first taken to mean mysteries, de- veloped the fact that she was laughing at the find and the trouble to which the officers had gone.
 About this time the undertaken and cor
 oner put in their appearances. To all
 assem bled, between fits of laughter, the
 woman told that the remains found were
 not the remains of an infant, but of a
 dead cut which had been buried a few days previous to the beginning of work on the lot.
 And the officers forgot to report the
 case to the reporters when they were
 asked anything doing"
 The streets of Birmingham are again being filled with these strenuous men
 who, usually termed "fakirs," sell medi- cine and a variety of other articles. They
 employ black-face comedians to draw
 their crowds and make speeches such as Rough Rider might be proud of. Won
 der when they will be made to quit They now occupy the busiest corners of town
 Although the time for the Memphis race
 meet is some weeks off, yet an interest
 in the stakes is now being manifested. The Montgomery Handicap will be run
 Monday, March 31 It will be one mile apH Wi wi ha fha l,aGf
 of the stake events. The sports all over
 the country count 1t second to the great
 American Derby which will come later in Chicago. Already book-makers have an
 nounced their odds on both races. These future books said to be the
 greatest money-making books possible for bookie to handle. It is claimed that OLeary. of Chicago, who had the field
 practically to himself last season. made
 more than $500,00O on the American Der
 by alone. A number of Birmingham sports dropped small sums with him.