The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-23

lance. Emissaries of the shore owners
| stirred up the corpora ton counsel, who
| stirred up the chief of police, who
| stirred up Heidelmeier, who stirred up
| the bluecoats, and out of all the stif
| there was an army organized. But with
rifles and Calling guns and forts to
meet there was need of caution.
Niles and his sentries kept all com
ers away from their fort during the
long morning hours. An iceman NAM
ed Murphy tried to drive down the
boulevard In a buggy, carrying a little
girl for protection, but Niles dubbed
him on the head and he withdrew.
Then Capt. Barney Baer of the boule-
ward police endeavored to drive past
the forts and see how strong they
were. When Miles halted him he turn
ed and called for assist stance from a
crowd OF plain clothes officers in the
distance. One of them stepped for.
ward, but with an imperceptfble mo-
ton Niles sent a bullet between his
feet, and the officer side-stepped about
five yards. The rest scattered. Then
as Baer advanced Niles put a bullet
through the buggy close on each side
OF him, and held the rifle at ready.
Baer, too, withdrew.
With that the police left the field to
Niles and went for achievements.
They gathered an army of 600 blue
coats at the Chicago avenue station,
armed several hundred of them with
rifles and riot guns and prepared to
annbhilate the sixteen men at the Dis
trict forts.
The valiant Heidelmeier again took
the lead, and agafn-it was now after
noon-they advanced to the attack.
marching a mile to the "Deestrie'."
The fireboat was ordered to the lake
front to cooperate with them.
Meanwhile Niles, having established
his occupation, sent all but five of his
followers away unobserved in the navy.
With the balance he maintained the
picket lines and held the city force at
bay.
About the time the police started on
their march a boulevard sparrow
cop" strolled along the sea beach on
his regular round toward the forts
Niles beckoned him over.
Say" said Niles, 1--WE come here to
prove we got a right TO. We fired our
guns and scared them fellers off. Now,
we don't want to hurt nobody, SO
Wen jes surrender to you"
And so IL happened that as the adj
vancing 600 bluecoats came in sight,
headed by the valiant Eeidelmeier,
they beheld the immortal Five Niles
at their head, marching up Superior
street in charge OF a gray coated
"sparrowy cop" It was a bitter mo-
ment 70 rthe force.
So the second invasion was ended. OF
course Niles and his band were tried.
The plain clothes men testified that
Niles had fired eleven shots in quick
succession, but when they found his
rifle was but a five-shooter, and had
two cartridges still in IL, they with
drew the evidence. And Niles and his
men were discharged from custody.
That was the end of open hostilities
between the state OF Illinois and the
District. The cap" had found armed
resistance a failure.
1.-THE best way to fight them fellers,"
he said. lis 10 git 'em on your SIDE"
So he began an insidious attack on
the city authorities, which has result
ed In placing him-no one knows ex-
actly how-high In the favor OF cer-
tain aldermen and officials. With this
reasonable assistance from the camp
OF the enemy he has obtained Chicago
building permits and through his FOL.
lowers has erected several houses" on
the "Destric'" which are occupied by
those who have bought the land OF
him.
where Il belonged In the first place
into the courts. For the shore owners,
bringing suit for trespasa against the
captain--who, having the sanction Of
the city, cannot be busted by the police
must show what title they have 10
the land. And that that VIII bring W
question o. the Wall survey snd the
ownership 0f this particular piece OF
lake front and may take u away from
both ~ them and give a 20 the state,
OF 10 4 group ~ enterprisinE gentle
men who recently bought title 20 the
ORIGINAL sandhar from me living De-
accndauts ~ ihr Indiana. who sold thc
reHf ~ fho land 90 the government
Duf Until "a ~ settled the era " peace