Evening star., 1903-11-07
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and respected and well-to-do member of
his home community. In President Cleve-
lands adminiStra ton Heron thought he
saw an opportunity to secure pardon. and
addressed the Department of Justice on the
subject. but the application was refused.
No steps were taken. however, to carry out
the unexecuted portion of the life sentence.
Recently the case came to the attention of
Judge Advocate General Davis. and it was
determined that to clear the record Heron
must either be pardoned or jailed. He was
an old man and at Mrs. Jackson's solicita-
ton the President remitted the unexpired
portion of the sentence"
Detective Hartigan's friends are congrat-
ulating him upon the narrow escape he had
this week in eating a rabbit that had been
killed in a graveyard on a moonlight night.
Some of his superstitious brethren of the
detective force offer the explanation that he
escaped by not eating the left hind foot
Three members of the detective force
Michael Muller, Frank Baur and Robert
Watson-went on the trip that resulted in
the capture of the rabbit. They were the
guests of Mr.. William Hedrick on his Vir-
ginia plantation below Manassas
1T was election day" said one member
of the party. relating the story. land we
had had no luck except in the line of rab-
bits Our bird dog had left us. and we had
to satisfy ourselves with anything we could
get"
He then vent on to relate how Bob"
Watson said something about ghosts in the
graveyard, and on a moonlight night at
that.
DO you hear the rustling of the leaves?'
asked Muller. who by this time felt that
he was scent for something more i'm
portant than rabbits
Il have him." shouted Baur.
Have what?" inquired the host.
rabbit, of course" came the explana ton
Then he said he hadn't caught the animal
and it remained for all the members of the
quartet to make foot ball rush in the
direction of bunnie. Bunnie succeeded In
getting out of sight beneath the meeting
house. but his hiding place not a good
one and in a few minutes the four-footed
animal was prisoner of war.
| And said Baur 1.-The animal was so
badly frightened that it dropped dead
The next question to be solved was the
disposition of the rabbit. 1t was said that
| the laws of the state would not permit it's
being removed beyond the state border. De-
| tective Hartigan had been sick. and the
rabbit, 1t was thought, would afford a
| change of diet that would be beneficial to
! him. dress suit case was procured. and
| into it the rabbit was put. Detective Muller
| carried it and had another member of the
party carry the guns.
I'm the railroad station" said one Of the
party, there sign giving a game law
| quotation. and trouble was anticipated for
| the law made it appear that we could not
legally take game out of the state. When
man in the station asked US what we had
in the suit case we We're ready to surrender
and plead for mercy. The question was not
pressed, however, and we reached home In
safety
The left hind foot, the one that is carried
by so many SuperstitiouS people for luck.
was left on the table when the rabbit was
served to friends. and the colored waiter
who ate it declares he will not play policy
again until something happens to remove
the unlucky spell from him.
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The schemes newly-married couples re-
sort to in order to escape the showers Of
rice old shoes and other equally enjoyable
things, thrown after them by enthusiastic
friends, are many and Ingenious remark
ed Washington gentleman to a Star re-
porter the other day. Il have in mind the
thrilling experience of a couple Of young
friends of mine who short time ago en-
barked on the matrimonial sea- No doubt
the incident will be fresh in their memories
for many years to come.
THE ceremony took place during the
early hours of the evening, and was fol-
lowed by the usual reception. Shortly after
10 o'clock the couple left the reception
room and went to another part of the house
W Change tHSii preparatory ~ tiS
journey They made hasty change, while
the guests were busily engaged in decorat-
ing the bridal carriage for the drive to the
station. A large number of young friends
had posted themselves along the streets
and alleys near the house, in order that
they might intercept the newly-wedded pair
in case they should attempt to escape.
The bride and groom several weeks be-
fore the marriage had decided that they
| would escape, if possible, the showers of
rice and old shoes. and they had carefully
planned their route of escape. Attired in
travelling clothes the groom followed by his
bride climbed out of third-story window
on hands and knees and then followed a
series of climbs up and over roofs and
porches aided by packing boxes, etc, until
they finally landed on terra firma. They
stated afterward that they felt like a pair
of porch Climbers, but once on the ground
they raced through two alleys in an effort
to escape.
.Sentinels who had been posted to guard
the alleys. however saw the pair and gave
the signal There was general rush to the
scene. but the bride and groom broke
through the crowd and ran into a street.
They hailed a passing cab and climbed in.
But after going a short distance the We
hicle was stopped and the purSuerS came
running up on side. The bride and
groom quietly slipped out of the cab on
the opposite side and succeeded in eluding
their over-anxious friends. They walked
more than a mile in the northwest section
of the city, using side streets whenever
possible and finally reached a public park.
After resting on the rustic seats and regain
ing their nerves for a short period the
couple secured another cab and drove quiet
ly to a downtown hotel, where they spent
the remainder of the night making their
departure from the city early next morn
ing.
While the bride and groom We're stroll
ling in the northwest part of the city the
disappointed friends who had expected to
have a lot of fun at the expense of the
newlymarried couple utilized the bridal
carriage and drove all over the city and
to the hotels and railroad stations endeav-
oring to locate the married pair but were
unsuccessful