The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-27
HOLE.lN.THE-GROUAD IS GONE
And SO Is Miss Morning star. Also OF an
Indian show.

HOLE.IN.THE-GROUAD IS GONE
And SO Is Miss Morning star. Also Of On
Indian show.
Bill Cummns, whose brother, the Colonel
Is boss of the Indian show AT Madis on Square
Garden went to Police Headquarters yes
terday and begged the police not to tell
the news papers that an Indian couple had
diAappeari from their tepees in the middle
of the night and had probably eloped.
The Colonel's brother impressed upon
the police that the shows press agent was
sleeping at the time the couple disappear red,
and that it was certainly true that Hole
in-the- Ground, the missing Indian. dis
appeared about the same time that Morn
ing Star made her escape.
Morning Star ia IS years old, and among
the Indians is considered pretty.
Hoe-in.the-Groundi is described as being
more than six leet tall and handsome;
The police were informe that Col. Cum
Minis was under bonds to the United States
Government to guarantee the return &!
the Indians to an Idaho reservation and
that il the Colonel failed to bring back
HI le-in-the-Grt und and Morning Star he
would forfeit $4,000.
A sun reporter who went up to Madison
Square Garden last night found Red Shirt,
the Indian interpreter, trying to appease
feeding him OH old fashioned molasses
taffy. Between the drags he. took at the
tahy the fierce looking Ind an growled
out something which Red SHIRT interpreted
If Holeein-the-Ground don't come back
with my daughter damn quick III scalp
the entire show"
He her father, Red Stsr, chief Of the
Che ;ennes, expl lined Red Shirt. He much
mad. Red Star say he will fry ole-in-
Ground heart il Hole-in-Ground .on't
come bGck with Morning s. ar
Evening Star. Walk Underwater. Kill
His-Enemy, Jumps his-B;.il and the OIL er
Indian chiefs stood around discussing
the Indi n romance. One OF the chiefs,
whose name sounded sonnet hing like Pain.
int he-Neck, tackled fellow named Tired
Feeling and demanded to know whether
he was mixed up in the disappearance
Of Morning Sar
Tired Feeling. or whatever his name
was, spat tobacco juice over the press
agents shoulder and said something that
sounded like:
yes said the press agent, 1T will cost
Col. Cummins $40, 900 if we don't find this
couple before the show closes. We only
have three more days to find them, but II
they turn up tonight I'll telephone to the
newspapers and let EN- know about it,
Holeinthe Gr Hui !, we, was explained
chief Of the Ser era Tribe, and had first
became acquainted with Miss Morning Star
about two years ago, when her father dis
covered him making baskets and goo-goo
eyes in her tepee.
According to Blue Undershirt or some
other interpreter Red Star IVES willing
to stand for all Of the b skets he could
make but he wouldn't ste nd for the goo
goo eyes. So Red Star wrote TN Indii n
letter to theIndi n Commissioner informing
him that Morning Star and Hole-in-the-
Ground ought to be traI splaLted. Then,
according to the Interpreter. the Govern
ment officials telephoned a message some-
thing like this:
The majority of New Workers may be OF
the opir ion that Contractor John McDon-
aid brought Hole-ir -the-Ground to New
York, but the records show that he was
transferred to lewiston, Idaho. where
Nevertheless, Blue-Clay-Pipe and other
Irdian chiefs are supported by the Gov
or m>rt
Just how Hole-in-the Ground kept up
a correspcndence with Miss Morning Star
after hat ia net known. But on Wednesday
last Hole-in-the-G Ground and Morning Star
again met in Madison Square Garden.
The young woman had been taken from
the Government reservation several months
ago to go with Col. Cummins's show, but
Hole-in-t the Ground was only added on
Jersey Lii ghtning and a hundred other
famous India ans Joined the show.
The following day an Indian chi"f whose
name could not be learned la. night. but
who is suppos ed to be Hole-in-Hi st ocking
mt Borough-of-the Bronx or chiff Of a
Il i 4 hok MI al
him that he saw Mi Morning Star making
GOO goo eyes at Hole-in-the-Ground.
HoIe-n- His-Stocking added that Hole
| in-the Ground moved his fingers nervously
| This it was believed was sign that Sereca
| Indian was telling Cheyenne maiden that
| if she would manage to secrete herself In
! one of the tanbark carts which bring bark
sneak out of the G ,rden disguised as Sew
enth avenue hot corn negro.
| That night e-in-the-Ground went
upst airs to the rooms occupied by the
Sci &C. s, while Miss Nor, il ST, remain ed
| in her tepee on the grour g floor. At 1
o'clock yes erday morn il wien ne luI CT
man called the roll he fcuId Miss Mor il {
S'ar's plate of Rocky Mountain bear un
He asked her father, Red Star, whether
she was still in her tepee. Red Star in.
vestigated and reappeared with wooder
| tomahawk in his hand, dancing Hlawatht
two-step.
! He demanded to know where he coult
find Hole-in the Ground, 80 Gel. Cumminl
went urstairs and found the Seneca = room
mate, Pathetic Struggle. alone. Pathetic
explained that he didn't know any NOR
about the whereabouts of Hole-n-the
Ground than an asphalt contracting fiIm.
Allof the folks at the Garden conc!ude d tina
the couple had elored: 1t was the manage
Of the show who dec Jared that the Indial
maidon must have got out Of the Gardel
by hiding in one Of the tanbark carts. Thel
the police were notified.
Lest night the show did not open unit
0 o'clock. for observation-disclosures and Morn
Star were still missing.
At midnight the police sent out a gen
eral alarm which read:
Look for Hole-in the Ground and Morn
ing Star.
Then the Tenderloin cops took to study
ing astronomy and the downtown cor
were kept busy examining the street
and wondering whether the new orde
had anything to do with the approach Q
the city election.