The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18


bank account 20 live on. Bout FIVE
years more'H see me settled down, I
guess l ought 10 plant a good Swag
BY that time Course it'll be hard TO
chuck the business, but you got to cool
down little when you're gettin' shaky
on your pins, an I'd rather like to die
easy. God knows. I've lived hardi'
About two years after this conversa-
ton there appeared IN a western news
paper an account Of Cars arrest for
an offenSe committed on the coast. It
read thus: Barnard Carr. alias Cincie
Shorty. was arrested by the local police
last night The details of his crime
have not yet come IN. but there is no
doubt in the minds CT the police that
Carr is the man wanted. The dispatch
from said that one of the local
banks had been taken in by a forged
check calling for SIS. goo. and the de-
scrIptfon of the alleged forger fits Carr
exactly. The man has one of the long
est police blOtter records in this coun-
try He has operated with one graft
and another in practically every state
Of the Union, and is not unknown in
Mexico. On account of his neat ap-
pearance and unObtrusive manner, he
Is sometimes called The Gentleman
Crook, but he fraternizes with tramps
as We'll as professional criminals He
IS reported to take crime as seriously
as an artist takes his art, and the neat
jobs that he has planned and done
bear out the report. The sheriff states
that he was welcomed by the other
prisoners in the jail as a most distin-
guished parsonage He is said to be
very popular among criminals Of all
classes If guilty OF the crime for
which he has been arrested, the prob
ability is that he viii be given a severe
sentence Carr has employed the best
counsel in the city, and a telegram has
been sent to the famous criminal law
yer, Ames, in Frisco"
Six months later the Under World
was notified that Barnard Carr had re-
ceived eight years.
A short time ago two scribes were
taking stroll in Lime street, Liver
pool. At night it is one Of the most
instructive promenades in ENGLAND FOR
man who wishes to know things; and
one can complete investigations that
have been begun in the main stem
Of towns thousands of miles away.
The four continents contribute to the
life on the pavement, as well as in
the places of entertainment. and the
paSSerSby and performers jabber in
many tongues and dialects.
The scribes drifted into a free and
easy, where men and women sing
songs and then pass their hats and
boHnets around for pennies and happen
MES. It was a s0rdid little place with
a smell in il that was composed of
all smells Of neglect. tobacco and al
cohol- Any one in the audience who
had voice and a song. or thought
he had, might take the floor and put
his opinion to the test Of popularity
On the evening in question there had
been a lull in the proceedings, and to
break it the master of ceremonies
turned to a shabbily dressed little man
sitting alone near the piano player
'Barnie. you little tramp, are you
sober enough to give US a sOng2'' he
asked. There's a good 'Ouse tonight,
an you'll get a swag if you let 'er
run right
Barnie gave the "'ouse'' the old Jail
song Of the Boston burglar, which
runs:
I was brought up N Boston.
A place you all know we'll;
Brought up by honest parents,
And now I've gone to hell;
But my character was taken,
had to hit the trail;
And his honor he showed me into jail.
The song was none Of the best, and
the mans voice was cracked and the
piano player knew bur little of the
tune, but the audience cried. Ear
earl" and elapped, and BARNES hat