The evening world., 1904-06-13
Subordinates Report and Quake
Before County Prosecutor,
Fresh from Buzzing Wheels Of
Lakevihe Clocks.
OFFICE SLATE LIST
A REALLY SAD AFFAIR,
Sleuth Jacobs Worked Lightning
Changes on His False Whisk-
ers, but 0minous "Ha! Hal"
Was Chiefs Only Reply.

District-Attorney Jerome arrived In
his ONCE to-day after a brief vacation
at his sumner home in Lakevllle, Conn.
As his Arm step rang through the cor
rldor a sound as OF the slow beginning
and the furious progress OF a game OF
sixties played with skulls and bones
Inferred through the rea,dhes of the up
per floors OF the Criminal Court
Building.
| 1t was not skittles. however but the
auaking together OF knees and the chat
tering OF teeth of various young as
sistanf dlstrict-attorr eys and county de-
tectives, rounded out with the nervous
Catering OF Sleuth Jacobss quaking
bones.
In Mr.. Jerome's private once there
yas no sound above the throbbng
thoughts OF his rapid-hre brain,
punctuated with the occasional omi-
nous grinding OF his teeth as he con-
suited the ONCE slate and saw re-
corded:
Hannah Elias Fiasco."
y-shinnying OF sleuths About
the Nelson Mansion"
"The Desperate Exploit Of sleuth
Corpse in Central Park"
Buszed an Ominous Bhss.
The slate slowly cracked up the mid
die as the tense features Of the Public
Prosecutor writfied themselves into
grim, gruelling smile.
with a quick movement of both hands
hi pressed seven electric bells. A sec
ond later there was felt through the
building a vibrating sound of many
thuds. This was caused by the aligi,t-
Ing OF sleuths and youthful assistants
OF the chief after leaping we'll into the
air upon the snarling Of the buzzers
that summoned them to the Main Eu-
With tremulous steps the file marched
to the Chief Crime studio and Knocked
timidly.
"Ha-ha," melted through the stoit
oak door In awful accent, striking pal
lor to the faces of tho trembling group
In the ante-room.
Sleuth Jacobs removed the Russian n
lambreauins that screened his face and
substituted a pair OF Yorkshire dun
Deputy Chief County Detective Rerr-
don smote himself In the solar piexus
20 rouse his courage and knocked
'Ha-Ha." rfrled through ,he cracks
OF the cooi In the same terribly sardonlc |
s''"ht huIoe anr,,rAd on .r.o ,os,
side OF an Assistant nistrict-Attorney's
head and he whispered:
Il believe he means for US to en- err"
Entered In Fear and Trembling.
For = few seconds the Tile marked |
time. then pressed open the door and |
MARCHED before the Presence.
Ha. .haIha. came 10 them in crush
Jacobs adroitly clarped on a false
nose to distract the terrible attention
Assistant District-Attorrey Lord after
q desperate effort managed TO articHiste
He was an old. old man. sire"
The answering ''ha -ha' fell upon him
as blow. and he retired to the door
mumtlins, And he said Hannah Ger
tnrly was good TO him
tie dundrearies. transforming Them into
an old-stvle Parkhurst furse.
f n.in Il hadn't been canary 1t might
cession of. blows, and doubling up as
tho s!edgehammer ',ha-ha" struck him
fensive thrust. exclaiming:
"Ha-ha -ha." bust forth in scornful
answer that hurled his wilted form
hard's pocket cried Deputy Chief ]
Sleuth Reardon. uuailing.
Ha-ha -ha-ha." hurled forth the Dis
trict-Attorney with such terrific irony |
that the remaining sleuths and as
sistants fed from the room and hid |
themselves in their roll-top desks.
The District-Attorney then gathered |
up mega phone and bundle OF am |
davits in the Caesar Young case and |
strode to the Grand Jury room.
Defends His Sleuths.
After his wrath had cooled Mr.. Je- |
rome saw the newspaper men and de-
fended the antics OF his sleuths in their |
brilliant pantomims scene about the |
Neilson mansion. He said:
Il dout kAow what took place and |
1t makes no difference to me. When |
have information that Mr.. Wander
bilt is within the jurisdiction of a Sub |
poena IN this city I Snall take every !
legal method TO serve that subpoena |
II he wishes to be an exile from New |
York while !. am District Attorney that |
Is his lookout, not mine
After backing up the subpoena serving |
opera bouffe the District-Attorney de- |
Tended his assistants and the police IN
the Hannah Elias hasco. He said:
II stand for everything that was DONE |
from the start TO the finish. reiterate
what | said last week. and that is that
when a felony warrant Is issued the
police cannot afford to speculate as TO
when they can get the prisoner II Is
their duty to serve the warrant forth