The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-21
APOLLO IN A FREIGHT CAR.
nIy SUITS AND TRAPPINGS IN
RiTHHOUSE LOCKER.
.,,,oe Came TO Life After sleep and the
Lady Laughed Loud ana Lons--statue
Inssed-W what Would Have Happened
2 An rim up State?--WhO Is Wise?

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o,o ~ the employees in Mahon's Bathing
,.,alIon Eiehty-third street and the North
nlr.- found one of the lockers locked early
W.dnesday evening. He opened 1t and
nsso,orod a fine outfit Of mems clothing.
There we're a long gray coat bearing the
III, ~ n we'll known Tel rloin tailor; a
"aht vest light outing trousers, open work
..e1hrodered hosiery, straw hat with
D,uhow band and suit Of halleluiah un-
derwear. The locker boy took tho. clothes
N the manager, and the manager told the
nouce, While they sent out general
.,arm Mahon had all his men drag the
With River for the body.
'J A. about the same time Jim Rago, an
rsNon section hand 10 the freight yards
=. snuvten Duyvil ran exoitedly up to
ss,tion Boss Fogary. Rago comes from
ylorenoe and has the artistic tempera-
.nh boss!" he exclaimed. acom'a quick
>. "a boxcar. Re grand staturi6, 70 most
maoniaque Apollo Belvidere, re priceless
"- work. Come quick. Some man
will steall'
.sure, and you're the first guinea I've
.osn crazed by the heat, replied the skepti-
oal Fogarty. Il don't believe you've seen
ANYTHING. Anyway. III take a look before
send in an ambulance call. Where's
yo,r blooming statuaryi Show mo-
The Italian led him on the run to box
car standing on side track and pointed
to A sunburned figure lying prone on a
nie Of straw in the corner. Fogarty has
seen ststuary in one place and another
and failed to detect resemblance to the
1.-THE limbs Of Apollo,
10 sSin' art he Gays. 4Ihat efigy don't
raysanble Apollo any. more than 1t does
tbs Colossus of Rhodes. It's more like
one OF them shameful figures on the Stock
Exchange furnished by tho elements and
amt away fur a new coat OF calcimine.
Fogarty reported the find to me freight
vary but sent Randolph Ferguson, col
here student who is clerlnng during his
vacation, to solve the mystery.
Il think said Randolph, after he had
peered into the car. that some one must
kave struggled the statue from Paris,
where they permit such things and then had
pght and put 1t in this car. Undoubtedly
he owner was afraid Mr. Comstock would
seize II, and preferred to take the chance
Of getting it out Of the city this way. Proba-
.biy the owner came up here In the car
With It. l don't believe he's far away.
production Of a classical statue can tell it
At the noise they made in entering the
car q rumbling sound, almost like q snore,
came from the statues end OF the car, and
then q hoarse voice caroled out of the
straw.
Please go way and let me sleep.
Don't dstur b my slumbers deep.
| would rather sleep than eat,
50 please 20 way and let me sleep. sleep.
sleep.
Randolph, Rago and Fogarty rubbed
they rubbed their eyes, for there before
shsm the statue rose and walked toward
them. Tho college student was expecting
tohear the next verse, ! never had dream
% Moe. ! thought was in paradise In
stead, tho statue spoke like this:
What to hell are you damn fools rubber
wayi Get out Of this.
Sure, and tie what might have known
said Fogarty. 1T amt q statue nohow.
It's Just tramp. The police for him."
For heavens sake DON. call the Iolice.IT
hsssn done s anythins Wong se lemem
Der now. ] went to sleep in this car late
yesterday afternoon after taking a swim
In the North River. 1t must have taken
me away from there. See. here Is my
bathing suit: took 1t of for pillow
covering, Where am ! anyway and how
can get homer
They told him what part Of the world
he was In and made him put on his bathing
suit and go with them to the Spuyten Duy.
VII Hotel. The chambermaids and wait
resses ran shrieking as the figure hove
in sight, and the bather himself seemed
much abashed. His bathing suit was of
the kind the Igorrotes wear. He tried to
supplement- il with his arms
AT first the landlord wasn't going to give
him room, but the stran ger insisted
that he would have some clothes and pay
IN few hours and the landlord finally
nlented. They got him o telegraph blank
and he sent q message which he refused to
Late in the afternoon remarkably
attractive and we'll gowned woman came
to the hotel. She was bubbling over with
merriment.
you took in this morning?'
You mean the gentleman who was-
h, who had very little clothing?" said the
landlord, turning bit red in the face.
Yes, II you only have one of them take
me to him. I'm his wife and I've brought
some clothes to him. III pay his bill and
take him away
Every employee Of the hotel, from the
housekeeper and bartender down to the
hcstler and the youngest kitchen girl,
rbbered as they had never rubbered
oefore when the great lady was let into the
room The door was promptly shut, but
ior several minutes they heard hysterical
laughter which ended only when a mans
voice became loud and profane. Not long
after that the couple emerged. They
we're oheered enthusiastically as they
Nlt the hotel. The woman held a hand
xsSrchief over her mouth and was shaking
Mover. The man didn't seem happy.
sure, and he's clean forgotl that IL it
aant been for the likes Of U.s." said Fo-
Hry, he might have been taken to Cana
1onarle or beyond. They wouldn't have
s sssts. : thing to him in that uniform up
yesterday afternoon a man who said he
S Harry Wilse Of 254 West Thirty-eighth
s s went to the West Sixty-eightb
street. station. He had pair of gray trou4
ss wln him and asked the sergeant IL there
,b ss N the station gray coat that matched
o oS trousers. The pieces Of clothing were
sut On the same piece and the sergeant
10 VSok MS receipt and turned over to him ali
"e clothing. Asked to tell his story he said:
~. hardly slept at all Monday night. The
~. ~. was too much for me. Early Tuesday
Helnoon went to Mahons to take swim.
IVA, vas In and out OF the water until early
d,.enhs Then saw the box car and Law
IN. III m It. Lack Of sleep combined with
w. ~ exercise Of the afternoon to make me
sullrely exhausted waa navor a tirad