The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-23

deep set blue eyes can either reflect
| ton which has made him both feared
| and respected in the county.
He was in Chicago in 1877, when the
| city was in the throes of one of the
| greatest strikes in it's history, and en-
gagged for duty as a special policeman.
His size and bearing made him one
of the most conspicuous members of
the Chicago force, and he remained
there several years. During his stay in
the west he worked part of the time
at his trade as machinist and the rest
did police duty.
Returning to his old home he again
| went back to his trade in the engineer
| ing department of the navy yard.
Among his fellow workmen Athorne
was very popular, but he was ambi-
| tious to get into a wider field of ac-
tivity: The first step was to secure an
| appointment as deputy sheriff for the
section of the county in which he lived,
and for two years he served in this
, capacity, kept a sharp lookout for il
legal liquor selling, and was regarded
as very efficient officer.
But York county covers a large ter
| ritory, and within it's boundary lines
! are some large cities. Athorne was
| almost unknown outside of his imme-
date neighborhood, and about a year
ago, when one of the local papers be-
| gan to speak of him as a candidate
for sheriff, the people smiled, then be-
| gan to ask who Athorne was. In the
meantime he was meeting people con-
tinually and making friends.
His neighbors were anxious to see
him secure the nomination, and he had
good friends among his fellow work
men in the navy yard, who, when he
left, presented him with a gold badge
| The politicians were not consulted In
regard to his candidacy and did not
take 1t very seriously until he appeared
in the caucus. Those he met were ap-
parently greatly impressed with the
stalwart candidate, and he won the
nomination and election without very
much trouble.
The Strongest Man in the County
Sheriff Athorne is the strongest mar
in the county, but he is never heard
talking about any of his achievements
In fact he has gone through life rather
| quietly, spending as much time as pos
| sible at home with his family, and
| when at work attending strictly to bus
| mess, apparently without any desire tc
figure as a Hercules.
1t was not until his experience in ar
| Italian camp, where he went to lool
for liquor, that the people began tc
| realize that the sheriff was a man OF
| more physical strength than might bt
expected in a person of even his size
This camp was some distance out IL
the country, and the sheriff drove t.
1t with Deputy George Preble of York
| Preble is small and wiry, but chocl
| full Of courage. The sheriff and hi:
deputy have become known as Biz
George and Little George.
The Italians were not in very good
| humor when the officers arrived a.
the camp, and as soon as. the carriag,
| stopped about twenty of them sur
rounded it and began to make trouble
Athorne jumped out quickly, caugh
hold OF the fellow who seemed to b,
the leader Of the gang, lifted him from
the ground, and threw him into tn,
crowd with such force that half tn,
Italians were knocked down like ten.
pms, and the others fell on top of then
in a heap. That was enough to con
vince them that the sheriff meant bus
mess; they quietly submitted to tn,
search, and there was no further trou