Evening journal., 1906-11-07


wrong and the rescue party failed to ap-
pear Therma nearly choked In reality
that time On one or two other occasions
the cowboys, who do the hanging, became
careless. and he has been cut down more
nearly dead than alive. In being dragged
over the ground at the end Of the lariat
after his capture, Therma has had his
arms broken, his legs -dislOcated and his
skull fractured Jose Barraro, the Mexi
can, who leads the band OF cowboys
which captures the horsethief, represent
ed by Therma, is no gentle child, and
when he has the sportive spirit working
in him he looks for all the rough spots IA
the ground to drag Therma over. 1t is
said that the two men have a bet, Bar
raro contending that he will kill Therma
during the course Of the act and Therma
betting that he will not. Strange as It
may seem, Therma likes his Job, and his
one all-haunting fear is not that he may
be hurt, but that somebody may get his
position away from him. Up to now, how
ever, nobody has applied for the job.
Among other avocations that combine
danger with popularity may be men-
toned that of the worker In explosives,
whether he be the legitimate employe Of
a powder factory or the agent Of some
Russian secret terrorist society. FIRE.
quently bombmakers are the victims OF
thefr own Internal machines, and the
story IS told Of a wOuld-be burglar who
gained access TO a vault In a large Lon
don bank. He had with him a time
bomb which he set for a night hour, his
scheme being, Of course, to be In the
vicinity and profit by the explosion In
robbery. After he had the bomb prop.
erly placed he found to his horror that
the door of the vault had closed and
locked after him. the steel-riveted room
being so constructed that it made pris-
oner of any person who did not know
which Of the plates on the hOor 70
avoid There was nothing for the pris.
oner to do but wait for the bomb 10
explode. The agony Of his suspense
must have been awful, and when the
door was opened no piece Of the man
bigger than a twenty-hve-cent piece wai
found.
Every occupation has its peculiarltles
To mention them all would be to pub
lish list Of the doings Of every class OF
men and women IN the United States-an
undertaking that would prove as monoto-
nous to the reader as 1t would be impOs-
sible for the writer. II has been the aim
In these columns 20 present some Of the
most striking peculiarities OF the bigger
trades. mingled with the more unique in
divldual empoyments that resourceful
people have sought out One of toe lat
ter OF these is that OF limited number
of men who make n regular business OF
tracing lost heirs They make a speciality
Of locating the benenciarics Of people
who leave unclaimed balances In banks,
and many a fat fee do they earn The
calling IS somewhat similar to that OF Z
man In a large city who makes n regular
business Of tracing lost persons. The
large number Of people who disappear
weekly suggested the idea to the profes.
sional tracer, and he mas made a good
thing out Of q very unpromisng field.
lie does not always locate the prodigal,
| but IN many cases the application Of
little common sense and shrewdness com.
bined with q good knowledge OF human
nature, has resulted IN astonishing sue.
cess The fees for this service are big.
Some Great Moving Feats.
Ny Investigations Of the queer labor
/ field led me TO the freight depots. Yes, y
said one Of a grimy, dusty. busy group Of
men, as he paused for breath. I'VE are
| pretty rushed. You see, we have just
I put a large brick house on that wagon,
/ ana set the park surrounding it on the rig
| that drove away q few moments ago.
Now we've got to go back and ger the
old mans sawmill and his daughters
@Pretty big things to move," sug-
"Naw." he replied with iil-eoncealed
contempt Last week me and my ard
carried the ST Louis Worlds Fair pike
four blocks to the depot Just after loading
the rocky mountains ana the natiron
building on a three horse truck.
The weather man. TOO. occupies a fed
ali his own. Besides predicting the
| weather fmore or less uccuratelyl he Ia
| frequently called upon to play most I'M
/ portant roles i'm murder cases ana other
| trials During the past 10 years wealth
| er man has figured in court no less than
| 1000 times. In many a legal battle the
! state of the weather Is an important
| factor IN the rendering OF the verdict 10
| a murder case recently decided. for IN
stance the conviction hinged on the iden'
fihcatiou Of the prisoner by seVera peo
pie who were admittedly about 30 feet
eway The records OF the weather Office
t'ere put into the evidence and showed
that the night was very foggy. and rainy
/ aud. that the Witnesses could not have
seen 30 feet. on this>eyidence the man
was acquitted. In another case the de-
fense tried 10 prove that as the body OF
the victim was IN good state OF preserva
ton the prisoner who left town month
before the murder was discovered could
not have done the deed. The prosecuting
attorney. however. proved 10y the weather
/ man that the Wpu her had been AT zero
nearly an the time between The commits
sion OF the decd and the discovery Of th'
| body. The. attorney therefore. held thai
10 was possible for the body TO have re-
| mliucd in good state Of nrcserva ion io
30 days. and the jury agreed with MIN
/ ON another occasion man accused of
serious crime proved by the weather maj
/ that be could not have been az certiii
exposed place the night Of the crime lhl
Witnesses, who claimed % have seen lin
there. swure that De wore the same cigthc
| he had on when he wus arrested. and ga
policeman. who arrested him an hour az -e
the crime had been committed, admltte.
that his clothes were absolutely dry Whel
arrested. The weather man swore that ]
had rained pitchforks on the night II
] question, and SO he was let 80.