The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-18
KIAMESHA LAKE VIOLATED
JOE LEVY WENT SWIMMING IN 1T,
LAW OR NO Law.
The Fish. Startled at First, Tried to sign
Him Into Their Union and the Shocked
Police Fairly Chased Him Out OF Month.
cello In Ills Stauch Bathing SUIT,

Police Fairly Chased Him Out Of Month.
cello In Ills stauch Bathing SUIT.
By Special Short Distance Wireless &c The
SUN from Joe Levy.
MONTICELLO, N. Y, Aug. i3.-Nothing
has happened here to mar the innocuous
desuetude since the Little Duke of Essex
Street caught the runaway horse until to-
day. and the hero to-day is also a member
OF the Levy f~amily-no less a parsonage
han the Duke Of Essex Street himself. At
2:43 o'clock this afternoon the Duke, In a
natty gray bathing suit, plunged boldly into
Kiamesha Lake.
When the Duke first brought his family
up to the Patterson House early in the sum-
mer, tucked away in his suit case with the
extra collar and the box OF cigarettes was a
bathing suit. There was an inscription
across the front Of the shirt, .S~tauch's.'
which the Duke said was an honor awarded
him several years ago when he saved sew
eral lives at Coney Island. 81 Walton. one
Of the best informed men Of those who spend
their evenings in the grocery store, lows that
the suit was stole. Be that as it may. the
Duke was anxious to have a swim and
almost lost his temper when he learned that
swimming or bathing was forbidden In the
sacred waters Of Kiamesha.
The Duke obeyed the mandates OF the
local Board Of Aldermen until to-day. He
was fishing during the early morning hours
from 0 to 1D with Harry Cohen.
Harry" said the Duke Il can resist the
clear blue water no longer. | am going in
swimming"
deavored to dissuade the Duke from his
nanrnAlA pnt ~ NINA - x.atn Tk- MI
Immediately rowed ashore and walked back
to Monticello for his bathing suit. After
lunch he returned to the lake. where Harry
was still holding the boat.
The Duke himself took the oars and
rowed out some distance from shore. Then.
hiding himself modestly behind the free
board OF the skin. he changed his store
clothing for the gray bathing suit. Only
a moment he hesitated with ons foot on
the thwart and the other on the Runn.
Harry sat with well baited breath as the
Duke plunged In and the virgin blue waters
gave a groan at their pollution.
The detective force OF our village being
busy around the post Office whom he isn't
haying or otherwise minding his own bust
ness. and the lake being left without pro-
lection except the fear Of the Law. Sim Small
wood. Jack d boy. had been hired to watch
the lake with q promise Of q nickel il his
information led to the arrest and convic-
ton OF any ~trespasser. Sim has been
at the lake regularly all summer from Eve \
in the morning. until o at night.
Sim was sitting on a rock Just above
the point when he heard o splash and Jaw
something in the water. He looked long
and earnestly and. satisfied that the OBJ
jeot was a human being, ran on toward
town at top speed.
A strange thing happened when the
Duke first struck the water. The blue |
depths Immediately became alive with
fish come to see the phenomenon. IL is
said to be twenty years since q man has |
ruined kiamesha,s smooth surface with his
mef school could not remember having seen |
such a sight. A large bass. weighing In |
the neighborhood Of eight pounds and a
quarter, grabbed the Dukes right foot.
and an eel at least ten feet long entwined
herself ~pleadingly about the Dukes other |
pedal extremity.
While approaching the warmth OF his
reception. the Duke could not help but
comment TO Harry, Cohen that the means
somewhat crude, He fought OF their en-
braces and splashed whole gallons Of the
consecrated water over himself. And each
time he splashed the water subsidized again |
with a gasp. 1t was 80 unaccustomed to
rough treatment.
The Duke had Just succeeded In showing
back the crowd OF fsh when Sim Appeared
or the bank. and Just behind him tho police
force OF Monticello.
stop or III get q gun somewhere and
shootls shouted the police force. The |
Duke laughed with bravado and splsshed
some more water just 70 show how reckless
he was. The police force couldn't Allow
nobody 70 laugh at him. 20. psslinG Cd
his clothes. red flannel chest p. 3tsotor
and all, he jumped In and starteL after
the ~trespasser.
But it was q long swim and the police
force had besn getting fat Of late years. |
% when he reached the boat In which Harry |.
Cshsn was playing gallery hs ogewisd