The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-04

Tor many reasons. One was the natu-
raj aversian that ali Manhattan cops
have to being sent 10 any part OF Brook
lyn. Another was the fact that Captain
Langans home is in the Bronx.
New Captain Peevish.
When the new captain arrived at
Coney he was peevish. He decided to
make the best OF il. however. and did
what all police captains do-stroIled
around 10 see and be seen Captain
Langan on parade Is something OF
display, too. But he wandered around
Coney unnotced. He didn't Ike this
and was melancholy. Furthermore, his
pride was greatly shocked while he was
making back 10 the station house by
way OF the Bowery- A barker in front
OF a photograph joint stuck a six foot
megaphone out over half Of the Bowery
until the noise releasing end OF the thing
had completely engulfed the captains
right ear
Hey! You're quite a sporty Iookin'
gent; step in and git yer pitcher toolxr'
hOwled the barker.
This would discomfort any ordinary
individual. but in the case of the new
captain II was worse than yelling
lost control Of himself. He grabbed
the megaphone and made for the
bowler. Some one tipped of the latter
just who the person was that he had
yelled at, and the barker made for the
open sea by jumping through his en-
tire picture taking plant
IL was then and there that Captain
Langan decided on his first move OF
reform He vowed he would eradicate
the megaphone or bust. He says that he
eft mt h. z.1,g7
in routing the megaphone for good and
all, week days and Sundays alike just
how he will come out in the crusade is
a matter for speculation, but IL the cap
tain has his way, there will be a bonfire
made with banished megaphones on
the beach July T.
Coney Gets Thriller.
The man who flies the box kites from
the dome OF the Bostock building gave
Coney a thriller yesterday afternoon.
| He sent up half a dozen huge kites
but the thriller came when a woman
was seen to soar high in the air on q
trapeze attached to the kite string. Her
bright red skirt. white shirt waist and
shock OF blond hair showed up fine ir
| the sunlight. and everybody in Coney
| rubbered long at the trapeze artist
Then an enormous crowd gathered ir
| front of the Bostock establishment and
cheered the brave artistic as she wa.
lowered TO the roof Of the building
| There was a crush to see her when sh,
| landed, but the kite man lowered hel
into hollow on the roof A reporter
saw the lady. She's built after the
plan of a parlor sofa-but don't tell
The press agent at DreamIand took
very small boy and a very. very bis
story to the Coney Island police station
yesterday afternoon. The boy had beer
found half starved and half dead in
packing box under the Dreamland pie
| late on Saturday night. by Casey. tn,
| night watchman's fox terrier. which
had turned St. Bernard for the occa
| sion.
The press agent took a name for tn,
boy along with him TO the station house
| The name sounds like some Italian way
/ of cooking potatoes. The boy, IL seems
! had run away from the coal fields o.
! Pennsylvania He had tired of beinf
| a breaker boy, and came to New Yorl
! to learn to be a president of a trust
| Just how he got under the DreamlanC
! pier was not made clear. The press
agent said that William Ellis, who hat
| a lot OF shows in Dreamland. had Of
| fered 10 adopt the boy. Captain Ian
gan said he had trouble enough, anC
was willing to let Mr. Ellis adopt Thu
boy was sent back to Dreamland, anS
the story was sent to the newspapers.