The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-03-06
TUCUMCARI ENJOYS FIRST
CLASS YELLOW" SENSATION
Young Hypnotist Attempts to Show City Officials Thing
Two But Later Changes His Mind
Packed Court Room is Treated Rare Flashes Of Legal Wit
and Specimens Of True Oratory.

Tucumcari enjoyed first class
sensation last Wednesday. One
which indeed was rich meat tor
eastern papers and which was
greedily devoured bv them and
many small news boy made a
pocket full of chicken ieed shout.
ing all about the street riots in Ia
Cumcari.
The sensation came as the re-.
suit ol a. X. Randolph, travelling
hypnotist, refusing TO remove a
young lady from the window OF the
office oi the Public Service com
psny, where he had put her to
sleep. Young Randolph was re.
quested 10y certain members OF
the city authorities to either wake
the lady up or else have her
moved, on the ground that the
sight was demoraliZlng aud caused
school children and others TO con.
gregate needlessly on the streets.
j, is said tina, the hypnotist be.
came very indignant aud declared
that no set OF - - officials could
compel him TO wake her up and
that he would like to see the law.
yer who could send him to Jail for
not so doing.
lie became so boisterous and so
pToiane over the matter that he
was taken into custody by Chief
OF Police, Benson, and started to.
ward the city lail. He was warn.
ed that il he would wake the lady
up that the result would not be so
hard on him. Here, 1t is said,
that he broke loose from the hold
tina, Benson had on him and ran
TO the Office oi the Public Service
company and passed his hands
over the ladys face and turned to
the officer saying, Now | will
show YOU D. officials a thing or
two, she cannot Toe awakened for
thirty days" He submitted to ar.
rest and was taken to the Jail.
\ dray was summoned. on order
oi the city officials, aud the form
oil the sleeping lady was taken TO
the Glenrock hotel, where she slept
on, unmindiul,i, is said, OF the COM
motion her slumbers were causing.
BY this time the streets were blocked
with people who had seen the excite
men, and everybody seemed to be rex.
ceedingly wrought up over the fact
that any outsider should come to
the city and attempt to dictate to
the authorities OF the place.
Several very radical remarks
were heard, such as, Lets string
him up to a pole, He ought to
be horse whipped" and other
threats which are likely to be heard
in a crowd where great excitement
prevails. For a time II looked as
il there might be riot but soon
the matter was taken more as a Joke
and the officials were patied on
the back Tor their prompt action
in the matter.
In the afternoon the hypnotist
was given a trial before Justice
Patterson and was found to be-
guilty OF using pIoiane language.
He was tned ten dollars and all
the costs. The crowd which wit
messed the trial was only limited
by the capacity oi the court room.
The charge against the defendant
was not 4 serious one and by this
time excitement OF the crowd had
abated and all seemed only anx-
ious to see the youth taught les
son, as well as TO hear first class
debate 10y the lawyers in the case.
The debate was long one, filled
with humor and the audience was
treated 10 flashes OF legal wit and
iun which il greatly relished.
In fact the spectators became so
interested IN the arguments that
th, Y quite forgot the case and gave
themselves up to the humorous
bits which were alternately scored
by the attorneys and which would
have been worthy OF applause in
any other surroundings than that
oil court room.
Randolph appealed to district
court and according to announce
ment gave an exhibition at the Crys-
tai that night.
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