The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-07-21
FOUND "N|GGER"
IN WOOD PILE
Gle Elum Comes to Front With Blind
Pig in Hands of NegrO-From
Porter to Bootlegger.

Gle ELUM, Wash, July 19.-Pity
tits, tits true, and that the proof should
be obtained in Gle Elum that a mig
ger in the fence" is no myth. but
such is the case, and this otherwise
moral burg, in keeping with its many
other leading enterprises will have to
rise up and answer to roll call Eyes"
when asked if we are up to date in
eery particular, for, behold, last Sab
bath morning, when all good citizens
were enjoying their beauty sleep and
deserved rest after a hard weeks la
Dor, did not our marshal find the
long sought Africano in the fence
abutting the wood pile that we have
long heard and read of but never have
seen? Sure, and he did that very
thing. Thus is fans thrust upon us
with out effort Can it be possible
that we have been permitted to cap
ture the fellow that has given so many
political conventions the jimmies?
The fellow that the Commoner has
been chasing for years and claiming
the republicans were keeping him in
hiding? Let us hope so at least. while
where he can be found for some time
to come, should any bunco booster
need him to round out his allegory.
Sunday morning, July 18th, about
9 o'clock, Marshal Byars, who had
partaken too freely ~of rarebit the
previous evening, took a notion to
stroll down the alley east of Penn.
avenue-posibly to unload the rare
bit, but he says to get what he got,
and we are willing to take his version
and was somewhat surprised to
meet more pedestrians than could be
found on the main streets. This
seemed somewhat strange, and natur-
ally his detective instincts commenced
to work overtime, and it was then he
commenced to see things among
which was an old shanty which was
emitting more humanity than an
average circus. Passing a few he
noted that it would not require a
thoroughbred bloodhound to follow
their trail, one Whit of their exhala-
ton being sufficient to produce a dizzy
feeling, and as he inhaled several
whiffs his eyes rolled and the wheels
in his top piece commenced to sing
not unlike a circular saw in a box
factory. And then he got busy. Be-
fore swift tip could beat him to it
he was in that cabin, and for the first
time in his life stood face to face with
the niger in the fence" whom all
have heard of but none but he has
seen.
Good mawnin', sab what'n you
have, sah?"
I'm the thirstiest customer you
ever entertained, and being how it's
Sunday, all saloons closed. can't get n
drop for love or money, I'll take the
whole shooting match and you with it
for good measure"
The sundry bottles We're dumped
into a washtub and with the bootleg
ger found quarters in the city bastile,
where they remained until Monday
morning, when the judge confiscated
the goods and gave the "colored
GEM man" 500 and trimmings
generous judge, what? and then ex-
| tended free board for an indefinite
period at the popular Hotel de Crow
ley. Ellensburg, where he now Ian.
guishes in Incidence and luxury,
awaiting further honor to be thrust
upon him, and all because he only
wanted to relieve the thirst of his
fellows.
His name is Thomas MCGEE. For
some time he has been employed as a
porter in the Club saloon. 1t is said
that he was heard to remark while en-
joying his free ride on the train to
Ellensburg: II never did see such
thirsty man as dat ar city marshal, an
so particular, too, to git all de goods,
an wasn't satisfied wild dat, but done
took me to prove de goods. Now,
wouldn't dat kind of jar you?"