The Washington times., 1910-03-23

mere question OF few days o. weeks tc
obtain another situation.
! II found TO my surprise that II was
difficult TO obtain position anywhere
! Where l expected 70 be successful in
! few days, i discovered thai / could moi
| obtain remunerative employment In
months. Ny surplus dwindled to ny
last dollar-to my last cent.
Gentlemen" he continued with low
| cred voice 7 starVed-lltera .ly starved
l. who all my life had been at least in
prosperous circumstances, found myself
without the food wherewith 10 sustain
| life.
Have you ever been through lido you
| know what IL means? The man who
| Starves will do anything-will commit
! any crime TO get food. He cannot help
| it-he must have food. Thank heaven
| ] did not have 20 commit crime. though,
/ have done it. I was tired, hungry
! desperate.
What happened2 unutterable good
/ fortune fell upon me like a thunder
/ bolt out Of a clear cold winters sky.
/ picked up in the street one morning
/ this copy Of a newspaper"
You lie" cried out the prisoner here,
/ again 'eaping 10 his feet
A court official seized him and forced
| him back.
7 have marked with blue pencil" re-
sumed the witness, disregarding the out
| burst "the advertisement that I read
! that morning. I Rfterward discovered
/ that the defendant IN this case-the prts-
oner at the bar-had caused II 10 be
inserted. 80
He handed the paper TO the prosecutor.
II was marked IN evidence over the
strenuous objections Of the defendants s
counsel
The prosecutor read IT to the jury. It
ran as follows.
IMPORTANT TO ACTORS. Actor
producing play with dual role wants
I double. must be about feet II inches
tall broad shOuldered, slender. dark.
strong beard. Must be refined and edu-
cated-this Is important. Salary large /.
/ work light. Apply at once. Y 13. this
office
Il wrote" resumed the witness. and
received a letter in response directing
me 20 call on NJ. Madigan. top floor. So
River street, this city
River street. as you may know. IS
an obscure neiEhborhoOd. 7 called there
however l saw NJ. Madigan and found
crowd of dark-compleXioned men in
waiting No explanation was made 10
any. We sat and waited.
out Of all these men. three We're
hnally selected by Madigan. He had
Weeded them out rapidly. I was one Of
the three. The other two men seemed
70 be as refined and educated as I felt
myself 10 be: but they were shabby also.
MadiEan finally showed 70 each Of us
the photograph Of a man with a black
Van Dyke beard.
The witness paused and looked al the
prisoner. The crowd looked at the prls-
oner. The prisoner had a black Van
Dyke beard
'Madigan told us TO gro boards Just
Ike that. He gave US So apiece and
told us TO report 20 him as soon as our
boards were grown
You Will not that my appearance, my
height. and my complexion answer I'm
a general way the description contained
in the advertisement. The other two
Of the three also answered the desCrip-
tIOn in a general way
"Genuomen. I DO not believe I have
ever been grateful IN MY life as I was
to NJ. MadIgan on the day he gave me
| that $55. II was salvauOn-lt was COM
parative prosperity.
Well. on a certain day We all at
tended at MadlGan's again, and Nadigan
Z inspected US with a critical eve. Final
| iy he gave the other two men 81 more
apiece for their trouble and sent them