The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-11

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one
yong
Ok wine
Ne other
au resent ,uc 81, as he
SAB. done NArn his IA
tar heard al ll he threatened to
disiaherit hisTon unless he whipped
the man WHO had thrown the wine
in his face. The father was a mem
Der OF the same clab, and he made
a wager OF wine sup er that his
son could 9nl would whip the other
fellow. Soon after this the son met
the man who had insulted him and
whipped HIM. The fight occurred
on a prominent street, and as two
of the Young mans friends were
with him at the time there was talk
of an action against them and his
father for conspiracy. Our agency
was retained to get the evidence
needed.
''It was decided that il would be
necessary TO get an admission from
the father of tho Young man who
had made the assault. | was told To
get it. | tried many WAYS and failed
lie did not know ! was a detective.
He had known me for n number OF
years, but thought | was engaged in
other work | had another plan 10
get from HIM what | wanted ! told
him a New York publication was
having the affair written up and IL
lustrated.
81 said had seen the picture Of
the fight which had been prepared
for it. He was pleased at the pub
licity that the fight was to get, for
the story of the affair at the club
had been printed, and he wanted it
known that his son had avenged the
insult. | intimated that if he cared
to see it | thought | could get him
the picture that had been prepared
for publication. He was eager TO
see it.
Il had friend. a newspaper art
ist, who made me a picture. He
made a faithful copy of the street
scene where the fight occurred, and
he made a fair likeness OF the fig
ures in it. The picture showed one
man stealing up behind another and
striking him from the rear. Behind
him were two other men, who were
supposed TO have accompanied him
to see fair play. The father was
thought 10 have been in the neigh
borhood. hit as he wasn't seen he
was left of the picture. He exam
ined il carefully.
"'Who re these two men" he
asked, pointing to the two onlook-
ers.
"'They are the two Blacks. who
went alon- with your son to see
that he got fair play told him.
"'That's all right he said, bat
who is this; pointing at the man
who was striking at the other from
behind
"Why, that's your son. told
him.
"'That's liev he exclaimed
NV son stood right in front Of hin
and hit him squsrely in the face.
told him to do that and stand up il
front Of him all the time. | wa'
right across the street, and the two
men who were with my son were
close enough to sec all that happen
ed. They will tell you that he die
not hit him from behind. He faced
him fairly and whipped him fairly
That was the way We made it up t
do. II that's printed I'll whip thu
man who maae itP
at wasn't printed, nor were their
any court proceedings taken on &C
count Of the alleged conspiracy. Th'
men concerned in il on both side
got together and settled it out o
!. court."-Exchange.
clsdstone's Handshaks-
An Aberdeen paper tells a Glad
4 stone story Of the memorable Mid
lothian tour. On one occasion
j there was great handshaking or
;. deal at the window of the old gen
tleman's railway carriage, and h
was rapidly getting the worst OF i
A stalwart young policeman VIII
l accompanied Mr. Gladstone prove
equal to the occasion. Crouchln
: behind the great man and thrustln
. his hand under Mr.. Gladstone's IL
verness cape, the muscular "peeler
q gave each conner in turn a grip thi
had no lack Of cordiality.
"The auld mans uncommc,
--.,. % bis tir,e a. life o.