Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-16
RACE FOR A THIEF.

Wild Chase Through the Streets tc
the Heart of London.
In defending the London police from
charges of incompetence a contributor
TO Blackwood's Magazine narrates an
incident in which he figured a few
years ago, when he accompanied his
wife to a Bond street jewelers.. where
she went in to match some pearls and
have some gems reset, be awaiting
| her on the street. where he smoked
his cigar. He says:
II noticed three well dressed men
go into the shop and several women.
when suddenly one of the well dress
ed men came out through the glass
doors of the shop and pushed rapidly
past me as he turned up the street
At the same moment ! was seized
violently by the arm by a milkrnan
who had been arranging his cans on
his handcart just in front of the shop.
QUICK, governor" he shouted. Aft
er him or we lose him, Look; he's pass
ed the bag 10 n pair
Now. for the life OF me | cannot
tell you what fmpeIled me. I'm not
The kind OF man that you can picture
tearing up Bond street in the wake
OF an agitated milkman. But there
was something in the grip that man
took OF my arm that impelied me. so
that ! threw away my cigar ana ran
after the man with the bag neck and
neck with the milkman. who exhorted
me to continue in my efforts by shout
ing:
Throw a leg. GOVERNOR! II we
lose him we lose him foreverr
We tore up Conduit street don't
know what the Imssersby thought. 1
had no time 70 think of them. When
we reached Regent street our quarry
dived into the traffic like frog into
mill race. We went IN after him
How | missed being knocked down 1
don't know. The miIkman took the
same risks. We were across almost
as soon as tbe man and sped after
him. | don't know what streets we
doubled down. know that at this
period IL flashed across my mind that
/ was making a conspicuous ass OF
myself. Here l was racing down the
slums of Soho al the bidding OF q
strange milkman. who never stopped
In his exbortaJions TO me.
keep it up and well get himr
Our quarry doubled and tackled. but
we stuck TO him till just as we were
pacing down the very worst looking
street OF the lot be suddenly slipped
into a low house. of which the door
was open My milkman never lost a
second He whispered hoarseIy In my
ear:
Stop here. governor. and grab the
drst person as comes out of that
house. no matter who he dsl i know
the way behind
In a fash he was gone he had
nipped down an aIleyway and disap-
peared. felt a real fool. and the
whole folly OF my action rushed In
upon me. I had left my wife strand
ed in a shop in Bond street. I had
lost my hat ana my stick. and here
was In an almost deserted street,
standing outside q door waiting with
orders from q strange man to grab
the first person that came out Of IL.
In two seconds more 1 would have
left the place and gone TO the nearest
halter. a wiser and chasfened man-
But just at that moment q boy Of
about fifteen came out OF the door.
Ny mflkman must have left his speil
upon me. for ] Immediately threw my
arms around him.
Lemme so. goTernorF he shouted. |
I amt done muffin % youP
He struggled hard, and the more hs |
struggled the more fese inpeiled 70 |
hold him And then suddenly. as IL /
~ magic tive peiicemsa 7anpeared caz