The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-07-11
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l little Old New York


without fear Of detection by the
police.
With a large and Overwhelming
majority. the stalwart burghers of
Hoboken have declared themselves
against the commission form OF gov
eminent. They do not believe in this
newfangled system and put down
their ponderous feet upon the pro-
position OF the ''reformers."
A young man. elegantly dressed,
attracted considerable attention the
other evening by stopping in front
of one OF the big stores in the shop
ping district and beating with his
cane upon one of the big plate glass
windows until the latter broke and
| jingled upon the sidewalk. The store
was closed at the time and the action
of the young swell seemed to be
prompted merely by desire TO find
amusement. He was arrested and
taken TO the nearest police station,
where he intimated that he was the
son OF an English lord, whose name,
however, he would not divulge. The
police officials are OF the opinion that
the young man is merely ''nutty"
which. however. would by no means
preclude his being member of the
English aristocracy.
The notions some people have con-
corning the duties of the police are
rather amusing 1T times. The other
day woman sent complaint to the
police department that somebody had
stolen her evening paper. for which
she had paid one whole penny. She
demanded that the detective force oil
the city be sent out to investigate the
case and to trace and arrest the thief
However, neither the.detective force
nor the police reserves of the police
precinct were sent out on the case.
An Italian girl had a serious quar-.
irel with her Italian beau the Other
day. The case was really aggravat
ing and, according to Italian notions
called for the shedding of blood. The
girl had a revolver, every chamber
of which was loaded. She pulled the
weapon from beneath her skirt and
pointed the gun at her untrue lover
For a moment, but only for a mo
ment, there was a happy prospect
that the Italian colony would be re
dnced by one bad member. But i
4 was not to be. The man took to hi,
heels, and the girl. pursuing him
began TO shoot. Unfortunately no
one of the bullets hit the sprintinf
miscreant, but when the smoke had
cleared away, three innocent passers
by, who had been hit by as many o.
the bullets, were scattered along ths
road and had to be taken to the hos
pital for repairs.
\ OF all the pupils graduated thii
year from public school no, Broom,
and Cannon streets, blind boy, Ben
iamin Apicello. carried on the high
est honors. His general average wa
close to 81. What makes the success
OF the boy even more remarkabl,
Is the fact that he could speak but lit
tie English when he entered tn,
; school two years ago and that b.
completed the work OF four year
within less than a year and a hall
II is the boys ambition to become
lawyer. In the fall he viii enter tn
. De Witt Clinton High School. Sena
tor Gore. the blind senator Of tn
United States senate, is taking grea
interest in the boy. The boy has
letter from Senator Gore, In whicl
the latter advises young Apicello Z
study law. The boy treasures tina
, letter and is determined to win sue
cess at the bar.