Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-05
SEER He MADE PRISONER
IS POLICEMAN BROTHER
Coffee-CoIored Fortune Teller
Is Kennedy's Kinsman, and
He Turns Him Loose.

NEW YORK. January 5.-AnyDody
here know where Kennedy is?' asked
MAGISTRATE Krote1 in the West Side court
Yesterday as he noted that Policeman f.
Aloysius Kennedy was not at the post al
which the city pays him to stand during
each session of court. us 1t possible
that that great and good man has yielded
10 some of the temptations Of the metrop-
oils?
He may have been sandbagged and
robbed or drugged or run over while IN
the pursuit of pleasure. Some OF you
policemen run down to Mikes place on
the corner and see If he's there
A young policeman went out OF the
courtroom as fast as II he'd been sent
for to be appointed a sergeant. and sew
eral other policemen drifted after him
that they might enjoy the spectacle OF the
lordly Kennedy trapped In cafe Ken
needy was in the cafe, all right. and he
was taking a drink, but when his brother
policemen saw the look in his eye they
decided it would be wiser to refrain from
the caustic comments they nau peeh
framing in their minds.
Good morning. men, said Kennedy.
Il might say I'm glad to see you, but
I'm not. and you might say henneuy'
you're drinking on duty and admit 1t.
w nlCH Is UCTt Del fOuS pSSou0p = ~ ~ -
prisoner with me-"
Kennedy was at the bar alone.
Bring on your prisoner" said one OF
the others, "or else report sudden attack
of insanity and go nome. lHele . Ho
prisoner here"
Whistle Brings Prisoner.
For answer Kennedy strove gloomily to
the door Of the cafe and whistled Then
I'm came K eDnedy'S prisoner
Nothing like him had ever been in the
cafe before. In introducing him Kennedy
recognized the necessity for explanation.
ITO look at this you might think it was
a coy corner said Kennedy. 'Al ]
can say to you is, Don't believe all you
see.
The prisoners likeness to a cosy corner
lay in his habiliments. He wore a silk
turban and silk robes and silk slippers.
His complexion was light Mocha and
Java and he wore big golden earrings
We'll. what do you think OF him?"
asked Kennedy, in that detached. tlnper-
sonal way in which policemen discuss
tanned to the dignity of blue cloth and
brass buttons
Looks like d coon fortune teller dressed
up in a masquerade suit" said the bar
asked hut who acted in his official ca
pacity as settler of all disputes arising in
his place.
The man in the robes Of India looked
uneasy and a CLEAN shone in Kennedy s
eye.
I'm talking to you said Kennedy to
the bartender. I've had my drink and
I've paid for it, giving you your usual 200
per cent profit I owe you nothing. but
if you call this man a coon again I'll be
over the bar to you.
The dark-faced stranger in the silk vest
ments made a calm appraisal of the bar
tenders should1 RS. weight and other es-
sentials, and then walked to the bar and
stood beside Policeman Kennedy.
His Brother, Says Kennedy.
II have little to say except this said
the dark stranger. ANY time that E.
Aloysius Kennedy starts anything I'll
help him finish it, just a brother
should
That a man looking exactly like pic
ture of an Jndian rajah should cali him
self brother to Policeman f.. Aloysius
Kennedy without mourning the sudden
wrath OF that rather majestic parsonage
was something the other policemen could
not understand.
It's true" said Policeman Kennedy,
land in a way ii reflects great credit on
my brother here. In another way l ought
not to be seen shaking hands with him.
Unknown to me he has been making his
living over on Sd avenue as an oriental
fortune teller. psychic and-what else is
it, Mike-chiropodlst?
psychologists" corrected the man in
the elaborate silken investiture, and III
bet right now l make more money a week
than any of you cops make III a month.
| mean MAKE honestly. I'll buy a drink -
We're on duty explained one of the
younger policemen.
II was on my duty when | took my
drink said Nennedy's dark faced broth
er. 1t was i'll the old days when they
had shoefies. and roundsmen We're fire.
u'Ient flies in summer | was fired off
the force with neatness and dispatch and
took TO driving n truck. While on the
truck / studied divnation BY means OF
and I've got n place of my own and I'm
doing we'll
Il fooled my brother TODAY. He came
into my place rot knowing me from Com
missioner tropSey, and after he crossed
my palm with silver | told him his name.
his address, how much money he owes
and all kinds of scandal about him. AL
though 1 told him things about himself
he thought nobody else knew ! couldn't
tell he had come there to arrest me.
Come on and drag me into court When
the clerk asks my name I'll tell him my
real name. Michael Patrick Kennedy, and
III give you ref renee"
Il never could stand it, said Policeman
Kennedy. I'm going to turn you loose.
| never thought I'd live to see the day
brother of mine would be arrested but to
have that brother pose as a coon. ought
not to arrest you for that. l ought to
quit speaking to you.
w. Gordon Merrick seventy years old, for
more than forty years successful farmer