The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1913-05-29

lead them, providing of course he
could give them value received, and
he always aimed to do that and
more. 1t demonstrated also, that
the park officials had no mortal
cinch on the patronage, and that
henceforth he would be Independ ent
of them; so he quickly contracted
for the appearance of Brooke's Chi
cago Marine band of sixty pieces,
and prominent lady vocalist and
at advanced prices, repeated the
success at Schwartz's Garden.
The park management, seeing
that dollars were slipping from them
and that new resort might be the
outcome of it all, Immediately re-
considered the Sunday proposition
and tried to book Brooke's band for
the following Sunday which date
the band had open. The bands man
ager informed them that the terms of
his contract with Mactiregor prohib-
tied him from appearing in the city
before, or within four weeks after
the date named therein, SO unless
Mac consented to the arrangement
they could not appear. Mac was
sent for but naturally. after his
treatment at the parks hands refus-
ed to relieve the band of the con-
tract unless he be made a party of
it, or he would sell his claim for an
even hundred dollars and the band
could appear. got 1T.
1t must not be assumed that Mac
was neglecting his newspaper work
during all this time, by no means,
on the contrary he was making the
old bnes of the fraternity sit up and
take notice; he was getting real
news and scored man. beat" of
the other papers which caused the
editor and Mr.. Barnes to wear
contented smile and incidentally
bring him an increase in salary.
OF interest | know will be this
example of how fair he was in his
newspaper work, and how honestly
he tried to follow the advice of the
old man" when he first got on the
job.
A policeman was shot one night,
in the rear of a wealthy citizens
residence. where he discovered two
men trying to effect an entrance.
He was one of the best officers in
the city and general favorite. 1t
was after midnight when the shoot
ing occurred, and the officer who had
dragged himself over block, was
lying in drug store when Mac, the
first newspaper man to get the tip"
arrived.
The poor fellow was in agony and
Mac saw at glance that his wound
was mortal. Without urging or
worrying him, he soon had the full
details of the affair and a descrip-
tlon of the men, but this latter
merely consisted of "one was tall
and the other rather short. THE
policeman then became unconscious
and died few hours later.
The town was wild! Some one,
the murderers must bearrested and
punished. Big rewards were offer
ed, and two men, two unfortunates
who had wondered into town, were
arrested by the police and charged
with the crime. They protested
their innocence, but that was natur-
al. One of them claimed to have
arrived from some Ohio town the
morning after the shooting, but he
had come to town in freight car
and no one knew or even saw him
before, so his story went for moth
| ing.
| They gave their names as Kelly
and Christy-one was tall and the
other short, and that was enough for
the police these were the guilty
parties Beyond doubt.
4 1t had always been the custom,
therefore. and still is in most cities,
| for the reporter covering police sta
tions to take for granted everything
they claimed, but Mac had mind
and an opinion Of his own. and he
somehow got It into his noodle
that Kelly and Christy were inno-
cent and said SO in his report Of the
arrest. The other papers ridiculed
| this claim and said that circumstan-
ices left no doubt of their guilt.