New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20
MURDER ROUSES
GRAMERCY PARK
Horace 6. Menu Meets
Death at Hands of Grim
inaI Courts Gang.

"Murderl
A nice old lady of the plus embon-
point class, and most decidedly not de-
signed for running top speed around
the fence that incloses Gramercy Park,
collapsed in the arms Of policeman
Murder" she gssped. There are
some men in that Columbia Club who
are planning to kill people. Oh, officer,
know they are wicked men, They
have most terrible faces, and-Oh,
heaven spare usl-they have guns and
knives and bombs"
LEAD on, lady," replied the patrol
man, making ready for a hand-to-hand
conflict. ave fought gangmen and
thugs in every district Of the city, and
I'm Just in the mood to take on fifteen
or twenty of them tonight" To give
emphasis TO his words, he Knocked two
or three steel pickets from the fence
with his nightstick, muttering as he
did so. blessed be Mayor Mitchell and
Commissioner Woods!"
He followed his informer around the
park to the rear of the Columbia UNI
yersity Club. Through half-open
window he heard sounds such as issue
from the lips of person in intense
psin. Listening again, he realized that
the fendish plotters were singing Inc
words of their song were;
we ike our murder FIRST degree.
We scOrn the lesser crlmes.
We hove the blood and urSicF
For US u means good times
81 fear them not" whispered the
officer. climbing up the rain spout to
peer in the window. With one look he
slid TO the ground. Lady he gasped'
chats the toughest looking bunch OF
sinners ever saw. Have heart and
don't ask me to go in there. 1t amt
considered nice for person to get
into brawls, anyway. Brotherly loves
the thing, says l."
Josephus Daniels!' she Kissed
Don't. lady, don't call me that
Choosing certain death rather than the
slight on the fair name of the Police
DEPARTMENT. he again mounted the rain
spout and plunged through the WIN
dow.
"You are under arrest" he an
nounced. A smile that denoted cynical
amusement appeared on the faces OF
the diners. A tall, pallid man at the
end of the table, after gargling his
throat in a solution of cyanide of
potassium, arose and said: ARREST is
nv middle name-James Arrest Dele
banty. acting District Attorney"
In turn those about the table sub
mitted to introduction to the intrud-
ing copper" They were Assistant Dis
trict Attorneys Wasservogel, Edwards
Weller, Brothers. Breckenridge, Muir
phv. Skinner. Toilette. Deuer and Ns-
than Burcnall, jr.. and Joseph ID.
Davidson, the two stenographers of the
homicide department, who have taken
down more hear.rending confessions
than the recording angel.
The fiendish conspiracy against Ia"
and order turned out to be merely
dinner by way of celebrating the fact
that the present prosecutors have
broken al records in homicide con
victions. The menu was:
Oysters on the stab.
Grlled steak-third degree.
Bermuda potatoes, Brussels sprouts,
petit pois. jointly indicted.
Grapefruit salad a Ia Jonn Doe.
Corpus deficit punch McAllister.
Omelet souffl6 Delehanty.
Camembert and RoGuefort post-mor-
sm. 80,
Coffin nails and bomb cigars.
Bosca spumantl.
The guns and knives and bombs
which the good old lady saw were
merely weapons used in the most IA
mons murders committed during the
present administration. After the din.
ner the party went to see Kick ln,
which, at least. has violent death OF
stage.
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