Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-01-22
TOM HUGHES HAS
HORSE LAUGH ON
W0ULD-BE JOKERs
Effort 10 Land Albuquerque
City Clerk in Santa re
HOose-gow Is Still-borni
Constable Still Waiting.

II reports that gifted down from
santa Re yesterday are 10 b Fsliesed.
there : a constable o. sVdIu te
waiting around the railroa~A IN
with q warrant 20 serve on City ter
Thomas Hughes for being particel4s
crlminis in the foul robbery OF an
actress in the Ancient city "Wednesday
night. Also, il these reports are r1e,
the laugh Is on Fred Heyn and jim
mic rhaves. and Tom Hughes s do
inx most of the laughing.
How an actress vas robbed IN santa
Fe night before last. and how her So
iiicitous manager called up various
and sandrv New Mexico newspapers
over the long distance telephone IN
the frantic effort 70 see that nothing
Ehould appear Ia print on the suDlec''
have already been related N the daily
news The matter created quite Q S-n-
satiOn among the members OF the
Owl club. whose headquarters are ai
the DE Vargas hotel in fhs eapltal
city. ano forthwith a plan vas maj
gurated 10 have some fun out 0f tn-
situation.
II 80 happened that Tom Hughes
who has been In Santa Re for several
days. was coming back to AIbuauer-
uue yesterday. As the subject OF
Joke Tom is about the most promising
prospect imaginable for he Is trust
ing aud confiding. and Is the best-na-
tured man alive when IL comes 70 hai-
ancing the books after the joke has
been played.
Hughes Elected Goat.
II Is no wonder. therefore. that Al
buqueruue' city clerk Was unani-
rnously elected the goat for the joke
that the main guss Of the Owl club
cooked up. a fake warrant was sworn
ort ycsterday morning. charsing NJ.
! Hughes with having feiun0usiy ap-
stracted the jewels Of distracted
and half-crazed though beautiful and
, charming actress. and the warrant
was placed in the hands Of Santa
| Fe constable. together with an eNpla-
nation and a silver dollar. with in
.structions that the suspected felon
should be intercepted as he tNas about
i 10 board the train and taken to the
santa Fe city prison.
I Ii was planned. OF course. that once
Mr. Hughes was safely lodged behind
steel bars. the entire Albuquerque
delegation, consisting Of Senators
Barth and Suizer, Representatives
Mann. Garcia and Montoya. together
| with Modesto ortiz. Jimmie Chayes,
Fred Heyn and any other Albuquer-
dueans who might happen to be 10
/ the capital at the time. should go
down TO the jall. offer their condo
J lences and their good offices and
eventually should manage 10 secure
MT Hughes release from durance
! vile.
Stranger Spills story.
4 1t vas about the prcttiest little
practical joke that had ever been
! thought of since the time that Judge
Mann and Sen Isaac Barb had Chaf-
/ lie Spiess tearing his hair for fear
the governor would veto the bond bill.
The only trouble about the joke was
gbat there were too many people IN
| on il.
For while Mr.. Hughes was sitting
in one Of the luxurious rocking chairs
4 in the De Vargas lobby yesterday
4 morning, killing an hour or two be-
| fore the departure Of his train. a to-
1 tai stranger sat down in the chair
next to him, ard after asking for =
match wherewith TO light his cigar,
l engaged the genial Albuquerquean in
| conversation The stranger didu'i
/, know Mr. Hughes any more than Mr..
Hughes knew the stranger and 50 u
wasn't long before the latter vas tell
ing the story of how some Of the boys
had framed up swell Joke on a guy
from Albuquerque named Hughes
Johnnie McManus to the Rescue
Wneu Mr. Hughes saw what was in
the air he was not long in taking ac-
uon TO protect himself Warden
John 3. McManns. Of the penitentiary.
is an old friend OF the Albuqueraue
man, and in few minutes Mr.
Hughes was seated in taxieab whirl-
ing out TO the pen as fast as the