The evening world., 1915-08-20
SAHARA'S SULTAN
IN DURANGO VILE;
PETIT VICTORIOUS
Deserts Ruler (l) Loses His
Fierce Battle With Hunger
and Mosquitoes.

The "suitan of Sahara" 10 IN again.
Once more he Ia plain jacques
Lebsudy. millionaire In ordinary OF
large estates In Old westbury. l. J..
present resident OF Knickerbocksr Hall
At Amityville. The Sultan spent the
nisht In the woods In SUFFOLK County.
His military srdor had 70 nnh . vent
IN battle. 20 he went out and battisd
with Mosquitoes Then he became en-
mashed In Sheriff stsvs Pettit's net
He was Appreciated ct o'clock this
morning In the fashionable residence
section of Huntington. He came out
Of the woods to set breakfast and vas
nabbed In the net
Sheriff etsve's net u not . mos
quito net. It's net for fusitives. He
can catch anything but gamblers In
II Hos very proud Of IL Yesterday.
when he heard that his fllustrious
captive had escaped from the Knick-
erbocker sanitarium. he went out In
his high power automobile and spread
his net.
Petit know that he couldn't take
the Sultan In an automobile. He tried
that Tuesday when he went up
against the Sultan and his army"
The suitan's soldiers were recruited
from the ranks Of Western Union
messengers. Tbey have Q lot OF SOL
diers" among the messengers
Tuesday the Sheriff mounted Q polo
pony---but that's an old story. How
the Sheriff got spilled in q brook and
how the Sultan laughed and surren-
dsred TO the ~. q. Government" has
been told. The count hasn't paid the
Sheriff yet for the Us COST and waist
coat he spoiled In the spill. When
Sheriff Petit had his net spread yes
tssday he returned to Mineola In his
high powered machine and again took
up the dull routine OF risvalty life
In the richest county in che world.
He knew that he had the Sultan In
his net already.
Every deputy sheriff IN Nassau
County has . telephone. When thsre
10 . LONG ring that means . general
alarm. The deputies pay no attsn-
ton to a short ring. But they all an
Swer the telephone on the long ring.
and Sheriff Petit tells them the same
thing At the same time. They all
knew 1t the same time yesterday thai
the Sultan Of Sahara was out again.
That's the net 1t 10 simple. expedi-
ent and economical
Trolley men first saw the Sultan
yesterday near Huntington Harbor
They recognised him BY his Panama
the Huntington police about Il and
Policemen ]. w. Biggs and John 3
Trainor went after him In q high
power automobile, the Belgian police
hound Of Long Island. The Hunting
ton cops came upon the Sultan on the
Highberger estate They told him
that they had met him at the inter.
national polo match. He regretted
THAI he couldn't recall their faccs.
but no accepted an Invitation "a
ride In the automobile and offered
the cops $50 to land him IN New Jcr'
sey. They said sure" Then there
was . long ring on all the telephones
Of the deputy shsriffs Of. Big stoe'
Petit
They had thrown him into the net
Sheriff Petit and DR.. Louden o.
Knickerbocker Hall went TO Hunting,
ton In the sheriff's high power Bel.
| gtau automobile. The Sultan laughed
when he saw Steve again. He sale
he was In need Of fresh air and hA<
taken q sumter in the woods. HI
had q bath and breakfast at Knick'
erbocker Hall. To. morrow morning
Mr.. Lebaudy Of La Belle. France. ant
Long Island will appear before Jus
tios ocuddsr at Nineoia' to SHOW
cause why he shouldn't be perma
nently restrained.
II knew I'd set him." said tn
"Hs's glad to Get back" said D.
Loudsn.
81 am not said the Sultan.
i ssIshare ihafAlo said the doctor