Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-26
CHINAMAN'S PISTOL
HALTS DARK ROMEO
jim Lee, Laundryman, Resent.
Early Morning Call BY
"Gemman of Color"
HE FIGHTS FOR PEACE
"Jedge" Hears Negro's Romsr,,.
Tale With Stony skepticism and
Holds Him for Court

The lark, III envious herald a, q,
morn was still slumbering at . oo,s we
TINS morning when the West phu.,''
phla version Of Romeo and JuI,o, -
pulled off. Likewise Jim roo s
'osue from birth and a catalor Of % y,
the Niftures Of a laundryman bv ch.,-'
lay sleeping IN "A room over b,s ,,.
dry at Gill Market street An ,s.
peace. vas
but jim Lee was reused from drs.n.
OF Taftsc, the pale lily OF tho co.,.
of the Emperor lIo. who died 4oOo -
years ago, by noises at his back wira,.'
Cautiously he peered out There w,,.
three dark forms--forms which wo,,.
nave been dark even in daylght-ea,.
neatly working away at it.
Jung SOY. GLOW AWAY, TN
ME LOO. EACS NIT. '"''
These and other Chinese phrases a.
d,catinG Jim Lees intense feeling !,
boredom at the presence of the ,brs.
visitors and his personal lack Of in,s,.
est il they should all three be even,uary
II not now. thrown into boiling oil
shattered tho quiet of the hour. -
But the three colored gentlemen ken,
Oh working their way in.
Then Jim Lee said, uttered. and snok.
unto himself as follows:
Il niS 'um." with a look Of HAND
contentment stealing over his feature.
Jim Lee took from its resting place =
revolver beaueathed to him BY n RI.
vered ancestor who had been taken "a
suddenly by mysterious malady known
as the tongs." This revolver. said IA
I be .4f, resembled in general contour
and caliber "A forty-two-centimeter can.
non, with u range of eighteen miles and
an undying hate for anybody named
Bertha. II had not been fred since tfA
Ming dynasty.
JIM LEE SHOOTS
After locating his target by reports
from ai"planes. correcting his trajectory
aud Offering up three sticks of punk TO
the memory OF the ancestor who willed
him the arquebus. Jim Lee leaned ou,
OF the window, closed his eycs--and
pulled the trigger. a.
The explosion that followed was
clearly heard by William McGary, a
"
ing TWO blocks away. The three coloyed
gentlemen seemed 10 lose interest In
their attempts TO get in. As Cne Of then
remarked later, Seems like done los
my taste for that place" Where they
We're they were not any longer
Jim Lee. the conscientious paclist
plea sanity surprised by the tactf1l de
parture of his visitors and the fact tha
his own arm was still intact. pulled TIN
trigger two more times. The three col
orcd gentlemen. who had started tC leay
at the sound of the first shot cast asid
All fooling at the sound of the second
They We're then clearing the fence. y.
the third shot two OF them had reache'
their own homes an hour before the,
had left them to visit Jim Lees house.
But the third. who at first said hi
name was Archie Thomas and lateI
gave it as Archie Register. was treed
by McGary, the watchman. in an alley
near SlXty-second and Market streets,
, eight seconds after the firing OF the
first shot by Jim Lee. What's been
holding you baci?" asked McCary. {
\ PREDATORY ROMEO 3
To Magistrate Harris, at the Sixty
first and Thompson streets police station
lIltr lOuaE, ATtlllc Stlu SdTHtstly lhs
!. he had come to Philadelphia from Al
I lantic City, his only intention being :
call on Juliet Davis. young colore
3, woman whom he knew 10 have bee
e employed by Jim Lee. Being obliged,t
return to Atlantic City, he felt that b
! was i'm duty bound to make up I
:. Juliet for hei" loss. and accordingly, wa
r bringing two friends Of his around 7
introduce them 10 her. Juliet havin
no balcony. they had to rap at he
window. "Tha's all they was TO Y
Judge; I'm tellin' you true he d.
I clarcd.
Magistrate Harris. who can conyer'
in NI,inesc himself. asked Jim Lee
he employed any Juliet Jim Lee r
piled:
'Quong yee tung ung tai. slice HI
SOY. hal song mai QUOCK!"
n "IIe says" Magistrate Harris Intel
h pretcd. that he once employed g
$ named Juliet Davis, but that he hasa
e seen her since the war, lie says J
e considers o'clock in the morning !
be no time for a social call, even
the. girl had been there. lie says
e thinks President Wilson Is a great ma
! Archie. will hold YOU under $1,000 %
for IL further hearing on March ~ y
"Ycssir" said Archie. vf