Year: 1873

The San Francisco Chronicle saws
On a glorious moonlight and warn
evening last week, when the student:
in Toland's College were having theil
graduating spree at the College build
ing, a very respectable old gentleman
with a fne, benevolent face, and &
head covered with the mold of a
least three-seore years, walked W
Stockton street toward the beach
His wife, a nice, motherly-looking
person, whose face fairly beamed in
the moonlight with the milk of human
kindness, leaned atfectionately upon
the venerable gentleinan's arm. 1t
was about ii O'Clock, and the aged
twain were vending their wav home
ward from their customary PRAYER
meeting.


As the couple approached the grim
looking nursery of science, their at
tentiOn was attracted to the bacchan-
allan orgies within. Before they had
time to express their pious horror, a
wild shrek of anguish, apparently
from the upper stories of the building.
fell upon their cars. The old gentle
man stopped and stood transfxed with
horror at the sound. Before he could
act, however, his soul was fairly
curdled by a sight which met his
gaze At 4 window in the third
story Of the building there suddenly
appeared balf dozen dark figures
struggling violently with another
dark figure whose form shook with
terror. and whose struggles seemed
to grow weaker and weaker.


All at once the half dozen dark
figures, with many frightfGl oaths and
demoniac yells, lifted the half-fainting
figure to the Intel of the window. and
then, after a feeble struggle on the
part of the victim, they poised him
for an instant an the Outer edge. and
then sent him crashing through the
cir to the pavement below. As the
poor victim began his decent, a wild
veil Of exultatioR broke from the
iends above, and with fierce gestures
and loud, angry tones, they hastily
left the window.


The poor victim fell to the sidewalk
a mass of inanimate flesh, and Law
there apparently lifeless. He had no
sooner touched the stones, however.
before q dozen or more wicked-look-
ing figures in black rushed from the
front door of the building. armed
with stout clubs. With fierce curses
and violent gesticulations, they gath
cred around the lifeless form and
began to beat him most horribly
They crushed his skull, broke bis
limbs, and pounded and hammered
until many of them were out Of
breath.


The old gentleman and his aged
companion could stand it no longer.
With a horrifed exclamation, be
started for the scene What is all
this ?" he shrieked. stop, say





Police police -


Come old man." said a brutal
voice, get out Of this or Wen serve
YOU the same way; git ~ and with
this the man with the brutal voice
raised his club. The old man van
ished, hastily took his wife to the
shelter of piazza around the corner,
and then rushed off TO Meigs' Wharf
for the police In fifteen minutes be
returned with three policemen and
two watchmen. Seeing them ap-
proach the dark fends who had been
the authors of the old mans anguish
fed ineontinently from the scene.


With basty steps and agitated
manner the old gentleman led the
grim-yisaged officers to the scene of
horror. In the pale moonlight Law
the mangled victim, crushed, beaten
out of all semblance Of human shape.
One of the officers approached and
stopped and laid his hand upon the
mass Then raised himself
quickly and gave the old gentleman
curious look Of surprise.


Look here, old man." be said"
guess the fellow amt hurt mueh.''


Why, not hurt ?"


No, he is only a dummy"


At this instant suppressed snicker
was heard inside the building, and
after satisfaing himself that the officer
was right, the old gentleman walked
demurely off in search of his wife.


1t was even SO. Those students
had been watching and waiting all
the evening for the appearance of that
very same respectable old gentleman,
and when he came they cruelty sold
him.