THE BED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY. JULY 2 1897.
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A BICYCLE SHERIFF.
HE LIVES IN TEXAS AND IS
TERROR TO CRIMINALS.
1 They Try to "Monaej" While Kn
flnnte, He Throw. Them and Covert
Them with Hit Onn Tellt now lie
Doet It.
HE bicycle has be
como an assistant
deputy s h crlff.
Josh Messenger,
deputy sheriff of
O r a y 8 on county,
Texas, Is tho man
who has made K
so. Ho arrests his
prisoners all
through his terri
tory and brings
them back to Jail on his wheel. How
ho docs It' ho tells himself in tho fol
lowing language:
"Borne icop'o think my way of
bringing a prisoner In Is queer, but
that is boanuso they do not know tho
circumstances. I havo been in this
business for four years, and after
thinking It over, mado up my mind to
cm whnt T rnnlil do with tho bike. I
rigged up a step on tho bock of ho
wheol JUBt like tho ordinary rear one,
only bigger, and I was ready to try it.
I weigh 175 pounds and my wheel
weighs 25. That makes 200 pounds
for mo to pedal along, outside of tho
prisoner. I meant to say that I had
a rear step oa each side of tho wheel,
making (wo all together. I found that
my echemo worked to a charm, and I
had a number of Instances where peo
ple thought tho prisoner would get tho
better of m. Folks said they should
think I would bo afraid to risk myself
In tho prisoner's power to that ex
tent. "I nad to go out to Southmoyd tho
other night to get a man, and ho
thought ho was going to havo an easy
tlmo to get away, but I showed thero
was nothing of tho sort In prospect for
him. As a matter of fact, it Is every
bit as safe to bring every prisoner in
standing on tho rear step of your wheol
as In any other way, and possibly
safer. If tho fellow Is on ono horse
and you on another, ho may make
some motion aad get tho better of you
beforo you, can help yourself; but If
ho is standing on tne step of your bi
cycle, he's got to hold onto your
shoulders. It dees not make a bit of
difference how dark a night It Is, If
he. goes to mako tho least unusual mo
tion you can fcol him and you can
throw him off tho wheel before he can
wink on eyo. Before ho can get up
again you can cover him with your
gun, and thero he is.
"Thero were, an I havo said, a good
many reasons that got mo to think of
using the bicycle as I uso It now, but
I guess tho principal ono Is this: Ono
tlmo I went out after a fellow named
Zeb Hanrlon, who wna wanted as n
prosecuting witness In a certain enso.
I found him nlno miles out In tho
country, and I found that ho wasn't
very anxious to come in. Ho didn't
own a horso and couldn't borrow one,
and ho sworo he wouldn't walk.
"I was' sort o' puzzled at first, but
finally I hnppcncd to think mnybo ho
could rldo behind mo on tho step of
my bicycle, and I told htm so. Ho
Enid ho novcr was on a bicycle and he
couldn't rldo one. I to'.d him I didn't
know whether ho could or not, but
just to try, and if ho couldn't I'd let
him oft from going to town. I guess
he thought th.U was a good way to got
out of It, for ho hopped up behind me,
cheerful as you please. I didn't know
vhlch was tho more surprised when we
found that tho sohemo worked to per
fection. I brought him over mighty
rough roads, too only a horse trail
part of tho way. A bicycle can come
mighty near going whero a horso can
BRINGING IN A PRISONER.
go. It's only tho dudo riders that
can't go where the roads happen to be
a llttlo bad."
Spitting an American PrWIIege.
W. B. Uradbury ot San Francisco,
Cal., has been sentenced to twenty-four
hours' imprisonment in the county jail
for violating the civic ordinance pro
hibiting expectorating on the floor ot
street cars. This1 wag, Bradbury's sec
ond pffenBO. 'He cUlms jhe prvlcgo
ot spitting whoa .and where h pleases
as an Inalienable American priv'ilego
arid will mako a test case of his pun
ishment No two clpcks can be made to keep
time exactly alike and strike, 'simultaneously,
GHASTLY FIND IN A CAVE.
tinman Bone. Suppoted to IW-e
longed to Victim, of Jtobtierr.
Mention won mado some days since
of the accidental discovery of a cavo
along tho old Pittsburg and national
plko, on tho east side erf Laurel hill,
and tho Intention of tho discoverers to
subsequently invcstlgato their find.
This, saya tho Johnstown Tribune, was
dono Tuesday by Dick Castncr and
Denjamln Gilbert, two young mpn of
Mount Pleasant. They set out, armed
with shotguns and a lantern, and start
ed in on a tour of Inspection. They
found In tho 1,700 yards they went a
number of rooms on either side of the
main channel. Several sparkling lakes,
in which, they say, millions of fUh live
without mplestatlon, wore found. They
also discovered a number of old hones,
which arc believed to be from human
bodies. When a llttlo over 1,700 yards
from tho opening of this wonderful
cavo had been covered the light went
out and they found It impossible to
continue their investigation. Slowly
they retraced their footsteps. Many
daring robberies in tho days of the old
stago coaches, and when tho only
means of transportation was by road
wagons and these coaches, woro com
mitted. The eastern slopo of Laurel
hill and tho western slope of tho Alle
ghany mountains wcro tho baso of op
erations for these brigands.
HER NOTE CAUSES TRAQEDY.
I'retton Thornton Kill. Illmtelf at
the
Pert or lilt Betrothed.
A note breaking an engagement that
had existed for moro than three years
caused Preston Thornton, ono of tho
most prominent young men in Louis
ville, Ky to shoot himself under tho
heart. Tho act was dono at tho feet ot
tho young woman ho would havo made
his wife. The young lady Is Miss Net
tle Doll Smith, eldest daughter of Mil
ton H. Smith, president of tho Louis
ville and Nnshvlllo railroad. Thorn
ton received the note that morning on
his return from a trip to Lexington,
PRESTON THORNTON.
Ky., tho .homo ot his parents, and im
mediately went to the homo of tho
young lady to see If a reconciliation
could not bo effected. Th'ey met with
pleasant greetings, but there was a
look ot determination on tho faco ot
the young man. Ho Immediately
brought up tho question of their en
gagement, and pleaded with her to for
give him for anything wrong ho might
havo' dono, but sho remained stead
frst and refused to renew tho engage-ment-,
whereupon ho drew a revolver
and, arr.ld his erstwhile sweetheart's
scream's and protestations, shot hlm
solt below tho heart.
Stent, to liny a Marriage Llrente.
William Crull was arrested In An
dersen, Ind tho other night charged
with stealing a load ot corn near Pen
dleton tho preceding night and mar
keting it In Noblcsvllle. Ho confessed
to tho theft and gavo tho particulars,
tho most Important fenturo of which
Is that ho was to bo married and had
to send word to tho brldo-olect. Ho
soys frankly that ho was out ot money
and did not havo enough to buy tho
license. He hit upon tho plan ot steal
ing tho corn and thus rcalrzed enough
to get tho license. He came to this
city with tho money for that purpose.
Ho has a good reputation asldo from
this and his frankness will probably
clear blm. The engagement is off.
Male a Cannon to Kill Illmtelf.
Godfrlcd Dalsko, aged 83 years, com
mitted suicide at Deflanco, Ohio, tho
other day In a most horrlblo manner.
He was a gunsmith by trade; and con
structed ot a plcco ot gas pipe a can
non which ho fastened to a block ot
wood. Dalsko seated himself on a
chair in front ot tho cannon, opened
his shirt, deliberately ignited tho tuso
and waited for death, which was In
stantaneous.' Ho used a piece of iron
for a bullet, and was found in tho chair
after the load had passed through his
heart. Ill health Is given as tho causo.
Fatal Fight of MoontUlnert,
Tho Hcltfolds and Cawans, rival
moonahlno factions plying their busi
ness In tho Ponvlllo Ridge mountain,
Hancock county, Tennessee, met at a
singing at Coal Branch crchoolhouse the
other day. A fight ensued, whlch-laated
an hour. Soveral hundred shots wcro
flred and James Hettfeld was killed and
Tom Cawan was mortally woundod,
The Ponvlllo Ridge mountains are In
habited almost entirely by moonshiners
and no arrests are over mado for law
lossncss. Human life is cheap and the
Winchester la the arbiter ot all dis
putes.
now lie (lot Men.
Hicks How did Jackson make all
his money, anyway? Dlx Out of lit
erary work. Hicks You don't mean
It! Dlx YV'B. I do. He bad to get nut
of it, because he couldn't mako a dol
lar In It. Somervllle (Mass.) Journal.
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF THE
PLAYERFOLK.
Mill note Coghlan Ilelleed to He Near
Ing the End of Brilliant and Buc
cettfnl Career Ilefore the Footllghtt
Stage Whltpert.
ANY friends, both
public and private,
have heard reccnWy
with great legret
of tho serious sick
ness of. Miss Rose
Coghlan. It is not
glvon to many ac
tresses to remain
beforo tho public
fov so long as Miss
Coghlan has, and
till to retain tho freshness and buoy
ancy of youth completely unlmpared as
the does. Vigor, brilliancy, and exub
erant life are, and always have been,
tho characteristics of Miss Coghlan's
acting. These qualities aro never lack
ing in anything that she docs. They
arc refreshing, too, In theso days when
n rather bloodless manner of stage
performance has Its apostles, and,
stranger yet, its admirers. Miss Cogh
lan never lacked in naturalness, either,
and If some of the newer comers on tho
Htngo could keep their unconvention
allty, which is no better than hers,
mid could add to It some of the vigor
which she learned from the old-fash-lcned
actors with whom Hhe was asso
ciated, It would be better for the
theater of today.
As Mudatn Montbnzon, a lender of
tho "Fronde," In tho ill-fated comic
opera "The Wedding Day," nt tho
Casino, Miss Luclllo Saunders did some
creditable singing and acting. Miss
Sounders appeared In "Tho Gipsy
Queen" last fall, and previously held
good engagements In various comic
opera companies in London.
Miss Allco Evans, known In private
life as Mrs. Wilton Lackaye, Is an
actress who has won some favor in tho
eyes of critical metropolitan audiences.
Sho has had an extended and varied
experience on tho stage, and at differ
ent periods In her career has essayed
roles that were both Important and
popular. Her best work has perhaps
been In tho way of character interpre
tations. She Is a woman ot engaging
presence, and has given much of her
time to tho sincere study of her art.
Eleanor Duo was enthusiastically
received in Russia. There were never
less than five thousand rouples In the
theater at each perfoimance. In Berlin
thero was at least forty-eight hundred
marks in tne house at every represen
tation. She was most successful in
"Tha Second Mrs. Tanqueray," and In
"Magdn." Sudermann was enthusiastic
In his prnlso ot her. "You are the real
author of tho play," he said to her,
after he saw ter In his drama.
If the theater managers aro to bo be
lieved, and they should bo trusted for
the statement the bicycle Is playing
havoc this spring with the attendance
at most of tho big playhouses. The
mild evenings ot late havo enticed out-of-doors
tho majority ot persons who
rldo wheels, and who might otherwise
be counted on as purchasers ot theater
seats.
Mrs. Selena Fetter Roylo Is a south
ern woman who has attained consid
erable celebrity on tho stage. She is
tho wlfo ot Edwin Milton Royle, who
is bc6t known as the, author ot the
play "Friends," which was Been two
or three seasons ago. Mrs. Royle la a
member ot her husband's company,
which is now "on tho road." She made
her greatest "hit" as the kittenish
widow in Rronson Howard's play,
"Tho Henrietta."
Emily Dancker is an English actress,
who began her American caaeer In
Roslna Vokes' company, and first
strove for stellar honors in the comedy
known aa "Our Flat," In which she
played successfully for several seasons.
Her recent metropolitan appearance,
I which occurred March 27 last, at the
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EMILY DANCKER.
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Murray Hill theater, wob made In "A
Divorce Cure," which Berved to intro
duce her most idvantagcously, and for
her creation of the principal role there
in she received much favorable com
ment. Miss Dancker Is an nctreRh of
conslderablo ability, and has shown
herself capablo ot sustaining with
ctedlt both emotional and comedy
roles.
Miss Anna Ward Tiffany Is a woman
who has successfully taken broad Irish
roles, in which broguo and "bulls"
foim tho ground work and rapid
speech la tho superstructure. Miss
Tiffany has a magnetic presence on
the stage, and hor enthusiastic rendi
tion of Irish characters are of Interest.
Just now she is playing a small but
merry part In "Tho Electrician," ono
of thoso old-fashioned melodramas
brimming .with bvavo speeches and
tlmcky interferences, and oozing wilful
complicity at every pore.
In the melodrama, "At Vlney Ridge,"
Miss L. Barnard appears 'n a character
part which Is thoroughly sustained
from tho riser to tho fall ot the curtain.
Miss Darnard renders her Impersona
tions with earnestness.
Hero is a ynrn from tho Rialto to be
accepted (or not) at Its faco value:
Ono of the most popular Italian com
edians was playing with great success
at the municipal theater at Turin tho
part ot a thief. About 1 o'clock on a
certain afternoon he went out to lunch
Fomowhat untidily dressed, as he had
not had tlmo to change his clothes.
At the corner of tho street two llttlo
boys who had witnessed tho perform
ance the preceding day and had en
thusiastically applauded tho actor,
were conversing, when tho younger
exclaimed, "Look, Peplno, Isn't that
the thief of last night?" "Per Bacco!"
answered Peplno, "It is, indeed, last
night's thief." Two detectives, who
were standing near, heard theso words
and at onco followed the actor, whoso
strange dress and clean shaven face
made him look not altogether unlike a
convict. They soon overtook and ar
rested him. Tho astonished actor was
compelled to accompany them to the
police ctatlon, whoro ho had to wait
until the inspector had finished his
lunch that was not until half past
three o'clock. The mystery was then
speedily solved, and "lost night's
thief," hungry, thirsty, half angry and
half amused, was at length able to
proceed to his hotel,
Ono of tho clever women in tho cast
ot Messrs. De Longo and Arthur's
comedy, "The Gay Mr. LIghtfoot,"
which was recently put on the stage
of the Dljou theater, la Miss Agnes
Flndlay. An English actress, Miss
Flndlay made her Initial appearance
In this country in the play just named.
She plays her role acceptably, and
seems to be a good character actress
ot tho Allco Fisher stripe. In other
words, she Is not afraid to transform
herself Into a creature hideous and un
lovely. Sho does not hesitate to hide
her personality under a covering ot
thick words, rags and painted wrink
les. Dravest effort of all, however, on
Miss Findlay's part, sho makes her
self appear ugly In tho Interest ot pure
comedy and rollicking fun.
The people ot Borneo make boer from
the pepper plant.
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AGNES FINDLAY.
comedy, "The Gay Mr. LIghtfoot,"
WIFE SEEKS RELIEF.
CHAPTER IN A MILLIONAIRE'S
DOMESTIC LIFE.
the Declare That Her Hatband Made
Life a n n r den Want. Alimony, a.
She Hat No Meant of Support A
Sensational Cate.
OHN H. Costello,
the millionaire tan
ner of Costello, Pa.,
Is being sued by his
wife, Sarah Caro
line, for a limited
dlvorco on tho
ground ot cruelty
and abandonment.
Mrs. Costello also
asks for alimony
nnd tho custody of
her children. The papers were served
on tho defendant the other day in the
supremo court of Orange county, nt
Newburg, N. Y., where Mr. CoBtello
had gone to answer a writ calling upon
him to produce tho children. Two
months ago Mrs. Costello brought ha
beas corpus proceedings against her
husband to secure the possession of her
6-ycar-old son, Robin, and her 8-yenr-old
Bon, Thomas A. Costello. Mr. Cos
tello had tho two llttlo boya in his pos
session and placed them in a boarding
school at Cornwall Heights, with strict
orders to tho principal not to let his
(Costcllo's) wife 'see them. After try
ing In vain several times to seo hor
llttlo boys, Mrs. Costello brought this
suit. When It first came up Mr. Cos
tello was absent In Mexico, nnd JuJge
Hlrschbcrg postponed nrgument to al
low him an opportunity of being pres
ent. Judge Hlrechberg ruled that as
the children are In tho possession of
Mr. Costello, and thero has been no dl
vorco proceedings between tho couple,
Mrs. Costello could not havo possession
of them, but that, she could seo her boys
occasionally, while they were at school.
They clung to their mother ns long ns
possible while sho was In tho court
room. While In court Mr. Costello was
served with a summons and complaint
In a suit for limited divorce. It Is al
leged that Mrs. Costello's. lawyers had
been trying to terve tho papers on her
husband for some time, but could not
catch him, and that the habeas corpus
proceeding was merely a clever ruse
for tho purpose of getting him where ho
could bo served.
In her affidavit Mrs. Costello tells a
long story of abuses and suffering dur
ing her married life. The defendant is
a son of Patrick H. Costello, who
founded the town ot Costello, Pa., and
died worth $2,000,000. Ho is a largo,
handsome man of forty; Mrs. Costello
is six years his junior. His home is in
Niagara; Mrs. Costello came from Cam
den, N. J., and Is at present living In
Newburg. Tho Costellos were married
In Camden, N. J., in 1881 and had seven
children, only three of whom are liv
ing. Theso three are boys. Tho eldest
is 14 years ot age; tho youngest is C.
All threo aro at school, one In Buffalo
and the others in Cornwall. In her
complaint Mrs. Costello alleges that
she always has conducted herself to
ward tho defendant as a faithful and
obedient wife, but that he, disregard
ing his duties as a husband and father,
has, during nearly tho whole course of
their married life, treated her In a cruel
and Inhuman manner, and rendered it
unsafo and Improper for her to live
with him. Soon nfter tho marriage,
says Mrs. Costello, sho moved to Oleau,
N. Y putting up at a hotel at which
her husband'B mother, Bister, brother
and sister-in-law wero stopping.
When Mr. Costello arrived at Olean,
he Insisted on his wife's "moving out
of her comfortable apartments and tak
ing rooms in another hotel, which was
cheorless and uncomfortable." Ho said
that his mother objected to his wife's
prcsenco in themme house. Costello,
in 1884, without provocation, sho al
leges, seized and threw at her a wooden
bracket, "sorely wounding nnd bruising
her head and causing It to bleed." In
1892, when her youngest child was two
months old, "ho caught her around the
neck and nearly choked her." In 1894
he threw a brick at her. She "dodged
the brick and It tore a hole In the wall."
Mrs. Costello furthermore accuses her
JOHN H. COSTELLO.
ausband ot calling her offensive names
In the presence of her children and tho
servants, and ot making allegations
about her character. Mr. Costello has
twice sued his wife tor an absolute di
vorce. He brought hU first action In
1891, and discontinued it. Ho began
his second action in 1893, sho says, and
after a long trial before a Jury in Cou
dorsport, Pa., a verdict was rendered
In her favor, allowing her $300 a month
alimony. He paid the alimony for a
few months, according to her affidavit,
but discontinued It after that, and since
that, she says, she has been living on
borrowed money, and owes a bill at
the Fifth A,venuo hotel, in New York,
amounting to $500. Costello, It Is al
leged, brought bis action agatast his
wlfo on testimony furnished by prlvato
detectives in his employ, and he, with
one of the detectives, was arreated nnd
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later indicted for conspiracy. Mr. and
Mrs. Costello were married In 1881,
LEAPS FROM ISTH FLOOR.
Chicago Man lire a Uullet Into Ulf
Ilraln and Fall 160 Feet.
William F. Mittman, a Chicago danc
ing master, Btood on a narrow railing
surrounding tho Interior court on tho
thirteenth floor of tho Chamber ot
Commcrco building tho other morning
nnd fired a bullet Into his brain. His
boSy lugged forward, and, gathering
momentum as It dropped, whirled
through tho 150 feet between tho rail
ing and the mosaic floor below. A mo
ment later the human form struck tho
pavement and tho crash nlarmed every
occupant ot tho building. Tho crushed
body did not quiver, for life hnd lied.
A note found in tho dead man's hand
read as follows:
"May 25, 1897. Now, Flora, you see
I have dono Just what I said I was go
ing to do. I Intended to do this yes
terday, but I thought I would give you
ono moro chanco; but you wero just as
stubborn as ever. I saw thero was no
moro hope left.
"This Is a caso ot domestic trouble
which was brought about six years ago.
Not financial, because I had plenty ot
money. My dancing class was a suc
cess, but I did not pay any bills, be
cause it was no uso. I spent tho money
on account ot my homo troubles. My
wlfo knew I made lots of money, but
sho did not know whero it went, and
never will. I said to her If she keeps
up her high temper sho would bo sorry
for it, but sho did not caro, and roasted
mo almost every day, and made tho ex
pense very heavy. Every tlmo we had
a fuss it cost mo $1 to $10 a fuss. I
managed to keep my llfo insurance paid
up. That I 'did on account of my precty
llttlo girl, Ruth. I am' sorry that 1
havo to do this for her sake, but It ia
better for me. I can't live with her
mother.
"I hope, Flora; you will bo satisfied
WILLIAM F. MITTMAN.
and when you get the money from the
lodge, National Union and Royal
League, you will be able to buy a horse
and carriage, plenty of dresses and
everything you want. I could have
dono a great deal moro for you It, you
would only agreo with mo, but you ac
cused mo of something I was not guilty
of. You thought I was always giving
money to my sister, which was not
true."
At tho Mittman homo It was denied
that there had been quarrels botween
tho sulcldo and his wife. Mrs. Mitt
man was too much prostrated to talk,
but her mother, Mrs. Maria Mundt, who
lived with tho MittmonB, said she and
her daughter wero firmly convinced
that Mittman had been Insane.
Mittman was 38 years old and for
many years had taught dancing. He
taught classes at Kretschmar's, C31
North Clark street, and gave private
lessonB at his homo. Ho married Mlas
Flora-Mundt six years ago In the house
whero tho family still resides. For
about tho same length of time ho has
been employed by Bungo Bros. TBe,
members of tho firm say his accounts
are all right. Mittman has one child,
Ruth, who la beautiful, and seems to
have been almost worshiped by him.
Another Victim.
Romantic Lover (to hlmselt-She
has refused me. Sho shall suffer! 1
will darken her llfo at the cost ot my
own. Ah, ha, proud beauty I You
shall drag through tho coming years
knowing that a Bulclde's blood is upon
your head. '
(Shoots himself. Curtain.)
Tho Proud Beauty (reading from tho
paper the next day) Mr. A. S. S. Soft
head, a boarder at Mrs. Sllmdlet'a
boarding house, No. 33333 Avenue X,
committed suicide laBt evening In his
room. Ho had appeearcd unwell for
soveral days. Thus one moro caso Is
added to tho long list of suicides from
la grippe. ,
Shoot, to Save HU Wife.
Crazed with drink, Clinton Rouck,
Newton Fritz and Harry Hufford enter
ed the houso ot Henry Van Dusklrk,
near East Stroudsburg, Pa., tho other
day, and' attempted to assault his wlfo.
Tho husband was la bed with pneu
monia. Hearing bis wife's cries for
help, ho Bccurod a reolver and flred.
The ball entered Rouck's stomach.
The latter flred four shots in return,
one striking Van Busklrk In the right
breast, penetrating the lungs. Both
are dead. Rouck and Fritz are .low
under arrest, but Hufford has so fai
eluded capture.
ICobbert Murder Man and Wife.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bokell, living in
the country near Howard Lake, Mlnn.,
were robbed ot $400 and murdered last
Sunday night. The instrument ot
leath was an ax, which was found in
the yard covered with blood. Thero
Is no clew to the murderers.
During the entre-acts ot the Greek
theater boys sell dates, figs, bre4
and wine in the seats.
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