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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTOItlAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1008. TRIP TALKS SHOP, What the Dilapidated Has to Say About His Profession. STRANGE EVENTS HAPPEN. And the Moral Lesson to Be Drawn From Most of Them In Hit Favor, Says Knight of the Road Ha Ob jects to Being Jailed. ; fOopyrlght, 1W, by T. C. McClure. 1 wouldn't go so far as to reconi nrad the heir to a million dollar estate to tarn tramp," said the dilapidated gentleman as he pocketed the quarter tendered him, "but at the same time I wish to saj that enjoyable events r constantly happening In this pro fession. Perhaps the leading one Is being suspected of murder. It has happened to me some five or six times la the- last eight years, and I now look "get out of this jail!" forward to It as a part and parcel of tk season's programme. "There has been a murder commit ted in a city, a village or out in the country, and the murderer has got way. The murder may have been for revenge, robbery, Jealousy or what mot The first thing the police do, fall ing to find the guilty party within a few hours, is to lay the crime to tramps. Their own records would bow them that the tramp class is icce clear of capital crimes than al most any other, and yet the first in stinct is to go for it The call goes Jcth in city and village to round it n, and country constables for fifty miles around are warned to be on the lookout "I am plodding along a country high way or taking a nap under a tree tie tide the road when the heavy hand of toe law is laid upon me. The constable ary have five or six men at bis back, all armed and all regarding me as a cost desperate character. I am bound fctnd and foot There is much rejoic ing. The constable feels that he will le nominated for sheriff next time, and? those with him know they will be regarded as heroes for some time to tome. T am told that I am a red landed murderer and that if I so much as raise a finger I shall have my brains Wown into the next county. The procession heads for the county jail and makes a triumphal entry into the town; Everybody turns out to see and to ask questions. The constable and his assistants are almost carried round on the shoulders of the mob. A aoom sets in, and real estate Jumps 25 per cent It is hours before the excite aient abates. The telephone and the Jtlegraph spread the news all over the Kwntry that the murderer has been ar rested; and the jailer wouldn't trade pifcees with the president of the Unit ed States. "Of course there is a mob of newspa per men, and of course I am pictured and described as a villain and all that t)ar reporter' may not even get in to see me, but that makes no difference with his writing two or three columns about the affair and giving my per ianal description. People are let in to pcie on a wild beast Not a man has the slightest doubt that I am guilty. "If I have been captured for a mur er outside the county I am taken tway after three or four days. If it is in the county I am kept in jail until Uie examination comes off. in either event I live like a fighting cock. The officials all defer to me. I get extras with my meals for being a murderer. Igot cigars for being a hero. Ministers tall to see me, and now and then a ibouquet comes in. I am informed by She detectives and others that they aave got a straight case against me and then advised to own up and throw myself on the mercy of the court. That's where the laugh comes in. One of Two Things Sure to Happen. "In the course of a week one of two things is sure to happen. The officers tither feet the right clew and I am set at liberty or I am arraigned for exam ination. In the former case the sheriff eomes to my cell and calls out: " 'Here, you miserable old tramp, get wit of this!' " 'What for?' "'Because I say so. You are dis fharged from custody. Why In the devil didn't you say you weren't guilty? " 'But I did.' " 'Don't lie to me! Get out of this Jail! A nice mess you have made of it! People are calling me the biggest ass In the state! Get a hump on your telf r nuu inv jcwia HKO IU u v. . where I had lain for a week under charge of a double murder, tho sheriff kicked me as I left the Jail. I went straight to a lawyer and had hltn ar rested for assault and battery, ani ba settled the case by handing mo $35. "If I am arraigned 1 am given a law yer. It's dead easy for him to show exactly where I was at the date, or, rather, where I wasn't. On one occa sion 1 was at work In the hayfiold six ty miles from the spot On another I was chopping wood for a farmer sev euty miles distant I am set at liberty, but grudgingly. The public had Its mind made up that I was guilty and should be banged, and It's a disap pointment to all. "Let me tell you that the dilapidated gentleman reasoned things out long ago. He Is no more a crimlnnl by In stinct than any other man. He doesn't want to lose his life or his liberty. He Is not greedy for gain. Not one tramp In ten would quit the road if he got a legacy of $5,000. Give hltn sufficient for today aud the morrow may go hang. He may bit back If you hit him, but he has no cause to want to murder any one. He may steal to as suage hunger, but not for profit Now and then you hear of some tramp rob bing a farmhouse. He Is either uruok or a fool. No pawnbroker will take anything from him, because he Is a tramp. No person will buy any of his plunder for fear of being compromised. The tramp with sense In his head knows this, and If a dozen farmhouses were open to him there would be no temptation. "Suppose that a tramp stole $25 In cash from a bouse. If he struck a town and went to buy a suit of clothes he'd be suspected. If he went to a ho tel and wauted to become a guest he'd be suspected. If he even bought a new hat or a new pair of shoes It might be made the grounds for his arrest. How would It profit him, then, to take the money? "I have worked for a farmer for six weeks on a stretch and taken the road with $30 in my pocket I have been arrested a day later and bad to send for him to prove that I wasn't a thief. If I had a ten dollar bill In my pocket I might walk 200 miles and not find anybody to change it for me. I once found a twenty dollar bill on the streets of a town. I carried that bill with me for four months and then at last gave a tin peddler $2 premium to change It He felt sure that I had stolen It, but decided to take chances. Tramp It Suspected. "You see that a horse has been stol en and a tramp is suspected. Bosh! Where would he go with It? WThom could he sell it to? You see that country store has been robbed. It was tramps that did it Bosh! What could they do with their plunder? A post- office Is entered and the safe blown open. Tramps some more. Bosh! When you find a tramp that can blow a safe you may look for cows with wings. The door of that postofflce might be left wide open every night in the year and be would pass on. "inree years ago in Connecticut a farmer's barn was robbed of fifty bushels of oats one night His own bags were used to sack them up. The team used to draw them away was fol lowed for six miles. I was within ten miles of the site of the robbery that night, and next day I was arrested as the robber. I was held In Jail for a week before being examined to allow of the sheriff working up the case, but when things finally came to a head you ought to have heard the Justice score him. He was a man of sense, he was, and he made the sheriff out a born fool within ten minutes. If I stole the oats I must have stolen a team to draw them away. Who had lost a team? It would have taken two men to sack and load the oats. Where was the other man? "Oh, yes, there are events in the life of every dilapidated gentleman on the road, and the moral lesson to be drawn from most of them Is in his favor. He does less lying than any salesman, less stealing than confidential clerks, and, as for immorality, your millionaire Is convicted of It oftener than your tramp." li. QUAD, j To Republican Voters AN OVERWHELMING majority of Oregon's voters by registration have formally declared that they believe in the principles of the Republican Party. Let them now show that they are honest by voting in accordance with their declarations. The Oregon election comes before the Republican National Convention. Let every Republican voter in the Second , Congressional District uphold the honor of the Republican Party in Oregon and strengthen the influence of Oregon's delegation in the National Convention by voting for H. M. Cake for United States Senator and W. R. Ellis for Representative in Congress. If either of these Repub lican nominees fail of election the primary election system will be discredited and a return of boss rule will be invited. The good name of Oregon's delegation to the National Convention will be placed in a humiliating position. For the effect it will have on the November election it is imperative that the Republican nominees in the June elec tion shall be elected by an overwhelming majority. As a believer in the principles of the Republican Party it is your duty to be at the polls June 1st, and vote for Cake and Ellis. SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT REPUBLICAN CENT'L COMMITTEE ii E. H. FLAGG, Secy. W. E. WILLIAMSON, Chairman ii ....... ,.,.n,i. .. ,im. ,,,,,,. i 1-1. 1 . ml uiTll'tvVii I .l.i'll'M VI Most oi our ambitious young American, girls work too hard at school. Many teachers have littlo or no jiKlsrment nliout pushinir tt child beyond her endurance. They ought to Know that girls especially nave a danger period. 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That's a sign that spring Is here. Xow, I" "No," Interrupted the editor, glaring at him significantly; "it's a sign that the spring poet la here." Philadelphia Press. Curiosity Gratified. "Why do you chew gum?" The young person addressed brought her Jaws together with an unwonted snap. "Mebbe it is because I like to have some business of my own to attend to," she answered, resuming such attention forthwith. Philadelphia Ledger. There Is nothing else "just as good" as Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure, ami the other kinds cost just as mu?h as this famors remedy. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS HELP WANTED WANTED GOOD MAN IN EVERY locality; good pay; experience un necessary to represent large real estate organization, write today. R. F, Loos Co., Dcs Moines, Iowa. WANTED BOY TO LEARN THE printing trade. Call Aitorian office. WANTED A CAPABLE COOK, clean and reliable. Inquire of Mrs. Samuel Elmore, at Grand avenue ami Fourteenth. 5-19-tf. MISCELLANEOUS. 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FOR SALE-SMALL ROOMING house: partly furnished; must be sold at once, parties leaving town Enquire 154 9th street. . 4-10-tf, FOX fiXHT. FOR RENT ROOMS SUIT- able for housekeeping for small family. Apply Van Dusen, 119 11th street. 5-9-tf. CORNER NINTH AND DUANE. Board $5.00 and up. 5-9-tf, FOUND. FOUND LADIES' BELT; OWN er can have same by proving prop crty and paying for this advertise mcnt at this office. HOUSE MOVERS. FREDRICKSON BROS.-We make a specialty of house moving, car penters, contractors, general jobbing; prompt attention to all orders. Cor ner Tenth and Duane streets. Do You Wear Shoes? We sell the kind, that wear longest and look the best The Dr. A Rccd Cushion Shoe We handle a special line of Loggers' Shoes Give us a triaL S. A. GIMRE GOOD SHOES. 543 Bond St., op. Ross, Higgins & Co. TheVermont Dairy I am prepared to furnish pure milk and cream. Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 14 Farmers line. W. J. INGALLS. MEN AND WOMEN, Dm Big CI tor unnatural dl8ohrji,inflmniatloni. Irritation, or ulceration) of inuooua membrane, CmIuIm. PainlnM. and not aatrln. THEEvHSCHEMICItLCO. gent or polaonoui. O.f! Sold bj DrunrliU, m . fn nlaln arrant,. f exprene, prepaid, tor I On. or I Imttlea I2.TS. Circular eeut OB rtxiuetf. lalletdlTlX g Quer.nued M it" 1 K ,1 PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS ALL AW " CHARLES H. ABERCROMBIE Attorncy-at-Law City Attorney Offices: City IU1I JOHN C, McCUE Attcrney-at-Law Deputy District Attorney. Page Building Suite 4. HOWARD M. BROWNELL Attorncy-at-Law Office with Mr, J. A. Eakin, at 420 Commercal St., Astoria. MASSAGE. DOCTORS PRESCRIBING MAS sage, call Olga Landen, Finnish masseuse, Pythian bldg., Commercial street. OSTEOPATHS. DR RHODA C. HICKS Osteopath Office Maxell Bldg. I'lione Black 2065 573 Commercial St.. Astoria, Ore. DENTISTS DR. VAUGHAN Dentist Pythian Building, Astoria, Oregon DR. W. C, LOGAN Dentist Commercial St. Shanahan Bldg, BUSINESS DIRECTORY. RESTAURANTS. TOKIO RESTAURANT. 331 Bond Street Oj posite Ross, Higgins & Co. 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Unless you know just how to do it, the front pleats won't iron down smooth, and the shirt front will look mussy. Our New Press Ironer irons them without rolling or stretching. Try It TROY LAUNDRY, Tenth and Duane. Phone Main 1991 PLUMBERS. PLUMBER Heating Contractor, Tinner -AND- Sheet Iron Worker LL WORK GUARANTEED 425 Bond Street WINES AND LIQUORS. Eagle Concert Hall (320 Astor Street) Rooms for rent by the day, week, or month. Best rates in town. P. A. PETERSON, Prop. Prepared instantly, simply add boning- water, cool and serve. 10c, per package at 11 grocers, 7 flavor, ReluiealliubiUtutei. KM MONTGOMERY "mi 111 ntrimmttwmwnrtrim- i if inr
