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Show HE SLEPT UNDER A GARDEN SPRAY ' Officer Positive the Fellow Was Drunk, But the .Sleeper Was Only I Fatigued Strange Case in Police Court Water Has Soothing Effect on Stranger. "I cau l tell whether this man was iVuuk or crazy," said Judge Murphy this : morning, after hearing the testimony tes-timony In the c9e of the City against Carl .Smith. "Ho hail better stand aside until a further Investigation can bo made as to what is really tho matter mat-ter with the man It seems Strang-? to me that he would sleep uudc-r tho play of water from a garden hoac, entirely oblivious to his environment" environ-ment" I . Carl Smith pleaded not guilty to the charge of being "unlawfully drunk" August 15, and the court proceeded pro-ceeded to hear testimony in the case, Officer Kelllhor being Bwofn to give ! evidence In the interests of tho city, j I Officer Kclllher stated that on the I r.Ight of August 15 he found Smith I on the Union Depot lawn, fast asleep, u?ider tho garden hose that was dls- ' trlbutlng water in different dtrec- 1 tIon3. .Ho said that the fellow was apparently dead to the world, as he ..ild no attention to the free shower bath he was receiving. After arousing arous-ing the mau. he concluded that the follow was drunk, for he showed no signs of being sick and It would be quite Impossible for hlra to sleep under the spray of water unless ho I were under the Influonco of liquor. The officer said he had jaen a good many drunken men and thought ha lwiew one whon he saw him, and that It was his opinion that Smith was drunk. Smith stated on the witness stand that he was not drunk, and that he had never Indulged in Intoxicating drinks In his life. Ho also stated that he was from Kansas City, arriving ; here the afternoon of August 15, look- j lug for work In his life of watchmaking. watch-making. He was very tired and ho iuld down upon the lawn at the depot to rost. He said the hose was turned on him after he fell asleep aud that he was bo fatigued that the gentle fall of water did not awaken him He said it was rather warm that night, and that the spray of water must , hnve served aa a, soothing bath. At I any rate, Morpheus held him until the thump of the policeman's stick I upon his shoes aroused him. It Is more than likely that Smith will be releasod from custody. He stated after the adjournment of court, J in the presence of the judge, that he I Is not a drinking man and that be ! nctually slept soundly and naturally under the spray of the lawn hose. |