Show His Own Detective fNew York Sun Manila arrested him at his own request sir was part of tile report of an officer of the day of the Colorado regimtint of volunteers in Manila re ceatly He was giving an account of the welfare of tIre regiment on the day previous to the commanding colonel and preparing to resign his tweaty fourhour reign to his successor Mr Segun Saleedo a Filipino naUve according ac-cording to the records of the retiring officer was at that moment reposing in the Colorado regiments guardhouse At his own request reiterated Colonel Col-onel McCoy how was that He presented this card sir and act lag according to its Instructions I placed him in custody With this statemeat the officer presented a much crumpled card on which was irritteg Ia English Any guard or sentinel trill arrest this man He Is wanted for robbery rob-bery The officer finished his report and after being formally dismissed saluted and left while the new officer of the day advanced to receive his instructions instruc-tions With half a hundred other cases the colonel put that of the native who had caused his own arrest and ordered the netv oflicer of the day to investigate it An interpreter was procured anti the owfullooking Senor Salcedo was brought forth from the dungeon to be intrrogated He then proceeded to tell that it W not he who was wanted for robbery but the man who had robbed him After the queer mixture mix-ture of Tagalog and Castlliaa had been properly translated It was found that the man had received the card ott which was written the strange order by an officer of the provost guard to whore he had complained that he had been robbed He had entered a uilez one of the many street craft of Manila fr a drive anti in a lonely spot the driver had halted the rig and made him tie liver all his valuables He was then invited out of the rig and the driver said Adios and whipped up The police officer upon hearing the natives story prqbably thought it a good plan to let tile native himself hun up the robber and gave him the card hi order that he might have him arrested ar-rested as soon as found The man became be-came puzzled over the directions he re celved and after much wandering about presented the card to a guard o the Colorado regiment in San Sebastian district for further orders The guard called the corporal and lie comiIled with what he saw ordered on the card and notified the officer of the day Senor Sacedo proved sufficient lone cence to gain his release |