Show CAUGHT IN BARBEDWIRE COILS Unhappy Acrobatic Experience of a Man Who Was Weary A welldressed man who gave his name as James Smith was arrested yesterday afternoon In front of the residence pf F L Oswald on East First South on complaint of Mrs Oswald Thp man came along the street with a suggestive roll which indicated ho had dined well There Is a railing in front of the Oswald house and little boys have In time past disported thereon In times past but not any more because be-cause barbed wire has been placed around the railing When Smith reached here he either thought of taking ta-king a rest or lost his balance for he fell against the railing and a large tangle resulted It seems his clothing became somewhat torn and he finally fell clear across the raIlIng crushing to death fine blades of glass on the lawn He struggled away trying to ex tricate himself for a time and though many people passed nobody gave the poor rellov a hand to help him out of his difllculty He finally broke away and came back again Ho seemed to labor under the Impression that the railing constituted a pair of parallel bars and that he was called upon to do some gymnastic stunts He took the second whirl with but little more luck and with his makeup sadly disarranged dis-arranged he quit the thing and sat down on a nmooth place on the railing to reflect His actions had alarmed the occupants of the house and shortly after af-ter he concluded his second performance perform-ance the patrol wagon which had been telephoned for arrived and gathered him in It is rumored that if he has luck In getting out of his trouble the prisoner will bring suit against the occupants oc-cupants of the house for maintaining a device dangerous to the public trousers trou-sers |