Show HAD FAKE JEWELRY John Flaherty Does Not Enjoy His Liberty Long John Flaherty who recently finished a ninety days term In the city jail for vagrancy was arrested about 0 oclock last night by Officer Williamson on the same charge Earlier In the evening Flaherty had flourished what appeared to be a gold ring of cojossal dImensions at the Continental saloon before X W Clayton Jr Leslie Hanson Han-son Frank Farrcll and FarrlB Jeppo sen boys from 36 to IS years of age Flnhprty told a story of hard luck praised the ring and offered to sell It for a dollar and represented so the boys say that it was worth a much grgater sum The ring looked very good to the boys so they each contributed con-tributed a quarter and completed the deal The lads then went to Second South street and obtained a teat of the ring which proved It to be worth less Thereupon they hunted Flaherty up locating him at the corner of First South and State streets and demanded the return of their money Flaherty agreed to comply with the request but claimed that he had only a half dollar left and said if the boys would go wlthhlm luhalf block he would get the amount The party then proceeded soutlx to Commercial avenue where Flaherty wantedto run toward Commercial Com-mercial street to which move the boys objected In terms so strong as to1 at tract the police When arrested Fin bony was decidedly abusive and when searched his pockets were found to contain another cheap ring a pair of spectacles of the uamc grade a piece of qandlo and u note which In pathetic language represented that the bearer wap deaf and dumb the rqsult of typhoid ty-phoid fever It alsq asked for money which topay his expenses In learning the sign language at 1 a deaf and dumb school and assured the roader that the money would be put to good useL i The boys contended that they were oatlslled the ring was worthless tand that their part in the transaction was in the capacity of detectives and they made good their contention by catch lug the prisoner At the time of the arrest another young man who did not give his name to the officer wild Flaherty tried to sell him the other ring jand failing abused him by callIng call-Ing him one Sheolss stool pigeons The young man ulso said that FIn herty wna accompanied by two confederates confed-erates one of whom was on crutches Two suspects answering the descrip lion were found and taken to the station sta-tion but the unknown young man had gone so that the suspects could not bo Identified and they were released They gave the names of Harry Wil liams and Thomas Burke and Williams carried four very cheap watches and a razor S |