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Show p 1 POLICE PREVENT 1 GRUDGE EIGHT I m Break Into Building in I: Nick of Time. r.1 jLtJ! (VIen Had Entered Ring and ;(Hjr;il Were Just Rtady to l l ''O'' End Quarreled Over a Woman , and aH i I 'fii Were to Settle Differences 'i J ,: With Gloves. ijf j?'' trw-THEN the clock In the city and ' al county building had just tolled Hj the hour of midnight a careful i p-j observer on upper Main street ' ' J, might have noticed divers groups of . ;, ' ' ,' men making their way stealthily j through a long, dark alley and .up a " stairway, into a dimly lighted gymnn-slum. gymnn-slum. One corner of the spacious apart- Hj i ' ' J mcnt had been roped oft In true Marquis I of Queensbury style and everything ! j was in readiness for the set-to even to Hl j the towels and water-bottles. '!,. The principals had just finished mtik- jj.jj , ; ing up their toilets before facing each i. " , . j other In the squared circle. After re- ,( ' j ceivlng the good wishes of their friends Ht jhj'l , -' j I the men climbed through the ropes and H'jJ ''ij took their respective places in the V)j i arena. HJ '"jji ' i ' Called to Center of Ring. 1 , , (j Prof. Blank, the referee, had just v ii ij called the mer. to the center of the in- Hj 1 , , closure to give them their final In- H J structlons when the sound of crashing jj ; , timber resounded through the hall and J i J a moment Inter six burly policemen en- Hj ) , terod'the room. i .! "The house Is pinched!" shouted one Hf i i '! of the spectators, as he caught sight Hj 1 ( " of the brass buttons and Bhining stars j j (i , r on the officers' uniforms. Instantly if i 11 j there was a scramble and the crowd , , made n desperate attempt to rush past ' the police and escape from the place. , ,'i , The platoon of police formed In a ' , ,j body before the exit and with drawn l I, clubs ordered the spectators to remain j j 1 quiet under penalty of being roughly j j . j handled. This had a soothing effect on 1 II) ' '..( ' the fight fans and they immedlately subsided. jj' Police Begin. Investigation. i j An Investigation was then in order. (J ' , t "T0 Sergeant In command discovered ' ir .: that as the fight had not yet com- j . fjl ; i ! menced no laws had been trampled up- llV'h i on anu 110 rreBts could le made. How- j' j' . .! ever, the principals and spectators were Hl 1 ' fyi j told in terms more forcible than elo- 1 ' quent that unless there "was a hasty . scattering each and every one of the H' , , j assembled pei-sons would be favored I ' with a ride In the "hoodlum wagon." ' ), ; and a stay at the hotel owned and op- ,. erated by the city, more commonly '! j - ',' known ns the "bug house." ' J ' j J Affnir of Honor. H' J,l'''r 'JliJ This was the abrupt termination of H 'j what was scheduled to be "an affair j' li ? of honor" between two well-known ' , , young men of this city. As usual a B, J i, 1 , 1 ; , woman figured ciultc prominently In Mi 'i the trouble. Just what the dlfHculty , I .i -'i was the principals refused to divulge, j j I,' 1 ( but It was sufficient to cause the two J J I' JLochlnvars to arrange for a settlement , j' in the good old-fashioned way. Sec-''jrl Sec-''jrl j , onds had been chosen, a referee select- ii: -'" ed and considerable money placed as I 'fti an additional incentive to the lovers, to ' j I ,r j ' do their, best. Had not Sergt. Roberts ' j and his squad swooped down when they I' Jj did the trouble would probably have ' . ' been settled forever. As it Is, the mat- K' I) j .) tcr is still hanging fire, although each 1. ' ''I'. of the principals Insists that there will H' , t': be a settlement within, the next few 1 ' j ' days. Watcli the hospital records for 1 ''-.ii names. |