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Show KNEW THE "DOG EATER", Alleged Savago in Side Show an Indian. In-dian. Territory Negro. CHECTAH, I. T., Oct. 22.-An example of the 'proverb that "the American people like lo bo humbugged" was brought to tho i attention of R. B. Hutchinson, a prominent promi-nent merchant of this city, when ho visit- i ed a park in St. Louis whllo seeing tho fair. He camo to a small building where a loud-mouthed showman was soliciting the people to come and see ono of the original "dog-eating" men right from tho Philippines. Inside was a savage-looking black man, and he wa3 making frantic efforts to get hold of Uvo dogs which woro chained to a shelf ovei his head. Tho showman declared de-clared that the "dog eater" would e"at the animals dead or allvo if he could only get hold of them. He suggested to the people In the tent, one of whom was Mr. Hutchinson, that tho "dog cater" could not understand a word of English. but that. If they would cheer him. ho would mako moro frantic efforts to reach one of tho dogt. The cheering, of course, conveyed tho Impression outside of the tent that a flno show was going on lnsldo and the pcoplo crowded In, ns was Intended. Mr. Hutchinson Hutch-inson made the startling discovery as soon as ho stepped Into tho show that tho wild "dog eater" was a well-known negro of Cheetah, who had followed the occupation of blacking shoes. Tho enterprising showman show-man ho also iecognlzed as a gambler who formerly lived In his townn. All except Mr. Hutchinson, however, went away convinced con-vinced that they had received, the worth of their money. |