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Show I CENTRAL, GIVE ME HEAVEN! But a Policeman Gets Him Before tho Connection Is Made. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sept. 23. Astronomers As-tronomers who sought to signal tho Inhabitants In-habitants of Mars navo been beaten at their own game, according to tho police; by "Professor" John R. Jones, who was arrested at tho instance of Director Pot-tor Pot-tor of the Department of Public Safety, as ho was In tho act of telephoning to tho Angel Gabriel for advlco on how to restore to a cliont the regards which his lady lovo had transferred to another. Jones's dcvlco for communicating with Gabriel was a queer apparatus In tho third story, consisting of a maze of cords. bellB, nets, and a receiver which looked like a tin funnel. The alleged lmposter was taken into custody by Special Policemen Moriarlty and Petorson, who wont to Jones in disguise dis-guise and had their past and futuro ro-vcaled ro-vcaled through tho aid of tho angol. After Moriarlty laid down $14 Jones consulted con-sulted his new tangled telephone to heaven. heav-en. Hero Is what Jones told Moriarlty to do: "Go home, take a pistol, stand In the back yard at midnight, and flro. two shots, ono toward Germantown, tho other toward League island. Then put your linger on the tall of a bluo maltose cat as it Is going over a fenco and everything will bo lovely at home." Policeman Peterson told Jones that ho was broken hearted becauso he had been Jilted, For ?2 Jones got into communication communi-cation with Gabriel, then put some pow-ner pow-ner in an envclopp for Peterson's friend. It was at about "this stago when Petor-fion Petor-fion pulled out tho warrant and Jones collapsed. |