Show Butlers Stolen Fee The late Hon Joseph Q Hoyt formerly for-merly of Boston when a lad attended a circus nnd his silver watch was stolen Tho supposed thief was arrested ar-rested and was defended by Benjamin Benja-min F Butler who proved he did not take the watch and never was at the circus During tho civil war Hoyt was introduced in-troduced to Butler at a dinner at the Astor houso In New York and tho latter remarked This Is tho first time I have had the pleasure of meet Ing you Oh no said Hoyt who then related re-lated tho circus Incident Was that you Hoyt asked Butler But-ler and being answered in the atj flrmatlve Butler laughed and said That was an awful good watchl Hoyt That Is all I got for defending the thief |