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Show THE WORK OF A GAMBLER, Geo. llarnoo, a Tocd0 Kid, Mltti In j Ualn Street Dtie. nn 111s .1 XAiuion FsiMi'i: ikoji HUTU. The IVri.clralor oflho lie D.rd l Still kt Urcr.-Tno Mm Arrrilnl en Mtuplelon bal wrrc iUitbirirrd, neorce Harmon, a youth of twenty year, who riflde with hi mother and ilUr onthewcond llnr of a lodjtlnif hotn at ST Houth Weal Tenijl alreel, met with an oirrluc Kit nlitlit which oamo near coating him hla llf and which iliouU prove a warning lo tho thuughllcaa younit luvrj of till city. I.ait night almul 1 o'clock he left hi lodging at th"Kllcltalltin of one Frank Johnion, and acronipanlnl him down town Ij a drui!atorwhro John-ton John-ton dlia -areil. Harmon rimalned at the drug itoto for half an hour awaiting Jobuion' return 1 li latli r Hod, however, la put In an apptar. anc and Harmon wan lered down the elriet, and mt atring-r who Invited In-vited hint Into k gauiMlog room he raya. In tho Moond itory of n aaloon, ut nurtlt of tho I ro-grtaa ro-grtaa bku-k. At flrit the young man demurred, but finally oonMided. In tho building were n largo number of fatoblin who were 1 lying their Itade it a Tlgorotia minner. Theyouuguiin had not been III the dlvu many minute when he waa apt roacheJ by a inioolh-talking inioolh-talking itrangrr druaeit In tho garb and with all the aclloiiaof a farmer. He wanted to "Initiate" Harmon, who now lay that lie flatly refuted to take any I ail In the ruiceeillng and only went them for the Hirw of wit-newlug wit-newlug I ho opeiatlona of the lhar n. (ji-oii lila refuaal lo enter nouu of ilio raauy camel In progrra ho waa left alone for n ahalt time, tut It api-iar waa cloiely walclnd by the tanner" who leturned and oekedth young man to dtlnk A gla 01 beer whW.li ho did, Aluioet Immediately Im-mediately a'lerawallowlng the lver-a;u lver-a;u lila alniea Ucall loforeake hint aud he aurted to leave the plate but waa Intel eel led by the "larmel" who niuralid Jlatiiimi lo taka a walk, rhla aroun-d the eu h loll uf the Utter who Mid 111, ho waa going home. He accordingly made M wy down alalia and out Into the itreet and Halt-od Halt-od honivward, but became more ilu.--glili at every etrp. Ulunilng hack-wanl hack-wanl lie observed that he waafollowml by the "farmer" and made a deNii auianlditelmlned elTott to Inctiaae hi pace, fiarlng that lie wo to be mad th tul Ject of foul lay. Haruiun evldintly remaliied longer at tl e gambling den than he waa aware of, fur when h n ai hod hla lodging on Wiwt Temple llreet the City Hall ciotk tolled the hour of 2 a.m. When he rrai bed the italiway leading to hi a.artment tho man who eave the beer ti him wa cloee behlud. Hla victim vic-tim ecramlled up the italra, and fell unooiiictoua ou the landlug. (Mil- f en Albright and Armatrongwereln he neighborhood at the ttme and were attracted by the dlatulbauiv. It leeniathal the young man partially regained lenilblllty nd inurmuritl, "1 have been drugged," wherillon a I hyilclan wai lent lor and by mean of a itemkch uiiii and eleclrlo bat-terle bat-terle Haltnoil waa taken out of datigir. He waa lean by a Nt ware-butler ware-butler today, an I though very weak and much itujiried, nlati-d the facta aaaboveglvin. He hiullerlngaevire I-hIii Inttrnally, but hoiia lobe about agtlit Inarewdaya. Vrank Johuaon and a man named Dan llawley were aniU-d ou tua. I Moll of havltl berlilmi Heated lu the drugging, but wire aittrwarda dla-charged. |
