Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-11-30 | Page 6 | Novel Ruse to Scare Footpads

NOVEL RUSE TO SCARE fOOTPADS Just Tell them You Have Smallpox, and They'll Skiidoo. The dread word, ''smallpox." put two footpads to flight in the vicinity of Third and B streets recently, accord- lng to the story told by persons living: A; In the nlghborhood. fj The ruse by which the men were g? f scared originated on the spur of the moment. According: to the tale that is circulating, circu-lating, a young man had been making an evening call and was, traversing Third street to the Sixth street car line. For some reason the hour was quite late and the last car into town would pass in a few minutes. In the thick shadows that line the j street, the pedestrian saw two men j -coming into his path from behind trees. In a moment they were upon him and to all appearances were about to draw guns. "Watch out, fellows! I've got the Fmallpox." paid the man to the sup-posetl sup-posetl footpads. s .Both men ran into the street at this report and one called out: '' "Xot for mine, pal; steer shy of me." ' "Give me a match." asked the sup- r posed smallpox patient. J The supposed highwaymen dropped several matches on a rock and walked off into the darkness. . i