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Show CHIEP LOSES $70 SEEING BROADWAY Texan Recovers Roll, However, How-ever, After Police Find Him With "Shootin " Iron in New YorlL NEW YORK. Jan. 15. Chief George Ellis of Houston. Texas, got his current crossed with one of, Broadway's llvest wires this morning and In the excitement the chief's fuse burned out, the same being be-ing a bank roll of J70. The party of the second part was Miss Cleo MarUndale. who says she used to be In the Weber-Fields show in the glad old days. Ellis came on yesterday to taie bak a prisoner now In the Tombs prison Lionel Hartley, alias H. J. Lavle, wanted in Houston. Last night the chief went out on Broadway Broad-way to "look 'em over." Early todav a pallid citizen ran up to Policeman Bull, who was standing in front of the Hotel Metro pole. "Something doing down the street." said the cltUen. "They're moving a hardware hard-ware store and one load Just went by afoot." Bull meandered south. Near Thirty-eighth Thirty-eighth street he found the big. chief gumshoeing gum-shoeing along with a rather unpleasant expression on his usually genial fare and about four pounds of the late Mr. Colt's best-blued steel product In either hand. "Wot t'ell?" Inquired Bull, courteously. "Don't bother me, boy," said the Texan. "I'm plrottlng." "You're what?" a-'ked Bull. "Scouting, boy. scouting. Don't you know the language"? But Bull, being by nature Inquisitive. Insisted on further explanations. So th big chief told him. "I was strolling along your main street." said the chief, "when two ladles approached me and asked what the time of night mout be. I took notice that the one whlh addressed me was very handsome hand-some and had a most remarkablv fine pair of eyes. I got out my watch and told them, Just as I did so her companion sort of fell against me. I begged the lady's pardon for being in her way, and then they moved away. "I then made the lamentable discovery, suh, that my money waa gone, and for two hours, suh. I have been a-seeking those two young ladies with these here tools In my hands, purposing when I found them to have a few words of explanation ex-planation also $70 In good Texas money. What the big chief said about that fine pair of eyes caused Bull to see a great light. He arrested Cleo Martlndale. who Is wearing, for this season, the plain unvarnished un-varnished name of Bella Willis, housemaid, house-maid, and her side-partner, Catherine Wells, both of whom are pleasantly remembered re-membered In police headquarters by reason rea-son of having likenesses In the gallerv In the "Tenderloin" station Chief Ellis said they were the ones. At this Juncture Junc-ture the dark-eyed Cleo was observed to drop a "roll'" on the floor. It contained $70 in good Texas money. |