Eureka Reporter | 1903-09-18 | Page 6 | Get Even with Blackmailer

GET EVEN WITH blackmailer swains band torether Toi together ether to pun sh man who annoyed them summer lovemaking has been haz aldous hereabouts during the closing days of the season says a dispatch from north bergen N J frequent ly couples strolling in the moonlight would be confronted by a man cry ing ive caught you kissing eh eha or take your arm from that girl s waist disorderly conduct I 1 arrest you then the man would display a badge and prey on the young woman s fears by describing the horrors of the sta tion house and picturing the bhame shame of the publication of her name in the newspapers always the fellow de banded money to release those whom tie ne pretended to arrest and usually he got it last night several young men band ed together to punish the pseudo policeman john ring disguised in his sister s dress basked in the sunlight of peter Shoe sheehan hans s smiles while the pair strolled along hudson boulevard suddenly in their path appeared a man who proved to be john carney spooning hugging actually hugging exclaimed carney I 1 ar rest you oh my what will saya cried ring as shrilly as he could this was the signal to two husky companions close at hand the four fell on carney and thrashed him with in an inch of his life nor did ring e dress hamper his blows carney had his assailants arrested their pun ashment will be light