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Show 8entry Needlessly Worried Charles Allon, a negro trusty at No. 3 police station in Armourdalo, was a mombor of tho Twenty-third Kansas regiment which went to Cuba during tho Spanlsh-Amorlcnn wnr, says tho Kansas City Stnr. Whllo ho scrubbed tho lloor of tho pollco station rccontly ho told how Loin Thompson, another negro lu tho snmo regiment, killed a supposed Spaniard. It happened whllo tho regiment was doing garrison duty at San Louis do Cuba. Thompson wns on guard ono night. Whllo ho wnlked.pnst a bamboo bam-boo brnko ho honrd Bomothlng moving about in tho tall grass. It wns In tho enemy's country nnd Lorn supposed sup-posed thnt ho wns about to encounter n Spaniard. "Unit!" cried tho guard as ho raised his gun. On camo tho Spaniard, paying no attention to tho command. "Doom!" Thompson fired, throw down lils gun and started toward tho garrison. When tho soldiers heard tho noise nnd rushed ouf they met Thompson running toward them. "I killed a Spaniard down there in tho grass,' ho said. When tho soldiers approached tho bnmboo thoj; heard n rustling sound lu tho grass. "He's still kicking," one of them said. They wont closer nnd discovered Thompson's Spaniard. It was a small burro with largo ears and a shaggy hldo. Tho little animal had u bullet hole In Its head. |