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Show TO HE RAN AFOUL OF THE LAW New Yorker Who Pursued a burglar Had to Spend Nlht In a Cell. Tht Is a funny little town of ours, the Cincinnati Times-Star's Now York correspondent writes. Things happen hero that ovuldnt p!elbly happen tinywhere else The other night, for example, a man whose name may be set down as Jim Smith was awakened by a tinkling noise In tho front room. Mr Smith rose, pulled on the conventional conven-tional pants, took bis six-shooter and went stalking a burglar He found that Individual packing up the silver "Throw up your hands!" said Mr. Smith. A frightened gasp was the reply. The burglar shut off his pocket electric elec-tric lamp and leaped on the lire escape es-cape So did Mr Smith. The pair reached the street wifely and tore down that thoroughfare On the way th burglar presumably threw nway his electric lamp and whatever other tools ol his trade he possessed When the running pair came In eight of one of Mr Waldo's policomen on peg post n Wft the burglar who claaped the aetonrshod officer about the knees "Help" said the burglar, lm-preasrrely, lm-preasrrely, 'h nutty guy's chaaln" DM There was no hoip for It The officer of-ficer took the burglar and Mr. Smith to the station house There the burglar waa searched, but nothing Incriminating In-criminating was found. Early the next mornlug a lawyer appeared for the burglar, and when he was arraigned ar-raigned In court .he was discharged becauae Smith's Identification was necessarily imperfect. Smith was sure of his man but the lawyer ruther shook his certainty In the meantime no lawyer appeared for Smith He spent the night in tho cull Oh, sure he was placed uDder arrest for carrying a revolver with out a license The magistrate bound blm orer on $1,000 to appear before the grand Jury. |