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Show r ;i WASHINGTON, May 10. It was "after midnight and Atty. Gen. Palmer had gone to bed and to sleep. Sudden-ly Sudden-ly the lights were turned on in his bedroom, and he awoke to find three men standing near his bed. "Get up 'and come with us," they commanded. "You havo got to go to the police station for a few ques-I ques-I tions." The strangers displayed revolvers and blackjacks and Palmer saw that It was useless to.resist. Without giv-I giv-I ing him an opportunity to communi-( communi-( cate with his fajnily, or to call his attorney by phone, they insisted that he come along at onco. At the police station there were several soldiers in adition to police In uniform, and plain-clothes men. "You arc a inpmbor of tho Democratic Demo-cratic party," oh of the officers asked. "Is that why I ,am arrested?" Pal-mer Pal-mer asked. "Kavc you got any card with you to show whether you aro a momben or not? Where Is you card?" "What Is this about.?" Palmer asked. "Take that," said one of the plain-Clothes plain-Clothes man landing a heavy blow on his Jaw. "We will show you what It's about. Where- is your card?" "I don't know," replied Palmer. "Don't get fresh," ordorod one of the plain-clothes men, again' enforcing enforc-ing his remark with a kick in tho rear. "What shall wc do with him Inspector?", Inspec-tor?", asked one of the officers. "Go through his clothes for his pink card. If ho has nay money take it and so that he doesn't get it back. Put him downstairs and tomorrow take him to tho jail at Hartford, Conn. There aro going to be 90 others there and if he-gets fresh, put him in tho steam room. We havo no place for this kind of foreigners here. ! We-, are 100 per cent Americans." On the third day of the fourth jTfbnth after Palmer had been ln solitary soli-tary confinement at tnc artford jail, he refused to clean out his cell and was ordered toAthcxtcam room. Just as the torture was becoming Intolerable, Intoler-able, and ho felt his sonses leaving him, the butler knocked on tho door and Mr Palmer awoko to find to his great relief that this was only a dream; and that tho treatment which ho has been giving to the Russian comnfunlsts had not been handed out to him. |