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Show M STRUCK AN OFFICER IN EYE New York, Dec. 2C Joe AllgTaUi, who has been out of a Job for a long time, is locked tip at East Thirty- i fifth -street station house because, as1 nearly as can be learned, he either received some poor ndvice or Imperfectly Imper-fectly understood what bis adviser was trying to get at. Policeman William Swift, fellow sufferer of Joc'6 error, er-ror, has an egg-sized lump tinder one eye and other evidences of assault, coupled with battery. The policeman was standiug at a street corner yesterday watchlug a scene of Christmas peace and happiness happi-ness whan Allgrattl walked up and struck him in the face. Swift wjs taken off hie guard and feet at the same time, but he arose and Induced Allgratti to accompany him to tho station house. There Allgratti explained that he had been told that if ho ' licked a cop" he could get a Job. He wns hazy as to the details, but quite clear as to essentials. The sergeant as- ; sured him that his chances of getting I a job of a sort were excellent. I |