Said He Ate Soap And Glass

Harry Allen the man arrested Tuesday of last week for picking John Kearney's pocket of $9 in Shields' saloon, has given the officers no end of trouble by his sham fits of illness. When first brought into the court room he fell down on the floor as though in a fainting fit and again as he was being taken down to the jail by the officer he tumbled down in the road as though in a fit, but was willing enough to tussle with him as soon as he got on his feet. Allen is in the last stages of blood poisoning brought on by a loathsome disease and his trouble was further aggravated Sunday by his actions at the jail. He was taken violently sick and when questioned as to its cause by his fellow prisoners he said that he had swallowed a quantity of broken glass and soap with the intention of killing himself, and in support of his story a quantity of broken glass was found in his pocket. Allen has such a reputation for working the sympathy racket that it is difficult to believe all he says, but there was no question but that he was very sick. Sheriff Judson tried to get him cared for at the hospital but was unsuccessful, and was equally unuccessful at tbe county house. The jail is crowded with prisoners and it was useless to think of keeping him there, so as a last resort the sheriff took his horse out of the barn, made a bed of fresh clean straw, and put him there. Monday morning Humane Agent Goodyear persuaded the officials of the Homeopathic hospital to take the man and he was removed to that institution. The authorities at St. John, which is Allen's home, informed Sheriff Judson that he was a hard case and known to be crooked and also intimated that in all probability Allen was working this racket in order to be released. Later they telegraphed that his brother would be here to take him to St. John and he came Tuesday and took him away.