Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century — John Shaqi
Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth CenturyDonnelly, Ignatius
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Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
Donnelly, Ignatius
Dystopias -- Fiction; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction; Science fiction; Social problems -- Fiction; Twentieth century -- Fiction
As the carriage of our honored fellow-citizen Prince
Cabano, containing two ladies, members of his family, was
quietly entering the Park, a tall, powerful ruffian,
apparently a stranger, with long yellow hair, reaching to
his shoulders, suddenly grasped a valuable gold-mounted
whip out of the hands of the driver, and, because he
resisted the robbery, beat him across the face, inflicting
very severe wounds. The horses became very much terrified,
and but for the fact that two worthy men, John Henderson of
5222 Delavan Street, and William Brooks of 7322 Bismarck
Street, seized them by the head, a terrible accident would
undoubtedly have occurred. Policeman number B 17822 took
the villain prisoner, but he knocked the guardian of the
law down and escaped, accompanied by a ragged old fellow
who seemed to have been his accomplice. It is believed that
the purpose of the thieves was to rob the occupants of the
carriage, as the taller one approached the ladies, but just
then his companion saw the policeman coming and gave him
warning, and they fled together. Prince Cabano is naturally
very much incensed at this outrage, and has offered a
reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension of
either of the ruffians. They have been tracked for a
considerable distance by the detectives; but after leaving
the elevated cars all trace of them was suddenly and
mysteriously lost. The whip was subsequently found on Bomba
Street and identified. Neither of the criminals is known to
the police. The taller one was quite young and fairly well
dressed, and not ill-looking, while his companion had the
appearance of a beggar, and seemed to be about seventy
years of age. The Chief of Police will pay liberally for
any information that may lead to the arrest of the robbers.
"There," said my companion, "what do you think of that?"
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