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| women ana tney deserve the serious eon-jsvnMAN HORSE DROPSIN SHAPES:Jill!IFA MS ON MAIN STKFFT ANDCl IUOFS CROWD GATH KIES.• *Patrolman Graney Cuts Harness to{; : Free Him—Must Stay MT Prin-ht ; cipal Thoroughfare. till :Additional proof of the declaration thut all animals may he overworked, Is at hand.George Asher, Joplin's most ©acentricnan, who has attained considerable no- ! j torlety of late by trying to do the work of a horse, dropped In the shafts yesterday afternoon, on Main street between Sixth and Seventh streets.Opinion differs on the question whether Asher actually was exhausted from his unusual labors, or if liquor had the better of him. No ,ime disputes tlie assertion that he was “down and out,” to use a slang phrase.( ut Harness to RflTect Rescue.When Asher fell, he was hitched to his wagon with a regulation harness. He rolled over on one* of the shafts and laid there, helpless. More than a hundredmen and women gathered around to look at the queer spectacle.Patrolman Tim Graney hurried downIfat]vhaIyIthe street, when he saw the crowd, and ^etdiireached Asher in time to cut Ida harness. Qtli xuL lt;cai alt;It was necessary to sever the tugs ami p breast straps to free the “man-horse. ’ nBystanders declared that Asher's In- ^ ability to draw the heavy load on his wagon was due to the fact that his horseshoes, which are nailed to the solesof his own shoes, were lashed to the rigging on the vehicle. Others said It was because he had overloaded himself, orhad overestimated his strength.Must Keep Off Main Street.At any rate, Patrolman Graney called the police department’s motor patrol and hauled the exhausted Asher to the station. His wagon was hitched “on be- | ^ hind” the auto and dragged down the street with Its load.Asher had revived sufficiently wrhen hereached police headquarters to respond to questions. ITe told his name and was told that a charge of intoxication had been preferred against him.Whereupon, the “rnan-horse’ ’ was locked in one of the commodious stalls— heg pardon, cells, at the station.And now the police say Asher must keep off Main street in the future when he is “hitched up.” His outfit is always the center of attraction and a blockade is usuallv the result.ApspisnheHi
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Joplin Daily Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Thu, Dec 07, 1911
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