The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-07-25
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

When the square around the Joint citv
and county building was parked. it was
with the intention that the same should
be a sort of breathing spot for the peo-
pie; that in the cecil of the evening they
could go there, sit on the benches and
listen to the purI of the fountains and
smell the sweet perfume of the flowers.
some OF them try to DO this, but all the
enjoyment of life is taken away by the
p Pre- ll.s OF species Of animal known TO
the ordinary mortal as q .'masher." or
ratnsr, a would-be masher. He Sits around
on the benches and ogleS the ladies' and
girls and makes himself generally dis
Three of these bipeds sat on one of the
ioencheS last evening. One, a short
stocky, large-handed. bull-necked brute
with no more beauty about him than a
goat, was most obrrusive. Two young
ladies sat down on the next bench and
were subject to his annoyances as long
as they could stand IT, and finally went
away. The adolescent zap took this as a
compliment 10 himself and was very
verbose in his remarks to Butch" one
of his companions, evidently constituting
powers of fascination. Three gther young
girls came by and were subjected to the
same kind of actions, and then two more.
Finally husky citizen walked over to
the young man and informed him he
would move the point of his Jaw around
TO his shoulder blade If he did not move
on, and then the ill-mannered and ill
formed hobo and his companions sneaked
of
The presence of an officer in plain
clothes during the cool hours of the even
parent to all decent people that unless
the animals alluded to are suppressed,
there will be no need for respectable peo-
pie to visit the spot with view of obtain
ing recreation and rest.
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Some time ago this column called atten-
ton to the .'scorching" proclvities of the
wheelmen who ride in the western portion
that the people down there are in a con-
slant state OF terror. lest their children
be run over and seriously injured. One
small boy was knocked insensible on
Thursday by a scorcher. who was burn
ing along as fast as he could ride. Other
cases have been numerous. The duties
of the bicycle policemen seem to be con-
fined to chasing lamplesS vehicles during
the cool of the evening. when he will not
have to DerSDire, when by taking the
sunny side of the street he could fill a
patrol wagon almost any time during the
day by perambulating on West Second.
Third and Fourth South streets, east of
Fifth West. The ordinance prohibits
passing pedestrian at a rate of speed
exceeding four miles per hour. while these
scorchers run at a rate of II or 10 miles.
At the time attention was directed to
this evil, il was suggested, in a purely
jocular way, that a tack club was be-
man filed d very indignant protest, claim
ing that the man who would conceive
such an idea had heart full of black
ness and a soul laden with the germs of
unholy crimes. But what can be done?
The scorcher cannot be overtaken by a
man on foot and there is no time to take
advantage of him with a kodak. so as to
identify him at the station. If the law
does not protect the citizen in his rights,
who IS going to. unless he takes action
himself?
clipping from a Chicago paper relates
the story of a man named John Murphy,
who got into trouble by perssting in at
tending a Polish wedding where he was
not invited. Murphy is of Irish descent
and his race and the Polacks do not af-
fliate very well. and more especially
when there is d wedding going on. Muir
ply. however, persisted in being a guest
at the feats and during the course of
the evening got into trouble, when the
father of the bride and he clenched in
combat over the rites of the ceremony.
The Celt got the worst of it, for the
Poiack seized a large crock, standing
hard by, and damned it down on the Irish
mans head so hard that when the police
came they could not get it off. but had
to break it with their clubs. In the mean
time the wedding guests of the male per-
srasion drove their boots gently into his
frame. while the females beat tattoOs on
his ribs with the furniture. and Murphy.
poor man, being unable to see so he could
dodge or fight back. was compelled to
take all this until the riot call brought
4 load of peelerS to the place. Next morn |
ng an irate Bohemian judge sentenced |
him to 60 days and turned the foreigners |
Dose, and now Murphy thinkt of engaging |
counsel for an appeal.