The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-03
ALL HAD GOOD LAUGHS
s".,All Fools" Day Found Numer-
.St GUS Victims in Anaconda.
.EHRET AND THE DEAD MAN
a. Deputy Sheriff Has a Good Time
Hunting Blanks-Chief White and
the "Great Murder'-Many
Persons Kick Hats.

Saturday was All Fools day, and
everybody, old and young, had a good
laugh at the expense of the other. 1t
was the day when the unwary kicked
the hat and the innocent paper bag. 1t
was the day when the unsuspecting Pc
quarter and the dime that was nailed
to the sidewalk. 1t was the day when
the pedestrian stopped to pick up the
half dollar which was tied to a string
which would be pulled in just as the
fool was about to pick it up, and it
tagged the old gentleman with the
placard, kick me- or I'm a good
thing; push me along" Then there were
thousands of purses lying about loose,
Just for people to pick up, you know,
and which on being opened We're found
to contain sheets of paper on which
were the words April fool" 1t was the
day on which the small boy, in the
evening, rang your door bell and then
lodged around the corner. These and a
hundred other jokes were played on
Saturday. Following are true stories of
ed on well-known citizens of the city:
Thee. Ehret, the Main street under
taker, was the victim Of one of the best
Jokes that was reported Saturday. At
torney j. III. Duffy, who has the reputa-
ton of being the greatest josher in
town, is charged with being the man
who put up the joke.
Mr.. Ehret was awakened at o'clock
Saturday by a. telephone ring. He an
sWered it and was told to go to Carroll,
where he would find the body Of a man
who had committed suicide at Floods
boarding house. He Immediately gave
orders to have one Of the horses har-
messed to the wagon and Mr.. Ehret
started off for Carroll. He reached the
latter place. where he made inquiries for
the body Of a man, but these were use
less, and he was told no one had COM
mitted suicide at the Flood house. A
certain person then told Mr.. Flood that
he was probably the victim of an April
fool' joke. 1t is then reported that Mr..
Ehret kicked himself four or five times
and then returned to the city.
One of the deputy sheriffs of this
county was the victim of good joke
the cigars for the boys. The joke came
about in this way: Under Sheriff Dave
Morgan prepared a neat order for
BLANKS" which he placed in sealed
envelope which was handed to Sheriff
Conley. The latter called upon the vie
tim" to call at l.. A. Kings for the
blanks. The deputy sheriff on his ar
rival there presented the envelope,
which was opened by Mr.. King. The
latter then wrote Keep him going
and Send him along" on the same
sheet of paper and addressed it to Mr..
Catlin of the Standard, saying he was
all out of blanks. At Mr.. Catlin's office
the same thing was done and the fool
was sent to John McMurray. This gen.
tleman told him he was all out and then
the deputy sheriff tumbled to the josh
and returned to the sheriff's Office with
cigars for the boys. He had it in for
Mr.. Morgan, as he said. The under
sheriff just thought he would not smoke
the cigar. He broke it in two and
found that it was loaded. Then the
laugh was again on the deputy sheriff.
Many other joshes We're played on
.well-known citizens of the city. The
one placed on Chief of Police Jack
White was a particularly good one,
Some one called him up on the phone
and told him man had been murdered
at Days saloon. The chief Immediate
ly started out for the place and-well
he just told the boys in his familiar way
to come up and have something"