The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-25

mons and doing errands for well known
II was about IS at the time and car
ried with me all the dignity Of a mature
lawyer. One day I was sent % serve a
summons on an Eighth avenue clothing
dealer.
After a little trouble in the place I
finally found the man and handed him
the paper and ne threw it on the floor and
told me 20 get out At the same time
he let loose string Of cuss words that
hurt and surprised me-
Il Tebuked him gently, telling him that
was an officer of the court and en-
titled TO respect As an answer he ae-
Justed his hands firmly 70 my back and
swiftly moved me out of the store.
II vas a very indignant young man
when I landed in the street. and at oEce
started search for policeman. II took
me fifteen minutes 10 find one, and every
minute my anger grew. The copper /
found was fat person who leaned IN
against a post and apparently was hay
Ing a very Illuminating talk with a
tough looking young man.
The policeman listened to my tale Of
woe without change of expression. IN
fact. from his face 7 couldn't tell whether
he heard me or not i told him that i
was an officer OF the court. that 1 had
been assaulted and that ] wanted the
clothing dealer arrested.
Then ! got the first indication that the
policeman was alive. he Informed me
that he couldn't do anything. 1t was
none Of his business. he said.
Il replied holly that III he had 10 do
was to arrest the clothing dealer and
would 60 70 the station and make a COM
plant against him. ] was greatly mis-
taken, the policeman said sadly.
Then TO prove that his contention was
right he offered to bet me S. to 80 cents
that he couldn't make the arrest. put
up the 50 cents and he said his friend
would be stakeholder.
we walked back to the store where
my feelings had been hurt. and the pO-
liceman mapped out this programme:
You 80 around to the side door he
said, and III go in the front way II
our man tries 70 rush past you you grab
him and arrest him. You see ne can {
get away from us
Il followed his advice and took up my
post at the side door. / stood at that
door for one hour without anything hap
Then thought that perhaps the pc
iceman was in trouble and hurried
around to the front door. Everything
was quiet and there wasn't a sign of the
policeman Furthermore, the man l eN-
pected to have arrested was standing be-
hind the counter. buslly engaged In sell
ing a red neclztie to an Eighth avenue
ut didn't take me long to understand
that 1 had been fooled by the policeman
That wounded my professional dignity
more than the behavior of the Clothier
So 1 started on another hunt for the po-
iceman.
II found him after some difficulty. and
at first he pretended that he had never
seen me before. His friend who had
small end of the bet. told the policeman
that he ought to give me back my so
cents.
I say he added. he's only a kid and
it would be a shame to rob a baby just
out OF the cradle
THAT was the worst blow ] had re-
ceived, and became so indignant that
sccwl came over the pOliCeman's face
and he gripped his club so tightly that /
concluded 1t wouldn't be wise for me to
show my anger so plainly or he would
club me.
"And off I went to the police station
and registered my complaint 1 had the
policeman's number and recited the whole
story TO tho sergeant
He was sympathetic and said 1t was
a shame 20 take little boys money
Whereat I almost cried at the awful in
suit to the profession of which ] cOnsid-
cred myself a representative, and rushed
out of the station.
II went back 10 where / was employed
and explained the whole thing to one Of
the members of the firm. He COddled me
and told me it was an outrage, but said
that it wouldn't do much good to make a
fuss about IL. I felt much hurt and ii
v as a long time before j got over it