The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-11-08

in that atmosphere of lawlessness
where youths develop early, and they
not only led the younger ones in a sort
of general rebellion against law and
order, but they were personally guilty
of many troublesome and occasionally
costly depredations. Naturally, they
made life a burden to Policeman Flynn.
They played tricks on him, they got up
mock fights to fool him. they jeeIed
at him, and finally they began to
amuse themselves by throwing stones
at him whenever they could do so with
reasonable safety. He knew that they
were responsible for the minor crirnes
of which complaint vas frequently
made, but he lacked evidence, and it
was not until he had narrowly es-
capped being Drained by half a bI lex
that he finally took W. OF the ring
leaders to the station.
Whats the charger" asked the po-
lice magistrate the next morning.
"M-m-m, well, they s a bad lot, an
they was heavin' r-rocks at me-" ar
swered Policeman Flynn.
Did they hit you?" demanded the
magistrate. And when the policeman
admitted that he had succeeded in
lodging the missile, the magistrate
added: "Oh, well, boys will be boys.
and we mustn't be too hard on them.
If they d hit you it would be different.
Discharged"
LUX at that, now" commented Po-
liceman Flynn. "A big chunk iv a
brick come Fright FIR me head, an |
duck, an that lets thin go free. II
vas fr me, / suppose, to ha-ave ms
head shplit open FIR to ma-ake a case.
Ohio! t is a fine thing, (" tn la-aw iv
tn magistrates. 'Ha-aye we ye-er
head with YEP says his honor. L
ha-ave, says l. 'Ye ha-ave no business
TO- says he; an thin he says, This
day-hndent is discharged fr tn rea-
son that officer Flynn comes into coort
with his head on, thereby vilatin' tn
la-aw.' I'd like to ha-aYe a ton iv
that la-aw fT to thrown in tn river.
Ye've got TO ha-aye tn Evidence, a
ca-art load " it. ~ is like this: A fell
ly comes Cr-reepin' up behind a ma-an
with a knife in his ha-and. IT is me
juty.' says [ to mesilf, 'f'r to artist
him Wait, says tn la-aw to me, 'f'r
he'll Kill tn ma-an, an thin yen
ha-ave a good case Ohio! t is a
gr-reat thing to know tn law"
Fortunately, however, these remarks
we're not made in the hearing OF the
court, and Policeman Flynn returned
10 his beat. Naturally, his troubles
we're not lessened by his failure TO Sc
cure a conviction, for the gang became
holder and more demonstrative than
ever. But the policeman patiently
awaited his opportunity, and before
long he had the same two in custody
again, with what he believed to be a
good case against them.
1T was like this" he explained in
court the following days. 9Th o Nv
th' grocery is open, IN tn two pris'-
ners is r-runnin' awa-ay. l foilies
him an shtumbles over a ham, which
they %dr-ropped."
did you see them drop it," asked
the boys lawyer.
'lv coorse not" answered Policeman
Flynn, "but t is not to be supposed
tn ham wa-alked down tn alley be IT.
silt. They % a lot iv fruit. too, leadin'
all tn wa-ay TO where tn byes is
q grounded up, an they ha-ave a pocket
full Nv cha-ange taken from tn till"
How do you know 1t was taken
from tn till?" demanded the lawyer.
Because tits not in tn till Low
replied Policeman Flynn.
s'Oh well said the iudge at the
conclusion OF the hearing. there is
nothing to show that they are the ones
who dropped the ham and the fruit,
and they give a very plausible expla-