The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-02


ue knew the cripple beat by reputa-
,,on and he realized that To be as
s,rned 10 IL was compliment To his
.,r,,yess. IL lay in a district in which
,hore were TWO rival factions OF row
49, who had nothing in common ex-
YAM In Unborn hatred Of the police.
LA a derived it's name from the fact
h,, more policemen had been tenn
ro,.rlv crippled on it than on any
tner one beat in the city. The row
dies clasheI 40 frequent intervals, and,
Al flro general fight that invariably
onsnol windows were smashed and
~. live, of am IN the immediate vicin-
n, were pu' In jeopardy by the flying
missiles Arrests were frequent. and
N. nstrOl wagon had made 50 many
~ns to that ucighborhood that the
horses list naturally turned in that
d;re.fi.n when they left the barn. IL
single policeman endeavored TO In
torf.re when q battle was in progress,
~ went to The hospital in an ambu-
lance IN d squad arrived on the scene.
the warring factions scattered. and the
fact that few participants might be
gathered IN had no lasting effect on
existing conditions.
"Im to ha-aye a thrial on tn Grip
nle beat" said Policeman Flynn some
what deiectedly when he made his
daily report 20 his wife
"IW lay in a supply iv arniky an
shplints am pla-asters this very
da-ay." was her far from consoling
reply. bad luck 10 thin. why do
they put a little felly like you to doin'
a big ma-ans work."
"F'r because" answered Policeman
Flynn. with some pride. pluck an
raysoorce is not decided be a fut-rule
or pair iy schales. TIL capt'in says
10 me. he says I've thrled tn big
min an they've not been akel 20 tn
lob. an IFS nicissary f'r to take tn
sta-arch out iv Thin ri'tous felies
some wa-ay So tits fr me to take tn
sia-arch out iy thim but ! wisht he'd
tor me how 10 do H."
There's only wan wa-ay know"
said Mrs Flynn.
It's astonishin' to me ye haven't
tln iy thim' returned Policeman
Flynn, sarcastically.
Give me ye-er collar" commanded
Mrs Flynn. by way OF reply.
The policeman looked surprised. but
ne TOOK on his nicely siarched collar
ana hahaed Y 20 her. She promptly
dipped K In q basin Of water and then
held il up for bis inspection.
''' '''''''''"0.u
ro'l0sul"h lynn scratched MS head
an- " E" ,nonshuui mood.
u'' Aeau on her' 1T
A. lNer r-ruh
'"D a Thy her OUT 70
" way IN means.
"'s ~" Gays passed unevent-
ta .i 49,. '''. ne oiash 'hal
u 'eH'p'rarliy lhcapaei-
lot "ork had
'ne arrest OF some
.,,...,,'.. .u .ns o'ners were
IN. 4. H.. 'oi'0ennah iyhh
,.., ''''N'"b s'uus oi lhe
-, N"s" that 'hey were
'.i anu IKE good gen
| 81.
49,. ..n ne locailty IN "hl'h
4 oa''les were 70 De iousht.
''ips week after he had
M. ra,'o'''nE tne neat that the
l'.i conflict came. and he announced
~ .,...,. .''" - 'eaCneu nome oE
av.., ''' smien.' US done.
Ne tr-rst job" replied Policeman
Flynn We sea twas this wa-ay."
he went on. TIL la-ads have been
sizin' me mp an waitin' They's no
hshtn' whin a new po-lisman shows
Up uN hey ha-ave a thry at him. an
ihey 'uk chanst at me this da-ay
Ono twas a big felly that sta-ar,ei
y all be ia-alkn' har-rd to me .D.ve
mink YEN r-run this beatY he saws
ll thry says /. We ha-ave ve.er
work. cut out f'r ye. he saws. We
hiue Dig iv a sawed-ofr match III
ye touch tn match. says 10 him
yeh fnd We ha-ave hold iv the sui