Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
The Sheriff and the Soldiers

Arrest who?" the captain demanded, forcibly
and ungrammatically.
The whole of yees" the police force replied
giving a comprehensive wave of his hand. 81
have the warrint here in me hand. IT'S under
a spishil ordnance. Listen tot. HIM. HIM
Here Z is
{" No it in'rant vendors,," he read. ono il
in rant vendors, travelling merchants transient
dealers, horse-traders, gipsies peddlers, srrollin
musicians, or fakirs of any description un-
der the last hid that yees come-'fakirs of any
description, shall be allowed to transact their
business, ply their trade, follow their occupa-
ton, engage in the practice of their profes-
sion, in the public square of the village of Oro-
polls, State of Injianny, that's here-'nor shall
any one proceed to erect any tent, booth, box,
stand, or other edifce within the limits of said
square, without having first obtained the writ
ten permission of the Mayor of said village
Have yees got permit for that box yees
nave erectedY' he asked pointing with his
truncheon to the cracker-box seat of the com
mauding officer.
The captain snorted something to the effect
that he would like to see the officer the war
rant, the public square, the special ordinance
and the village officials dead and condemned to
a hotter cline
is that so?" said the police force. "Thin |
VIII arrest yees for resistin' of'cer in the dis
charge of his juty, for disord'ly conduct an for
usin' vi'lint an profane language in the public
strates. Now will yees Gomez
1he captains only reply was to call to the
nearest noncommssioned officer.
When the non-commissioned officer got back
from escorting the police force beyond the limits
OF the camp, he saw the officers with their heads
together. They discussed the situation in its
various aspects Their orders read: "To pro-
ceed, by the shortest route to oropolis, Glucose
county, there to report to the sheriff of said
county. and there ito remain until
the receipt of further orders" This was suff- !
ciently explicit to what they were to do but
failed utterly with respect as to how they were
to do it. They were at Oropolis; had come there
by the shortest route; but, so far they had not
reported to the sheriff. nor did they know when
they could or would report to that officer In
quiry among the citizens failed to elicit any in.
formation as to the sherff's whereabouts: the
people either did not know, or, what was more
probable, they would not tell; they would not
even state where the sheriff lived. The deputy
in charge of the office declared that he was
new man, and that he had not even known that
his superior had telegraphed for troops; nor
hid he know where the sheriff might be found
When the captain declared that he meant to
report to him, the sheriff's representative the
deputy said to report away, but he couldn't do
anything.
Now the officers wondered if it were their
iuty to hunt up the sheriff or for him to find
hem. The first lieutenant suggested house to
rouse canvass of the town, but the assistant sur
yeon thought that the people would know no
more in the house than they did on the street,
which was nothing, and the leutenant's sug-
Iestion was dismissed. The second lieutenant
leld that they should go out and search for the
missing officer; but the captain said that his
'rders were to go to Oropolis and nowhere else.
md to report to the sheriff in Oropolis, and that
lie proposed to report to him there if the COM
nand waited a week. Besides they were to re-
main in Oropolis until the receipt of further
orders, and they had received no orders. either
% report to the sheriff at another point or to
'eturn home; and, the captain said further. he
lid not propose to be summoned before a court
# inquiry just because country sheriff did not /
NOW enough to be reported to.
An interruption was caused here by the first /
ergeant, who wanted to know what mess ar. :
angements he should make, saying that the ra.
ions brought with it by the command were ex r
lausted, and that there was nothing in the /
amp for the men to eat When he heard this s
he captain swore, and the assistant surgeon Y
huckled, which was an ill-advised action on his a
art, since the captain promptly ordered him to '
o downtown with a squad, to buy provisions. a
When the assistant surgeon respectfully objected
hat he was surgeon and not commissarv. his a
uperor calmly retorted that it was as surgeon n
e sent him. to inspect and report on the quality s