The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-10-05

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 ana
order. but they were personally guilty
of many troublesome and occasionally
costly depredations. Naturally. they
made life a burden TO Policeman FlSnn.
They played tricks on him, they g5t up
mock fights 10 fool him. they JeeIei
at him. and finally they began 10
amuse themselves by throwing stones
al him whenever they could do SO with
reasonable safety. He knew tina. they
were responsible for the minor criines
of which complaint was frequer tiy
made but ne lacked evidence, ard II
was not until he had narrowly es-
capped being Drained by half a oiick
that he finally took two of the r'ng-
leaders 10 the station
What's the charge" asked the po-
lice magistrate the next mornins.
"M-m-m. well. they 5 a bad LOT. an
thew was heayin' 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. we'll, boys will be toys,
and we mustn't be TOO hard on them.
If they a hit you il would be different
Discharged.
"Iuk at that. now. commented Pc
liceman Flynn A big chunk ~
brick come Fright FIR me head. an /
duck an that lets thin go free. /
was rr me. | suppose. 10 ha-ave me
head shplit open f'r to ma-ake case.
Ono, Z l. a fine thing. is III la-aw ~
IN magistrates. Haave We ye-er
head with We? says his honor i
ha-ay, says |. We ha-ave no bus ness
TO- SAYS he: an thin he SAYS, This
dsv-findent Is discharged f'r III rea-
son that officer Flynn comes into coort
with his head on. thereby vi'latin tn
la-aw I'd like TO ha-ave ton ~
that la-aw fr TO thrown in tn river.
We've got 10 ha-ave TIA violence.
ca-srt load ~ It. # is like this: A fell
" comes cr-reepin up behind ma-an
with a knife in his ha-and. Is me
iutv says 70 mesih. f'r TO artist
him Wait says tn la-aw to me. RI
he'll Kill IN ma-an, an thin We y
ha-ave a good case. Ohio. is
treat thing to know tn law
Fortunately. however. these remark:
were not made in the hearing o. the
court. and Policeman Flynn returned
: IN his beat. Naturally. his troubles
were not lessened by his failure &c Sc
| cure a conviction. for the gang became
holder and more demonstrative thar
I. over Hut the policeman patiently
2 awaited his opportunity. and before
\ long he had the same two in custod!
again. with what lie believed 70 be
: good case against them.
/ 1T was like this, he explained II
court the following days. "Th' door i
n m grocery is open an tn two pris'
pers Is r-runnin' AWAY. foilie
E Thin an shtumbles over ham. whicl
4 they dr-ropped.
i "pid YOU see them drop it'" aske'
the boys lawyer.
; civ coorse not. answered Policeman
Q FLYNN. but I is not TO be sup rose
Il m ham wa.alked down tn alley be u
sir They $ a lot ~ fruit, too lesdir
al III wa-ay to where tn byes
r.rounded up. an they ha-ave a pocket
. ml iv cha-ange taken from tn I'LL.
: How do you know u was take
: from m tine" demanded the lawyer.
! because It's not in n till low.
replied Policeman Flynn.
Oh. well. said the Judge, at u
= conclusion Of the hearing. There
{. nothing 10 show that they are the one
: who dropped The ham and the irui
aaJ they give very plausible sAoi'