The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-10-15

In that atmosphere Of lawlessness
where youths develop early, and they
not only led the younger ones in a sort
of general rebellion against la~ and
order, but they were personally guilty
of many troublesome and occasionally /
costly depredatiors. Naturally, they /
made life a burden to Policeman Fiynn'
They played tricks on him, they got up /
mock fights to fool him, they jeeied /
at him. and finally they began to /
amuse themselves 10y throwing stones /
al him whenever they could do 50 win
| reasonable safety He knew that they
were responsible for the minor crimes
of which complaint was frequcr ny
made. but ne lacked evidence, ard 1t
was not until he had narrowly es-
capped being Drained by half Dick
that he finally took TWO OF the i'ng-
leaders to the station.
whats the CHARGE asked the po-
lice magistrate the next morning
"M-m-m, well, they 5 q bad lot, an
they was heayin rrocks at me, an
swered Policeman Flynn
"Did they hit you2" demanded the
magistrate And when the policemen
admitted that he had succeeded in
; dodeing the missile the magistrate
r. added: "Oh. well, boys viii be boys
] and we mustn't be too hard on them
If they d hit you it would be different
, Discharged.
j. LUX at that, now, commented Pc
llceman Flynn "A big chuaA iy a
). brick come r-right TT ne head, an
duck am th2t lets tnim go free. 7
n was ~ me, i suppose, TO ha-ave me
head shplit open fr TO ma-ake case
Ohol I Is fine thing is th la-aw iy
th' magisthrates Ha-aye ye ye-eI
head with ye? says his honor j
ba-ave says 'Ye ha-ave no business
p TO. says he, an thin he says, This
q dav-hndent s discharged ir ia rea-
S son tnat officer Flynn comes into coorI
, with his head on, thereby H'latin' th
la-aw ia like "a ha-ave ~ ton is
~ that la-aw In 10 thrown in tn river
h we've cot 10 ha-ave th iyidence.
ca-art load ~ IT, T is like this A fel
lv comes cr-reepiu mp behind ma-a
with a knife in his ha-and II is m
.e mty, says to mesilf Ir TO arris
him. Wait says th la-aw 20 me, r.
he'll Kim th ma-an, am thin yel
- ha-ave a good case Ohol Z 10
. er-reat thing TO know th law.
9 Fortunately, however. these remark
& were not made in the hearing OF lh
court and Policeman Flynn remme
TO mis- beat Naturally his trouble
were not lessened by his failure % 30
\ cure a conviction. for the gang becan
bolder and more demonstratiye tina
> ever But the policeman pauenl
4 awaited his opportunity and befor
LONG he had the same TWO in Custod
y again. with what he believed 10 be
- good case against them
'.'T was like this he explained !
l2 court The following days TN door
> TN grocry Is open. am th two pris
: ners is r-ruuniu awa-ay fohio
= Thin an shtumbles over a ham. whie
= they dr-ropped.
Did you see them drop it?" aske
= the boys lawyer
"Iv coorse NOT answered Poiicema
: Flynn. but q is not TO De sup rose
th ham wa-alked down On alley be 3
: snf They "a lot iy fruit too lesdi
10 aN do wa-ay 10 where "a byes
- r-rounded mp an they ha-aye a poke
- ful iv cha-ange taken from th' uil'
How do sou know 90 was tak'
4 from th ml?' demanded the lawyer
3 because us not in th ui low
& replied Policeman flynn
q "Oh we'll said the Judge at a
q conclusion OF the hearing there
q nothing TO snow that they are me On
3 who dropped the ham aud tho ira
q and they give a very plausible eNpl
q nation of The possession or so mu
q small change The evidence is pure
E cireumstanual, and 10 send them
q would be only 20 start them on I
3 downward path. Ilgife them anoih
4 chance"
% "sta-ari thin down be sindin' ih
q up muitered Policeman Flynn 20 hi
q sell. as he left the courtroom "Ol
e f Is hum rous ma-an ID Judge
e r Is sha-ame be 5 not edith 90
& lc ps-apef !, Is that sta-art thi
q NAy IS thim same la-ads ths
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