The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-10-11

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 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 dc 80 with
reasonable safety. He knew that they
were responsible for the minor crimes
of which complaint was frequently
made, but he lacked evidence, and 1t
was not until he had narrowly es-
capped being Drained by half brick
that he finally took two of the ring
leaders to the station.
Whats the charger" asked the po-
lice magistrate the next morning.
"M-m-m, well. they IS a bad lot. an
they was heavin' r-rocks at me" ar
| swered Policeman Flynn.
did they hit your" 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 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 Nv a
| brick come fright FIR me head, an
duck, an that lets thin go free. IT
was f'r me, / suppose, to ha-ave me
head shplit open f'r to ma-ake case.
Ohio! t is fine thing, is tn la-aw Nv
tn magistrates. 'Ha-ave ye ye-er
head with ye?' says his honor. Il
ha-ave,' says /. 'Ye ha-ave no business
to- says he; an thin he says, This
day-fndent is discharged FIR tn rea-
son that officer Flynn comes into coort
with his head on, thereby yi'latin' tn
la-aw.' I'd like to ha-ave ton "
that Ia-aw f'r to thrown in tn river
Ye've got to ha-ave tn Evidence. q
ca-art load Nv it. IT is like this: A fell
with knife in his ha-and. 1T is me
juty,' says I to mesilf, 'f'r to artist
him. Wait, says tn la-aw to me. ri
he'll kill tn ma-an, an thin ye'l
ha-ave a good case Ohio. t is 9
great thing to know tn law"
Fortunately, however, these remark:
were not made in the hearing OF the
court, and Policeman Flynn returned
to his beat Naturally, his trouble:
we're not lessened by his failure tc Sc
cure conviction, for the gang became
holder and more demonstratiYe thar
ever. But the policeman patiently
awaited his opportunity, and before
long he had the same two in custod!
again, with what he believed to be ;
good case against them.
1T was like this" he explained II
court the following days. ''Th' door i,
tn grocery is open, an tn two pris'
ners is r-runnin' AWAY. / foilie
thin an shtumbles over ham. which
they dropped"
Did you see them drop it?" asket
the boys lawyer.
Nv coorse not" answered Policeman
Flynn, but t is not to be sup-posel
tn ham wa-alked down tn alley be 1t
silf. They s lot Nv fruit, too, leadin
all tn wa-ay to where tn byes /
grounded up, an they ha-ave a pocket
full iv cha-ange taken from tn TILL"
How DO you know 1t was takel
from tn till?" demanded the lawyer.
Because It's not in tn till Low.
replied Policeman Flynn.
"Oh. WE'LL said the judge. at tn
conclusion of the hearing, there
nothing to show that they are the one
who dropped the ham and the fruit
and they give very plausible explS