The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-13
POLICE CORRAL
FIERY STEEDS
Chief Sheets Order to Take in
United Teams Carried Out
by His Officers.
OWNERS GRIEVE AND CUSS
FORCED TO PUT UP BAIL BEFORE
PROPERTY is RETURNED.

Officers J. C. Morrison. lib" Will
Iiams, George Phillips mick" Gull
branson J. NJ Lyon, f. H. ClOugh,
Tom" Cassidy and c. E. Staines of
the Salt Lake police department, with
numerous other policemen. have dis
tinguished themselves. Orders were
issued by the chief of police several
days ago that all united horses were
to be brought to the police station.
This ordinanae has been forgotten and
thought obsolete by drivers and riders.
Runaways occur with frequency be-
cause horses are left united or without
weight straps attached to them This
led to the issuance of the orders. The
order afforded the officers named an
opportunity 10 distinguish themselves.
Cassidy the First Hero.
Tom" Cassidy was the first officer
to appear at the police station yester-
day. He appeared behind a bOny,
sleepy animal of a color defying de-
scription. This animal was dragging a
milk wagon whose best days are ChrOn-
icled in ancient history.
Git app. The divvIe take yez. Do
you suppose, you skinless, spawned,
animated lump of barn yard disease.
that I'm gOin' TO pick yez UP and carry
YEP"
tattoo of his club on the horses left
hip bone. Officer Cassidy mana ged to
take the horse to the station. The own
er had left it standing united.
Jim" Williams made hurried en-
trance at the station. Jim had
found a mule united. Jim had mount
ed the mule-yes, several times. But
Jim managed to get his mule to the
station. where it was tied to a pole be-
side the browsing milk wagon puller.
officer Williams was followed by Of
fcer Fred Schultz. .....
"Dunderenblitzen. Nass iss, Tell me
have I a kangaroo? Yes2 MOI
The desk sergeant called il d horse be-
cause Il wore harm ess and was attached
TO Chinaman's vegetable wagon.
All Kinds of "PIugs."
TIC other officers continued to arrive
a frequent intervals. Like the beggars
in the old nursery rhyme, some in
rags. some in tags and some in sillIen
gown" they appeared driving coal
wagons. ice wagons bread wagons and
Shetland pony outfits. The horses were
tied i'm front of the station pending the
arrival OF their owners. Owner No.
arrived. claimed his animal. left bail
and departed with a notification 10 ap-
pear i'm police court Monday
The missing horse created no hole in
the bunch O. assorted animals tied
around the station. First South street
i'm that p4T,irIlar strict resenbled a
corral Americans. Cinnamon. negroes
&uStriaHs-nen or all uatiOnalities and
cClOTS. with a few whose natiOualitieS
and colors they knew not themselves
t:Ooped into the desk sergeants office
a bdbbiius. chatteTinG, talking, ours
ing. bowling. W I'd ana excited mob be
siageG Desk Sergeant J. Lenzi.
I'm NaW. bow Shee. chopper stleal
my boss" sounded shriIl above the gen.
eral noise as John Chinaman climbed
the wire netting.
Sergeant T.enZi listened to each tale
booked each name. took each bail and
explained why the chopper had stlealed
the hOsscs''. and notified each protest
ire driver to appear in police court
Monday The police have been told to
arrest every driver who leaves his
horse united Sergeant Lenzi has
bought case of headache powders
and tho TRUSTEES have been strengthen
ing the wire netting in the office.