The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-10-31
Celebration of Halloween
Must Be in a Manner in
Keeping With the Laws of
The State and the City.
BUSY TIME EXPECTED
BY THE PATROLMEN.
Many Requests for Protection
Have Come to Headquar-
ters and To Meet All Would
Require Many Officers.

''It is not the intention of the police
20 deprive the young people of any
innocent amusement tonight but the
line will be drawn on vandalism
stated Chief Bailey today ANY one
who in celebrating Halloween vio-
lates a state Jaw or city ordinance
will be promptly arrested and prose
cuted. | have also instructed the po-
lice to arrest any one found rubbing
windows with soap. The shooting OF
firearms is also prohibited.
The police look forward to a busy
time this evening. Every year at
Halloween time the police issue or
ders as to what Young America shall
and shall not do on the night OF the
big riot 1t is nearly always the case
that Young America in the excite
ment of "whooping things up forgets
entirely about laws and ordinances.
When the sun rises Friday morning
the usual number of dislocated door
bells, amputated gates, and other in
animate victims OF the Halloween
orgy will be found by the irate proper
ty owners.
All today the police have received
urgent requests from property own
ers to have patrolmen stationed to
keep guard over their places OF resi-
dence. 1t would take about three
hundred officers if all these requests
were complied with.
Wants Officer Near Home.
II want an officer stationed near
my home tonight" demanded a
woman over telephone this morning.
Last night there was q big gang OF
hoodlums out in this neighborhood
raising Ned, and they tried to steal
my gate. This gang is led by a big,
freckled faced girl who is about sew
enten years DID, weighs about hun
dred and sixty pounds and chews
gum 1t would be a blessing if you
could get her before tonight
"All right, lady, We will take care
OF your property. Good by droned
the weary desk sergeant. Then he
took advantage Of short breathing
spell before the cry for help came
in. This was it. Say. there is a
corn field next to my house and I
want some policemen out here tonight
10 guard it, Spent half of last night
chasing brats away from my corn
and I am tired out. I demand pro-
lection This demand was in deep,
masculine voice.
Began Wednesday Night
There was large number of young
people on the streets Wednesday eve
ming and they caused considerable
premature wreckage. In the boys
is known as gate night" The
crowds out Wednesday night were
celebrating this event.
In some places the night before
it is known as corn night" when
each small boy is on the street with
bountiful supply of the grain. and
uses it to good advantage There
were some gates missing today, while
in some sections of the city a eoodly
quantity of corn was thrown. The cell
bration of Halloween was not gen.
raj. however. Wednesday night
Local dealers say that although
there has been good demand for
Halloween masks and attire. it does
not reach the demand of former
years. A few merchants who have
each year noticed that there is a
smaller demand for Halloween re
Salta did not handle such materials
this year. fearing that there would be
but little demand for them