The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1907-11-22
VAC WITH 10 PLUNkS
AND EVERY PENNY OF IT WAS I'M
GOLD COIN.
AND YET HE GOT INTO JAIL

IN tne Police court he was Given ~
Fine and Costs, But Was Not In
elined to Separate From Enough OF
His Gold to Buy His Liberty.
No cashiers checks for Henry Elsey,
late of Portland, ore.
No government greenbacks or Ger
tiCatcs of indobtness" either for gov
Crnments are sometimes unstable
things. No silver dollars, for Bryan
has his eyes on the presidency again
None of these kinds of currency go
with Henry Henry isn't Of n trusting
disposition. Nothing but good ring
ing gold coin for Henry.
Henry Blsey, enroute from Portland
to Souix City, was arrested In Norfolk
by Officer Kell and landed in jail on n
charge OF vagrancy. 1t was in tho
early hours of the morning when the
officer came across Henry, whom the
officer says had built a fire down by
the u. p. stock yards and was wait
ing to beat" his way out of town ON
a Sioux City freight.
Kell has had an eye open for STRAY
a merchandise box car the other even
ing. So the officer gathered Henry i'm
and he was duly booked in police court
records as "vagrant"
The vagrant, which is police court
for bum" or idle wanderer" was
not of the usual type.
In his pocketbook Henry BlseyY
charged with being a"vagrant," had
$40 in gold coin.
In these piping days Of wampum,
Certificates of Indebtedness" and
pumpkins the local police had not
seen so much real gold for many
moons. Eight $50 gold pieces and N
"ten" were uncovered.
Here's a line on the money string
ency," said one officer. Hes one or
them "hoarders" the president writes
of" said another. SO the officers star
ed at the gold and Henry was jailed
con suspicion"
| Henry is young man OF twenty
| two years, of some experience and
not unpreposing in appearance. But
he has one fault. Henry is shame
lessly stingy.
In the afternoon he shocked alR
police court tradition by calmly re-
fusing to pay the fine that Police Judge
Eiseley assessed, a matter OF some
seven dollars.
81 can't afford to pay that fine" said
Henry. "It's to Jail for mine. Time
is cheaper than money"
Judge Eisely demonstrated against
such unseemly conduct on the part or
the prisoner, who in turn attacked the
merits of the charge against him.
Henry was obdurate and wouldn't
dig" He marched back to Jail while
the judge threatened his appetite with
bread and water" and his gold with
attachment proceedings"
Elsey has worked in the lumber
mills near Portland and has seen n
good deal of the country. He left
Portland November 8 and was on his
way to visit sister in Sioux City.
THE money problem is terrible"
Henry confided to a News reporter
eff you're broke your bad off and TX
you're not you're even worse off The
'brokes' are turned out of Jail without
Formally but a man with money stares
at a fine whatever the charge. If I
was out of cash | would have been
turned out hours ago. But here must
stay for need the money and won't
pay. The lot of us fellows with money
is hard, you had better believe, Car
negie." Elsey said it was the same
the world over.
Several hours in the city JAIL how
ever, gave liberty a rising value and
towards evening Henry reluctantly
called in the officers and paid his fine
With little less gold and tri1e more
caution Henry left the Jail to wait for
the Sioux City train.