The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-01
WEIRD FRANKS
OF HALLOWEEN
Troublesome Small Boys Gre
ate Mischief and Worry
the Police Force.
MANY FROLICS ENJOYED
PHANTOM PARTY AT ELkS' CLUB
DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR.

wrought last night by Halloween parks. |
do not relent today will be a busy day |
in the Juvenile court. Many note books |
were during the evening crammed with |
the names of youthful offenders and |
these note books will be referred to to- |
day. The least the pranki5h lads who |
were guilty of the numerous lawless out |
breaks of last night can hope for is |
mild epidemic of spanking throughout the |
residential districts.
Early in the evening the streets were
filled with masked figures, decked in all |
the fantastic CARDS of Halloween enter
tainments. They were bent in hundred |
directions, as there were dances and par
ties all over the city.
Police Make Preparations.
The police, knowing from of old that
there would be a strenuous nights work
for them, had made careful preparation to
meet the enemy-the small boy. They met
the enemy. and now it is not certain
whether the enemy was theirs or the
reverse condition prevailed
Chief Pitt and Captain Burhidge, fore
going the pleasures of Halloween enter
talnments' We're at police headquarters
until far into the night receiving the
gloomy bulletins of the devastation
wrought within the lines they had thrown
out in the vulnerable sections of the city.
First came the report that the ubiquiti-
GUS small boy had CREASED the tracks of
the Sixth avenue line, along B street, be-
tween Fifth and Sixth. A squad of peace
Officers were quickly dispatched to the
scene of hostilities. The grease was still
there when they arrived, but the urchinS.
stepped in guilt. had vanished. A resi-
dent of the neighborhood, however, had
note book full of names. which were
preserved for future reference. The Sixth
avenue cars were tied up for several
hours while the grease was being carefully
wiped off.
Next came a summons to Fifth avenue,
where telephone wires had been cut
Again the note book was in evidence, but
no small boys
Boy Gets Shock.
But vengeance was abroad in the land
gang OF boys threw stones at the win
dows of Silver Bros. foundry building at
Second South and Fourth West streets
breaking sixteen windows. Not satisfied
with this, one of the boys threw wooden
spool, attached to wire. over the troll
ley wire opposite the foundry. He was
instantly, knocked down by an electric
shock, the current having been diverted
to the wire he held in his hand. The
screams of his companions attracted the
attention of a woman living near. She
ran from her home with an AK and cut
the wire which the boy could not re-
lease. When the boy was picked up it
was found that his hand was badly
burned. 1t will be long time before he
can use it again.
Policeman Harris. who was sent out to
Dut SIOD TO the DfedklHS Ol TIE NiiiGONS
at Silver Bros. foundry, learned that some
boys had dragged a truck across the San
Pedro railroad tracks at at seventh
South crossing. With four men he hurried
to the place and with great difficulty re
moved the obstruction
Fortunately. no trains were passing at
the time, but there might have been a
wreck had the policeman. not received
warning of the danger in time.
Policeman Harris also found the switch
es of the railroad clogged with rocks.
These he removed. A careful watch was
kept during the remainder of the night to
prevent a repetition of this dangerous
prank.
Along B street. about $50 feet of fence
belonging to Peter Greaves was torn down
by wanton boys. The police were sum
moned, but the lads had scampered away
some of them. Their doom is sealed. His
note book will tell the awful story of
their guilt when the time of reckoning
comes today.
At Second South street, between Fourth
and Fifth East, some boys placed barrel
and box in the middle of the car tracks
They were removed by policeman be-
fore anything happened. In this Instance
there was no note book. Only lmplsh
faces peering from far off doorways be-
trayed the authorship of the deed.
At the home of Mr. Nelson, 5l0 Sixth
avenue. some passing reveler last nlght
windows. The crash of falling glass and
the screams of a frightened baby caused
the family to hurry TO the room into
which the pumpkin had been thrown. Inc
baby's cradle was close to the window,
and the glass had fallen about the chilu,
but ii was fortunately unhurt
1t is told that party of merrymakers
who should have been decorous because
they were married, entered a downtown
restaurant during the evening and re-
NAMED there so long indulging in good
cheer that there was wondrous mix up.
Husbands and wives wandered asunder
and were united again only after fran
tic and most dolorous search
Horse Gets Halloween Spirit.
The crowd at the corner of Main and
second south streets last night witnessed
a Halloween prank which had not been
planned.
An expressman, who had INDUCED in
good cheer beyond the limits or discre-
lion was driving south along Main street.
At Second South street the horse turned
to the left and dragged the Vehlcie upon
the north sidewalk The expressman was
utterly helpless to cope with the Sltuauon
and sat stupidity in the wagon, while
crowd rapidly gathered. Little sympathy
was expressed for the drunken driver I'M
til a woman. wheeling a baby carriage,
came hurrying around the corner: Sne
was the mans wife. Her evident distress
at the imminent possibility of police
man arriving and taking her nuspano 70
Jail for driving upon the SlueWdih "oil NO
several champions in the gaping crowd
AS the street was torn up. there was
no way of getting the wagon OF the
sidewalk except by backing it to Main
street or driving toward to Commercial
street, unless an opening could be found
along the trench which had been
dug by pipe layers. This opening was
| found opposite the Kentucky saloon and
| the wagon was at last swung out into the
street. Just as safety had almost been
reached, the driver fell into one of the
bitches and was with difficulty rescued.
He was finally placed upon the seat, In
| the custody of his wife. who drove the
vehicle homeward. with a little boy fol-
| lowing behind pushing the baby carriage.
AS the caravan moved away the wor-
ried wife breathed a few words of heart
| felt thanks to the men who had helped
move the wagon from the sidewalk, just
| as the patrolman on the beat hove in
sight.
EIks Have Goblin Party.
| Mirth and pumpkins marked the Hal
| loween sheet and pillow case entertain
| guests, all in ghostly attire, danced until
After that the dance continued, but every
hody knew everybody else. and the fun
was greater than ever 1t was the most
successful entertainment of the kind ever
given at the club. Those who did not
dance amused themselves with card play
ing music. conversation, or large succu-
lent slices of pumpkin pie
Among those who enjoyed the evening
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