The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-27
The Red Headed Policeman


American city of 100000 inhab''hh's
woman called tn him FROM the steps ~
a house aud reported that soon nf'rf
daylight that morning. just ~ she
had nNoLr aud was mnklD. ready '"
rrt M. she had hccn frightened hn''
,o death hy tho sight of lsrrr mon
Key Ut the open wlncdw she M"
scr,ntrcd out. aud the animal had He'd
Later In the day she had seen W"
monkey frISLlns about Oh the r""f ~
the shed attached To- III" honS" NEXT
door. Into which n stranger, WI" "n'
evidently q foreigner, had moved tire"
or four days before. lie was nnh
or middle age. und thcw was nn oil
woman with him. probably To act ~
huusckccprr
And i'm asking you. sir" continued
tho woman nS she raised her hand nnd
waved II tn aud fro, ~ It's the law W.
America that u foreigner aud ~ OLD
woman aud u ra.cally monkey can
NOV, IN next door to rcSpccinhl'
widow woman. who has paid H'"s Tot
the last nftccn years. leaving the mon
kc, to run AZ large aud scar. people
out ~ their seven scn.sr'
IT'S an Italian. ms'am. Who IL Your
new n.lghlnr." answered th" police
man. 4 was Jabhcrlng With him III"
DAY hc rented the house"
Then he, In the baud organ hus'
n-ssy
Then he's not. ma'am lies IN the
cuun, business lies had I" ~ fr"'n
his own sunny skies To- save his HE
You ought ,o h- proud that you have
live count living next door"
THREE OF four DAY. later III. pollr"
heard nt the station to which he was
attached ~ l."li burglary Ia ia"
n-lghburhnnI \ burglar had catered
hy SECOND story window nni made .
haul VI muury ani Jcwrlry. aui ~"
clcw had h-.n l.ft lrhiud This bur
glary vas followed by another within
twruty.fuur hours. aud then came
what the puli,r aud press called
wave uf crime. though II was sirl't
~ confined To- drspolliug private t--i.
dcncrs IN some eases II Vas lmpOssi
bl. 10 tell how -utrincr had is,n ~
f-cied, iu others Il WAS plain that an
open window was the Route.
~ cours. the drtcytlv-s Investigated
aul ~ course Nh.u NJ arrests follow
"i they got u roasting ln IL" n"uura
p-rs. II reached the point where the
chief Of police was asked to resign ~
a man utterly unified for the plac.
In return b. bounc-d two of hl. Lc
t,-'tiv.s because they could not pick
up clcws where no cl-ws had i~-n
left Then N. rel headed policeman
sat down &, do some ihInkinx lie
thought of many thing before h- ful
lowed the line down to the widow who
had told him about the monkey
Then he b-gan 10 scratch that rel
hair ana thlnk the harder aud nnally
decided To take walk around ou
Sands street and see u the count stili
occupied the bous. lie reached the
hous. ~ the widow hr.t Again sh.
was standing on Ih. steps ~ Sigh, of
him she descended tp the walk aud
said
so It's you. is ~ ~. L.-n walt.
Ing a whole week to ash yOu II lr- III,
habits Of monkeys 10 gO u bri lik.
honest folks at uight aud get up at
q r.asonabl. hour In the morning Or
whether they mr.. philani-tlng all over
town after midnight nHi coming home
any time brforc daylight"
"ln the wilds of Africa. ma'nm''-
began III. officer. but was interrupted
with:
But thcs. ar. not tL. wIlds VI AZ.
rIca. Nv. been doing some watching
for these last few moonlight nights. 4
didn't know but the Black Hand
would be coming for the count next
door. I've seen the monkey come and
10 half dozen times. lie comes aud
goes by wny Of the shed roof"
"And what ~ II. ma'am- what Of
itr asked the officer.
u can't say, sir. but It's a matter
that bothcrs me. ! thought III speak
of II aud let II bother yon."
lt'did bother the rcd headed police. |
man for the next hour. Then he con.
suited with his SUPERIOR nnd ~ n re-.
suit two detectives wcr. sent 20 Inter. |
View the count. They didn't succeed
Ia their purpose. u. anL the old won.
m had skipped oui Ia - hurry nm hour
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