Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11
BY "TExTs" TALBOT

de papah dat he am charged wild
petty lawsny. All jus knows he didn't
do dat" he declared.
you can talk to the Judge about it,"
replied the sergeant. Your brother
will be arraigned In police court this
the case they will want you as wit
ness"
,"Ah sho' do knows sum'pin bout de
case, an All amt gwine see nah
brother get hanged fo' dat lawsny busi-
ness. All he do was to steal fo' ole
hens dat was so tuff dat dey mex nah
teeth hurt" He hurried out to pre-
vent his brother from suffering dire
consequences for petty larceny.
Stamped for Identification
The next to occupy the sergeants
attention was the arrival of the patrol
wagon with two drunks, both of whom
had to be carried in. They could not
stand up and were unable to talk
After trying for several minutes to Sc
cure their names the officer gave 1t up
in disgust and the offenders against
sobriety were booked as John Doe No.
1" and John Doe No. 2" and marked
for Identification with rubber stamps
and the figures 81" and 2" the numer-
ais being stamped on their faces and
hands.
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hand with a saw came in for medical
treatment, and an English tourist with
a bull terrier sauntered up and wanted
to buy a dog license. The man with
the bleeding hand was given slip
for treatment and sent to the recelv-
ing hospital, and the tourist was d1-
rected to secure the license at the city
hall.
A Mexican woman with three dark
eyed children wanted Information con-
corning her husband. She wept as she
told how he had left their home to try
to secure employment and had not re-
turned She expressed a fear that he
had been foully dealt with. Just as
she started for the detectives office
to give a description of the missing
man he hurried in at the door. There
was a joyful meeting and the little
family wended their way homeward,
the husband jubilant at having secured
a position and found his family and
the wife happy because her husband
had not met with misfortune.
The telephone bell rang and The SER
geant removed the receiver and said
"hello." His countenance took on
look of amazement, but soon changed
to that of mirth. Then advising the
person on the other end of the line to
send for the dead-animal contractor
he hung up the receiver.
81 thought there was an accident
when l first answered that phone" he
said "a woman began by denounc-
ing the police and then said his body
is still lying where he was killed. Be-
fore l could get in a word she said 1t
was a dog that had been struck by
street car and blamed the police for
not removing the carcass"
The sergeant had finished working
on the book and was seated at his
desk when a thin woman with features
nodded after the pattern of razors
appeared. She wore glasses, severe
looking hat with a bunch of black rib
bon and a green band, and led by the
hand by a boy of 10, whose most dis
mark was a mop cf carrot
colored hair. Before the officer had
chance to inquire her business she
snapped, II want you to send a police
man with me right away and nave her
arrested-she had no right to do it.
What is the nature of your trou-
ble?" asked the sergeant in the suave
manner acquired by long practice.
Mrs. Blank slapped my little boy
and l want her prosecuted. She had
no cause to strike James. He is lit
tie darling. and even if he did say she
was ugly and looked like feather bed
tied in the middle and threw a few
stones at her, that is no reason why
She became quite angry when she was
told to tell her story to the prosecuting
attorney, and after sneeringiy- remark
ing that the police were without rea-
son hurried out, dragging James by the
hand.
The next visitor was a dyspeptic ap-
pearing individual who wore a long
tailed coat two sizes too small for him,
light trousers and white canvas shoes.
He approached the window in a con-
fdent manner. 81 want to know If 1t
is against the law to distribute hand
bills about the Streets" he said. You
see 1 have discovered a hair tonic that
is a sure cure for badness and want
to advertise it by scattering printed
matter about the streets" He was
told it would be a violation of the law.
The hair tonic man was in good
humor and before he started away he
turned to the sergeant and said: Il
would give you a bottle of my remedy
but your hair is thick enough. That
man over there needs some of this
tonic and if he will allow me to make
a demonstration here I will give him
bottle" The person referred to
jammed his cap over his ears and NUT
tered that he had to answer a call and
hurried out to the wagon, while the
stranger slowly walked away.