The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-11-01
According to the Police, but
Indignant Househol d e S
Say that Vandalism Reign
ed Without Check.
A BOMBARDMENT OF
CABBAGES FEATURE
Aged Vegetables Hurled
From Church Tower, Auto
Entangled with Wire and
Gates Galore Missing.

Mystic Halloween, the one night o1
all the year when the small boy reigns
supreme, was quietly" observed in
Richmond if viewed from the stand
point of the police-not indignant
householders. The evening was devot
ed to parties and dances and to a gen
eral rough house" on the streets.
Main street resembled a miniature
Madri Gras last evening. Hundreds OF
persons, garbed in the weirdly grotes
que costumes appropriate to the oc
casion, paraded the principal thor
oughfare to the uncanny music" OF
tin horns galore. Everyone, both old
and young seemed to enter into the
spirit of the night in a more general
observance of fun and frolic than here
tofore but at the same time the twenty
extra police who were scattered over
the city to protect property didn't
have time to sleep on the job.
Police Are Thankful.
OF course there were several reports
to the authorities of shutters missing
this morning, gates carried away and
front steps gone, but it wouldn't be
Halloween without something of this
kind, and the police say they are
thankful there was so little mischief
done. One irate resident Of the east
end called at police headquarters this
morning to inquire the whereabouts OF
his spring wagon and was Informed
that 1t would probably be found at
such and such an address, only about
q mile from its usual quarters.
From the looks Of the Main street
'wtndowst this morning, however, and
casual glance down several of the al.
leys in the city, it would appear that
the observance was not so awfully
quiet" after all and that in fast the
small boys had been very much on
the job in an all night session. Per
haps the police couldn't see. after four
o'clock Or perhaps they remembered
of times long past when they used to
cuss the cops for "buttin" in on their
pleasures.
Perhaps John Hirschburg, the photo
grapher, can testify as to what degree
of "quietness" was manifested by the
youngsters. While driving his automo-
bile on South Seventh street last night,
Hirschburg's progress was impeded
by a bale of woven wire fence, which
somehow had a disagreeable way of
machine. The tangled mass of fencing
was finally removed after several
hours work.
Bicycles Are Taken.
Two bicycles were taken from in
front of the "Y'' but later found sew
eral blocks from the institution. A
huge wheelbarrow adorned the front
steps of the First Presbyterian church
this morning. Soap worked overtime
on the Main street windows and many
a front door Of peaceful resident
bears the imprint of cabbage head
today, or the marks of hen fruit in the
very last stages of decomposition.
Innumerable' hay rides were held
last night and parties were attended
in all parts of the city. On more than
one occasion when it came time to
serve the ice cream and cake it was
found that the mischievious maraud-
ers had left circumstantial evidence
of hurried visit earlier in the even
ing.
Dropping cabbage stocks on the
heads of pedestrians from the tower
of the Reid Memorial church was the
playful pastime INDUCED in by a gang
Of youngster1 in the north end. For
no one was struck but several
were "sprayed's by the cabbage leaves
as the vegetables burst upon the side
walk. One auto was reported stolen,
then found several blocks away.
In fact if last nights celebration was
quiet" there will probably be a big
migration from Richmond when a
noisy" celebration is going to be pull
ed of.