The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-05-12

Sheriff Smith and the entire Norfolk
police force left at 1 o'clock Thursday
afternoon in automobiles and other
of the Junction, where they expected
to round up all the seventy-five hoboes
making themselves undesirable in that
portion of the city. Sheriff Smith be-
lieved that among these hoboes would
be some for whom the authorities of
various cities are searching.
Only five tramps were found and
they declared they had just reached
the city. The officers found a large
beer keg which one of the tramps ad.
mitted was emptied last night. Be
sides this beer several bottles of al
cohol had been disposed of. The Off
GERS believe there are about twenty
five other men in the woods in this
vicinity and are making a vigorous
search for them.
Out of about twenty five hoboes,
who are making their annual stop at
the hobo camp near the Junction, two
were arrested yesterday, but the 9th
drinking and grating.
Yesterday a Grayman was employed
to haul several cases of beer to this
camp, but when he reached q spot
within about twenty yards of the head
quarters he was ordered to stop and
the members of the tribe eXerted
themselves enough to carry the beer
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man to see what was going on.
The tramps are not of the ordinary
quality, so often seen in this city.
They have plenty of money, it seems,
and are well supplied with shoes, and
new clothing which they are selling at
"cut prices" Suits of fairly good
clothes are being sold at $1.5O per and
the receipts are invested in firewater.
Wednesday night both Patromen
O'Brien and Livingstone admitted that
there were about seventy-five of these
men camped at the Junction and that
they were grating" Norfolk people.
"Patrolman Kennedy will have his
hands full at the Junction" said Pa
trolman Livingstone. There are
about seventy-fiye hoboes there and
they are getting plenty to drink. They
have plenty of money and are selling
clothing"
Patrolman O'Brien declared last
night that Sheriff Smith would be no.
titled and a raid on the camp be made.
Norfolk an Easy Place."
One tramp declared Norfolk is dub.
bed among his class as an easy
place" A number of persons have
been stopped and asked for the price
of feed" and in one case the loaf.
ers had enough nerve to enter a gents
furnishing store and demand a pocket
handkerchief. Taking pity on one, a
store clerk took him to a restaurant
and paid for a good meal. There is
plenty of rock in the city hall yard
which could be converted into rock
pile.
Tries to Steal a Ham.
a. BuchhOlz prevented a thief from
! carrying away large ham from the
l.. Schenzel meat market Wednesday
Mr.. Buchholz offered to take charge OF
the market while the proprietor made
a trip TO his home. Mr.. Buchholz no
ticed large man make a hasty exam
ination of the shop and then walk tc
the rear Mr. Buchholz followed suit
and made speed to the rear door
While he was thus engaged, another
man, whom Mr.. Buchholz sized up as
hobo" entered the front door and
not seeing Mr.. Buchholz peering al
him through a glass door in the rear
unlocked fine looking ham from its
resting place among its brothers. Mr.
Hobo started to walk away but such a
cOmmotion came from Mr.. Buchhol2
that he decided to hang it back. Hc
left very quickly, followed by Buch
holz, who declares the tramp was
quite sprinter
Farmer Killed in a Runaway
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