The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-09-01
THREE BOYS ARE
FINED So EACH
Had Annoyed Telephone
Operator at Night

Monday was Mayor Kuhbach's
busy day, he having held two hear
ings in the city hail. one at o'clock
and the second at 8 o'clock p. M.
The last mentioned was of
serious and dangerous nature, and
the three young men arrested who
escaped with but a light fine of SIS
each ought to congratulate them
selves that they did not meet with
something more severe.
1t appears that for sometime, ac-
cording to a sworn statement made
by the manager of the Consolidated
Telephone company of Honesdale,
Monday night, that there is difficulty
in keeping a night operator, owing
to the misconduct of a number of
young men who have INDUCED in a
series of night escapades, which the
telephone company says is now at
an end.
The night operator, at 1880 Sun
day morning, called Officer Degroat
and he notified Chief ]. ]. Canivan
that some boys were annoying her
over the telephone from the public
pay station outside.
Owing to the humiliation that it
would bring upon the boys impli
Gated, also upon their parents and
guardians, this paper will call the
boys A, B and G. By holding back
their names it is hoped that the les
son taught will in no way be less i'm
pressive upon others and that A, B.
and c will mend their ways and not
lay themselves liable to a peniten-
tial offense again.
Chief Canivan stated that when
he and officer Degroat reached the
telephone office that the boys were
in the Amity club, two of them be-
ing members, and were able to es-
cape by having keys to the club
rooms. The chief stated that they
resisted him when he called but they
would not open the door, so that it
was necessary to go out and get an
other member in an effort to open
the door. The lock, he stated, was
doctored someway and the member
had to climb through the transom
over the door to get in the room. B
was found under a sofa, while A
went over the cable from the build
ing to the telephone pole and down
same to the street where he was
captured by one of the officers. C
was lost. All remained quiet for a
time and then a scrambling noise
was heard overhead C had gained
entrance to the attic of the building.
Chief Canivan procured a lantern
and went after him. When the
chief got to where he had crawled,
it being at the extreme corner of the
building, c refused to move. Fin
ally the chief told Officer Degroat to
take B to Sheriff Braman and he
would wait until he returned. With
that c said, "Pll come" Officer De-
Ornnt onrrnhnrotnd Chinf 90
story, adding that he saw the three
young men uptown and advised
them to go home and scarcely ten
minutes afterwards was called to
the telephone office by the night
operator.
The manager of the Consolidated
Telephone company stated that the
district superintendent of the COM
pany would withdraw all charges
and would drop the case entirely if
the young men would agree to stay
away.
Mayor Kuhbach told the. young
men the seriousness of their actions
and if they did not settle by paying
a fine of So each and sign an agree
ment not to molest the telephone
company again in any way, shape or
manner, that it would land them in
serious poSltlon as the telephone
company would bring the matter to
court for trial and they would not
escape as easily then as if they paid
their fines and be discharged. A, B
and c coughed up IS each with the
understanding that they would sign
an agreement, counter-signed by
their parents and guardians. The
boys ages were IS, 20 and 21 years
and as was stated by Mayor Kuh.
bach, "old enough to know better.