Arizona sentinel and Yuma weekly examiner., 1911-10-12
Councilman DOWney
 Chief of Detectives
(From Tuesdays Examiner)


 Zavala will now have to look to their laurels. There is a new chief of detectives on the force, likewise on the move. Sstl He carries a shot gun. He is Councilman Downey and he makes a speciality of the outlying dis tricts, especially the districts that lie promiscuous to his chickens.
 For month past he has been miss ing chickens from his hen roosts, and many indeed are the traps he has set and placed for the willy chicken mo- lestors who were unable to distinguish the difference between other peo- ple's property and their own.
 Many 6 morning has George gone cut and gazed sorrowfully at chicken roosts that were full the night before, but alas, were empty now.
 Many a time has he raved and pull ed his hair and threatened to intro duce a resolution to fire the city police force that is supposed to take care Of peaceful citizens property after the shades of night have fallen over the sflvery Colorado and incidentally hen roosts.
 But last night was his lucky night A railroad friend of Georges was get ting home late He heard a squawk and remembered that a squawk is al ways a sign of trouble in the yards, and promptly Jagged George, who was snoring peacefully going up grade. .,,,
 As soon, however, as he could get steam up, he grabbed his trusty shot gun and started after the thief who was loaded to the guards-with hens and geese
 The thief was going up prison hill, when George sent load of bird shot after him. But his gun wasn't a good hill gun and he missed. In the mean time the thief dropped one fat goose that he suddenly decided was excess paggage and put on more steam.
 Bang! George took a second shot and managed to take the tail feath- CTS out of his favorite rooster, but missed again. Then he threw the gun away in disgust and started after the lover of poultry with his bare hands, likewise bare feet.
 In the meantime the thief had drop ped the prize rooster and was going some. So was George.
 Topping the rise of prison hill, the thief stumped his toe and stopped to swear. The pause was fatal Our hero got him.
 In the meantime the neighborhood had turned out to see if George was doing a night gown dance or training for marathon and the thief was land ed in jail.
 This morning Officer Juan Zavala arrested one~of the mans alleged con- panions and Constable Julio Martinez arrested the other.
 Before Judge J. c. Jones this morn ing the chicken embezzler caught by Councilman Downey got six months; the other two who were only caught by just ordinary officers, got thirty days each.
 Now George can go to bed at night and dream of chicken for dinner on Sunday without fear of waking up to find the hen roost empty. All three of the men are strangers in Yuma and they had slick scheme of taking the chickens down to the river bank behind prison hill, dressing them, throwing the offal into the riv- CT and then coming over and selling the dressed chickens to the restaur- ants.
 George affirms that if it wasn't for losing his reputation, he would go on the police force.
 He has thrown away the shot gun and now has scatter gun trained on the chicken yard.