The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-14
WILL sQUELCA
CAT sK|NNERS
Knights Of the Funnel Gang Arc
Hlseklisted by Chief schevers, and
Must Drink in the Or
binary Way.
ALLEY RATS MUST GO
Police Court Has Its First consign-
ment After the EdIct is Signed,
While Others Assist In
Making up. Grist.

Two fragile flowers of the funnel
gang, Tom Crowell and Joseph Bast-
endorf were in the superior court yes
terday, and when Judge Mcnamara got |
through with them, their petals droop-
ed In the dust as they were led away
to the bastile, to serve out sentences
OF thirty days for indulging in their
favorite pastime, can rushing" 'cat
skinning,' Or any other of a dozen
ways in which to satisfy the thirst in
an alley, with the assistance Of a tin
can and ten cent piece.
The arrest of Crowell and Basten-
dorf follows a determination of the
chief of police to enforce the city
ordinance relative to those in the habit
of "can rushing" The police have
been instructed to break up the prac-
tice and they are going to make de-
termined efforts to carry out their In
structions.
Crowell and Bastendorf were not
the only offenders before Judge Nc
Namara. Tom Jester was one of the
others. Tom was plain drunk and a
sentence of ten days was imposed on
him.
Scrap With Father-in-IaW.
Chester Farnsworth. an alleged in
ebriate, will probably be sent to
knoxville for treatment. Farnsworth
has been addicted to evil ways for
some time, according to his
wife and her relatives, and
lneglects to provide for his
family His latest escapade was a
personal encounter with his father.
Levy Mccoy, of the Sugar Creek bill
neighborhood, after Farnsworth had
used stove shovel. The information
against Farnsworth was sworn to by
| his wife, Mrs. Pearl Farnsworth, and
his case will be disposed of later.
Henry Reiter, Finlander, member
of the Five Finn squad working fol-
/ the power company, and who .'stick to
gether" through thick and thin, was
arrested by the police after Ike Funk
of 1924 Main street, claimed that Reitel
/ had made way with a sum of money
not belonging to him. Funk claimed
Reiter presented two dollar bill II
4 payment for some goods, but says ths
clerk who waited on the Finlander
gave him change for twenty dollar
bill. Reiter strenuously denied tina
such was the case, and there Is al
lopinion that the mistake has beef
made with some party other thar
a Reiter. He was released on bonl
while charge of larceny will be heart
against him next week.
Finlander Regular Cut-up.
When Reiter was taken charge O
+ by the police one of his contender
OF the gang of "five,'' named Jake Ped
rol, threatened to annihilate the e.
tire Keokuk police force, also to chew
Funk UP and spit him in the river
Pedrol is about the size of a youn
mountain and has fists in proportion
and apparently, when he thinks any O
his friends are unjustly detained, h
has all the fury of a grizzly bear, an
is not to be sneezed at. Pedrol 70
lowed the procession to the police sts
ton, where he CRASHED his teetf
rounded his chest in his fury, pave
on the floor with his feet, and GU
loose volley of epithets and threat
that would make drunken sailor tur
green with envy. Only threatened al
rest and incarceration in Jail had an
influence on the big fellow, and he wa
a long way from being satisfied whe
he left the station. Pedrol, whe
! with his companions. speaks the FIJI
lander language. When in a mike
: crowd he speaks German fluentl,
When peevish he speaks Norwegian
and when irritated, speaks Yiddisl
When angry he speaks mixture
the entire languages on his tongue
end. and when he is furious and want
to swear, he speaks English.