Evening times-Republican., 1913-07-16
srEAcs .cLorhEs TO
eEG BUFFALO BILL

Council Bluffs. July 1e.-Ernest
West. aged 13 years. resident OF the
west end and not altogether unac-
quainted with the juveline court au-
thortties. can vouch that temptation
turks about circus tent as q side
partner to the elephants. a bosom
friend OF the camels, and Is just as
strong a. any Of the horses which pull
the wagons In the parade.
Ernie. as he Is known to Probation
Officer Ruben Herner and Juvenile
Judge g. b. Snyder. is small Of his age
but when he landed on the show
grounds Monday afternoon he found
every tent nap guarded 20 diligently
that not even he could slip by the
guards.
He didn't have even Sunday school
off0'ing in his pocket but the fact re-
mained that he Just had to see the
show. For the lack Of something bet
ter to do he started to walk around the
grounds. finally stopping where one
Nallie Pitman. roustabout. was
washing some white trousers for some
Of the Siamese or East India show
people.
The fact that white man should be
washing clothes for .'niggers" ap-
pealed to Ernie as rather out Of the or
dinary SO he sat down on the grass
and engaged Nallie in conversation. He
eked out Of the Snowman that he
didn't wash the colthes for pleasure
but because he wanted something to
eat and that the laundry business US
ually netted him about three squares
a day."
Ernie further learned that the show
with clothes of his own. This brought
with an offer on the part of the show
man. to see that Ernie witnessed the
great wild west show If he could fnd
q coat and q pair Of shoes. The coat
did not need to be new and the shoes
did not require q guarantee to travel
5000 miles. In fact. most any kind OF
clothes were acceptable by the show
man II dt to wear.
Ernie Immediately started to scout.
and returned in about fifteen minutes
with the shoes and coat. The articles
Of clothing were not any too good, but
Nallie seemed pleased to have them
and Immediately started to find some
one who would let Ernie see the show.
But Ernie's expectations were not to
be fulfilled and Nallie's form was never
to grace the coat nor his toes to spread
within the shoes. A policeman had
witnessed the latter part Of the trans
action and appeared on the scene just
as tho search for q show pass waa
started. Both Nallie and Ernie were
picked up and taken to the station.
Nallie was locked up for investiga-
ton and Ernie was ordered to appear
In police court at 3 o'clock. In the
meanwhile It was established that the
coat had been hanging on fence back
Of Fred Ever's butcher shop near
Twenty-third street and Broadway and
the shoes had been in shed back Of
the residence of Roy True on South
Twenty-third street.
Nallie, the Snowman, told his story
in police court and as 1t was not great
ly contradicted by Ernie, he was dis
charged to return to his washing Of
white pants for "niggers."
Ernie. however, was not quite so for
tunate. He was turned over to Proba-
ton Ofeicer Reuben Herner. who 10 o.
the opinion that Ernie should be denied
the privilege Of attending the movies
for at least . month Tor "pinching' thu
clothes. M s
Just what will be done with Ernie
has not yet been determined by Judge
Snyder, who says he win probably
bring him up in Juvenile court within
a day or so.