Bisbee daily review., 1914-12-06
TROPICAL CHARGE HAS CLOSE CALL FROM A
 TERM IN CITY JAIL
SnoOkums, Favorite Occupant of We'll Known and Much Visited Office Escapes Clutches Of Law by a Narrow Margin.


 
 Snookums has had very precari- ous eXistance during his life. He has led the average, profligate exis- tance of one of his age and has es- capped the wheels of loaded wagons. the flying hoofs of enraged horses and the occasional shot Of some belli oose householder as he raided the latter's larder and overturned the last shipment of meat from the butch ! er-but never did Snookums have a closer call than yesterday
 Snookums is a favorite around a certain office in the town. This of ice is much frequented by the city police officers and Snookums is on terms of intimacy with all of them. He is often taken on serious and com plicated errands with the officers where secrecy must be maintained and so far as can be determined. has neved divulged any of the lore of the department
 Snookums has the run of the office and, practically speaking. the run of the town He is hailed by a great many people who know him and in each instance is friendly without be- ink familiar In fact he is liked by .all who know him and didn't antici- bate any trouble when he came down town yesterday morning
 Snookums finished his breakfast with the rest of the family and asked if he couldn't go to town Mr. head. of-the-house gave his permission un- der the condition that Snookums await him at the office. This Shook ums readily agreed to do. But at that time he didn't imagine that wagon would pass which he despised and that the driver Of this wagon was a special enemy of his. having many times cut him with his whip.
 So Snookums meandered to town and planted himself in the office. He was taking things easy when Head of-the-House entered The latter sat down and entered into the midst of work Snookums. seeing the Mir. Head-of-the-House engaged. looked up. and, gathering his few belongings together, left without disturbing MT Head-of-the-House.
 Presently the latter happened to look out of the window. This win dow faces the street and gives clear view of the entir thoroughfare.
 Mr. Head-ofthe,House's gaze wan dered over the traffic. aimIessly. un- th it hit npCu the yisage of man who was taking his charge across the pavement It was Snookums and the latter didn't want to go to jail. He objected strenuously to the teth. CT upon him, trying to explain to his arrestor that he had business with Mir. Hcad-of-the-House in the office on the ether side of the street.
 His caDtor was obdurate. however. Just then Mir Head-ofthe-House ap- peared on the scene and asked what Snockums had been doing. He was told, in few words. that Snnokums had insulted the driver of a wood wagon and would have to be punished therefore.
 MT Hesd-ohthe-House objected. He avered that snookums had the right of bail and that anyway. no one but the City Marshal could ar rest Snookums.
 While thus engaged with MT. Head oi-the-House, the captor of Snookums didn't see Mrs observation-disclosures come around the corner on her way to the morning markets. The latter took in the situation, immediately.
 She went up to her prodigal charge and while Mr Head-of-the-House was arguing the pros and cons of hebeas corpus and other legal rights of pri- soners the tether holding snookums was released and the latter scamp cred for safety.
 The arrester had lost snookums. Mir Head-of-tbe-House laughed Mrs Head-of-theHouse remarked thai snookums could not be incarcerated without a preliminary hearing and one agile, yellow-legged, intelligent fox terrier, had escaped the rigors oF fha offtr ,o,-1