The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-30
POL LfCEMEN
 OF THE PAST Or the Oddities of Our Of fcers Tn Other
 Days
 BEAT FIVE
BEAT FIVE
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 Wandering down memory's lane, one greets in recollection, Officer Henry Lockwood. He used to tell about it. One night after large fire in Grand street, when the officer had stared to beat it down town. g. young man told him: You'd better get back to Grand street. Big street fight there Right in the middle of the road. Such crowd (two in the mix up,) savey2 He did. Back he sprinted. Sure enough there was the crowd with a big circle around it and everybody saying something. Once in 8 while the crowd would sway and the fem mines even jumping the picket fences to escape the battling contestants. Up came the officer and poExing folks to one side he reached an opening to see that-weII 1t was only NIlady's hound and Bill Doolin's bull dog. in good, the bull, as usual had the grip back of the hounds neck and would not let go. Bound and round they went in all sorts Of circles. attacking, reattack- ing the spectators. The officer said 1t took his night stick several fence pickets, q decayed waterTneIon,a ,lBIan- ey's goat that some one had pushed into the ring, old shoes. stones and several pals of water; before it was all over.
 
 into a little barber shop on State i street to get hair cut and shave. Three others were in the chairs. Just as-oof coursewhen all were lathered up, a great wind blew cloud of black smoke in the back door and someone lar was ablaze. Eyerybody got out the barbers with Mther brushes and razors in hand and patrons faces covered with studs, four bewiIdered denizens, me of the same being bald headed and-dt was the laugh when firemen squirt on the barber shop vic- tims. Ia shower bath.
 Offcer John Stevens was taking his reporting rest at the station one night. A man was brought in for making a roughhouse of a water street saloon. When 1t was all slated he was char ged with drunkenness, breach of the peace. misdemeanor, injury to proper ty, assault, profane and abusive lam suage, resisting an officer, misrepre- sentations. 'ssPut him in" said the sergeant. What 6hic) am T. charged with. (hicl sayls' 'sEverytn ex- cept murder's said Officer stephens.
 When the Emergency hospital had it's very first days, in Court street. one nig4rt as otacer Peter Tanner was on Broad street he was hailed by a man In team who said: Light honse Keeper AfcNeil down st Seaside Park says there's a half drowned man there and wants uAe ambulance the Emergency and interruptins ssDave'' Jack talk with hisS dog s.Seaflow,', he said, Quick Want der ampulance oud to der lighthouse. an vas got drodnded. 'fYadnI Fave z sometimes hars dream .langh yet. over 1t, especially when he remembers Peter When did they start running
 Omcer Curran once did sornethins toward preventing damaging fire from making bad work on the so- called wheeler building About one o'clock in the morning, as he stood leaning against telegraph pole at the corner by the Standard building. idly twirling his night stick, he casually glanced up at the Wheeler block. It was warm night and moonlight He looked and saw a thin spiral of white steam issuing from one of the top windows. .sIS wonder" said the officer svhat they be doing with steam this hot weather and summer at that, I'll sec Up the street, g few paces, he glanced np again and saw a window shade burning. That was enough 'steen running steps took him to the door Of Janitor Lynch on Middle street, who was instantly aroused. Another sprint and the fire alarm box at ain street was reached Then things did Lynch got up stairs first and break ing into the former Concordia hall. found that the stage and scenery had burned up and that the stage was well ablaze. There had been a Com mers'' and show that night. Pretty l hard job for the firemen to get the hose up three flights of stairs. But they did and fortunately little water had to be used to finish things. All thanks to the eagle eye, and quick action of said officer, at the start.