The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1917-07-21
COPS AND FIRES
WILL ENTERTAIN
DEEP MYSTERIES SOMElIMEy..t
LEAD TO LAUGHABLE IN
CIDENTS


there are too few mean Of enter
tainment in Goldfield and hal be-
tween fires there is a lack OF excite
ment. All such peor.e haJ3 70 Go
these days is to get on ile right
side of the firemen and p3i'"emen
and they will be well provided with
entertainment and excitement.
Last night there was a meeting
held in the fire house 20 organize a
volunteer department. While it
was in progress two men appeared
outside and in a myst iri0us a
ner one of them hailed h fire
chief and the. other cal ed Chief #
Police Morrison. There were mys-
FERROUS conferences, after which
Fire Chief Murphy again Joined the
meeting and Morrison dis appeared.
There was great mystery. Some
thing big was on. Prominent citl-
ems who should have been at the
meeting we're not there. They were
with the mystery, hard on Its trail.
Two Firms for some time hav"
UccH COuILlu6 IL OdhO SH' -
lives in the vicinity of the Catholic
church. They stood against tele-
graph poles and smoked innumer-
able cigarettes, as men will While
waiting for a girl. They were riv-
ais and competition was keen, ard
it was necessary that they both be
on the job every night.
Co., hnI hnnp un1HtHJ
their mysterious actions for d loG5
time and last night decided the
two Firms could have no other OBJ
ject in view than to set fire to the
church and they t%elephoned their
suspicious to Father Dermody. The
police we're notified and o 20 every
cabin, telegraph pole and clump OF
s%agebrush concealed an amateur
sleuth with both eyes glued on the
Firms.
Night Officer Benton heard the
rumor and went to the church. He
saw none of the well-concaaled
watchers, did see the Firms, knew
turned to town.
One of the Firms, having a bunch
that the girl was not at home but
was in the main part of town, and
seeing an opportunity to outgeneral
his rival, walked to Main street.
On Main street a business man, who
knew about the big plot, pointed
out the suspected fire fiend to Nor
rison, who took the trail and folE
lowed the man to his home, whert
he discovered the Finn was inn1F
cent of any deep-laid plot to burr.
the church and his questioning de-
layed the man just long enough for
his rival to capture the girl.
Later Morrison and Benton were
standing in front of the Elks' club,
when a man came along. called
them aside, and there was another
mysterious conversation. The two
officers hurried to the doorway of
the Registration building, where
they found two women, one of them
the proprietor of a hotel.
Three men had registered at the
hotel. They had paid their board
in advance. There intentions could
be naught but evil. The woman
had a bunch. Deputy Sheriff Bo-
gard came along. He was dealt a
hand in the second mystery OF the
night. The woman wanted a man
to watch the hotel for the remain
der of the night.
The officers investigated and de-
cided that all was we'll with the
mysterious men and that their in
t%entions were good II that if they
did not stop their own mysterious
actions anyone would be justified
in pinching them for being insane.
The person who had been watch
ing the proceedings during the
night states that he then decided,
as there had not been a fire for
several hours, it would be we'll to
get in on the n that was then
about due and take a mile-a-minute
ride with the firemen before retir-
ing.
He went to the fire house and
seated himself on a bench outside
in the cool of the evening and about
10 O'Clock the expected fire call
came over the telephone, and a
nice. long, mile-a-minute ride to
Combination hill was had on the
truck, which is pleasant to travel
on, as the heavy machine rides
easier than most touring cars. An
oil-burning dryer in the nine
change room had smoked TOO much.
but there vas nothing wr,ns aeiie
from that and the french return
ed and Chief Murphy ret.ral anI
had sweet dreams of an asbestos
lined heaven where fires are i'm
possible.
Sunday Unloading Of Cars