Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1918-11-02
Have Big Week With Judge Bur-
gevin in the Protecting
Role.
Three Boys Heavily Fined While
a Negro Chauffeur Is
Released.
Two Coppers Stage Real Fight
without Pies, the COM
edy Weapon.
SERGEANT MAKES DISCOVERY.

Judge Thruston Burgevin, of the
Louisville Police Court, established
the fixed scale Wednesday in his
court for the license to designate
our local police as "Keystoners,
which they are known by far and
wide. In sact soldiers, sailors,
travellers of all kinds and men right
In the front line trenches refer to
Louisville's present joke police
force as Keystoners, being, as the
Confessional said Thursday, a
reminder of the Keystone moving
picture policemen. Judge Burgevin
fined Morgan Garry, Clarence Mich
OILS and Paul Redwitz, three little
boys, $40 each for daring to call
Patrolman Bill Bunk keystone
policeman, the latter arresting all
three of the boys single-handed.
Right here ii might be said that II
Judge Burgevin can collect $40
from every person that refers to
the local collection of sleuths as
"Keystoners" he will pile up fund
In the Police Court that will wipe
out the Liberty Loan, as every man,
woman and child not on the city or
county pay roll refers to the
comedy police as such. Some of the
latter do so in private and 1t is said
that Judge Burgevin can collect
several $40 fines from Chief Petty,
who in his disgust from time to
time refers to his ex-motormen and
conductors as "Keystoners.
Patrolman Bill Bunk, the police
man who so inspired Judge Bur-
gevin's sympathy, is none other
than the copper who livened up
things at Twenty-fourth and Rowan
streets three or four Sundays ago
by taking in all sides of the street
on an old-fashioned "hooray," and
his funny antics drew such a crowd
that riot call was sent in for the
Fourth district police station. Now
get what happened. Capt. Larkin,
Of that district, arrived with the
patrol, sees Bunk hanging on to a
kid for a prisoner. Capt. Larkin
releases the boy, strips Bunk OF
his club and badge, piles him in the
patrol wagon and leaves a substi-
tute on the beat. AS will be seen,
Bunk evidently suffered no punish
ment from the Board OF Safety or
the reform administration, as he Is
out again to make warfare on the
kids. Capt. Larkin quit this week,
and his friends say he quit in dis
gust. He probably realized that
you can't make policemen out OF
motormen or conductors and. tu(
like Col. Petty has found out, you
can take the boy out of the coun-
try but you can't take the country
out of the boy.
Now the same day in the Police
Court James Howard, a negro
chauffeur, was on trial, having been
arrested by Patrolmen MARCEL and
williams Tuesday night for going
by the Confederate monument at
the rate of forty miles an hour.
Howard was fined SIS and THE
FINE SUSPENDED. This brings up
the question: Is a Keystoner's life
In jeopardy when three playful kids
call him a Keystoner, especially
when they hear the joke police
dubbed as Keystoners by young
and old? But there were many
lives in danger when this negro
chauffeur was going at the rate of
forty miles an hour, his fine OF IS
being suspended while the little
white boys had to PAY THEIR $40
FINE. The negro chauffeur will no
doubt be grateful enough to line up
with the Republican party next
Tuesday after his considerable treat
ment In the Police Court. and pos
sibIy the Republican machine may
hire him to go out and run over a
few Democrats at his forty-mile-an-