The Washington herald., 1918-06-11
Here's Louis Again.

Sure enough there was. A whole |
case Of it. And Louis loved gin bet
ter than anything else.
There were a dozen bottles of Cor
don Dry in the case. One by one
they disappeared.
Watchman Flynn--saw the broken 1
box sitting around. He concealed |
himself and watched
He saw Louis approach the box. |
He saw him spring on the helpless
liquod and kidnap the last bottle.
II gotcha, baby" said Louis, as he
hugged the bottle.
Il gotcha. baby" said Flynn, as
he grabbed Louis You made a gin
fizzle outs this trick alright, my man
Louis was locked up. He sought
to implicate Ferdy Magruder, an
other employe. but Ferdy was in
nocent.
Eight Of the bottles were recovered.
The rest are still missing.
The court gave Louis six months
to think it over.
Nine Months for q Nickel.
Once in this city a man committed
murder for fifteen cents.
He threw a brick. killed his man,
and got twenty years-all because the
dead man had not paid a debt of
fifteen cents as promptly as the muir
derer thought he should have.
Last Sunday a FIVE cent piece came
near causing a murder under very
similar circumstances.
John Coleman accused Henry Clark
OF owing him a nickel for a pair of
dice that he (Coleman) had loaned
to Clark.
This nickel must have looked as big
as a house to Clark, because he re-
fused to pay it.
And according to Colemanl he
picked up a stone and threw it at
him. missing him by an inch.
The two came together and fought
it out until they got tired. Then they
stopped.
Clark went home and sat down on
his doorstep. Coleman went too. but
he was nursing a terrible crouch.
He had failed to get his nickel.
Going into the kitchen. Coleman
picked up a pairing knife and came
out again on a hunt for Clark.
He jumped on Clark as soon as ne
found him. He stabbed him in the
chest not far from the heart.
The charge against Coleman was
simple assault instead Of assault with
dangerous weapon, and the court
let him have nine months.
Eds Taking Trays.
Last Saturday afternoon Bill Jordan
and friend went shopping. Bill was
after a suit of clothes.
He visited a secondhand dealer on
Seventh street. While looking around
in the store. Bill was very much
shocked to see an overcoat which he
supposed was in a closet in his room,
hanging up in the show window
He said nothing. He went OH out
He went to his room, and sure enough
his overcoat was gone.
The cops were called In to investi-
gate. The coat had been stolen.
Ed Matthews, who roomed i'm the
same house with Bill was accused.
He denied stealing the coat. But the
secondhand dealer to whom the coat
was sold, identified Ed as the guilty
man.
Here was perfectly good S. over
coat sold for a measly S25n.
And Ed didn't even take the trouble
to take the mothballs out of the coat
There were ten of them there, and
they were worth 10 cents apiece.
He had told the secondhand man
that he had been drafted and since
Uncle Sam would furnish an over
coat when the time came. he had no
need any more for a civilian coat.
Just for that Judge MuIlowncy let
him have one hundred days.
His .Friend.s
With hundreds of other Wash
lngtonians. Emmett Bannison went
over to Baltimore Saturday.
He bought a quart of stuff alleg-
ed to be whiskey. Then he came
right back.
He took long pull at the bottle
that same night and again the next
morning.
a dead mule. Emmett drank halt
that it was no good.
A friend" came around to the
house Sunday morning. and told
Emmett how thirsty he was.
And since he considered this
NETT didn't care to offer him the
bum liquor.
The friend" insisted and insist
ed. Finally Emmett gave him the
remains of the quart.
The friend" insisted on paying
for it. Emmett refused the money.
But the friend" pleaded so hard
that Emmett accepted a piece of
money.
The friend" went out. got a cop
and came back with him.
Emmett saw that he had been
tricked by a man whom he had
heretofore considered a real friend,
instead of a false one.
The court sent him TO Jail for
80 days and fined him SEQ bcsides.
Camoufiage Didn't Work.
Ed Palling is a wagon driver cm-
ployed by a drug concern at its ware
house.
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