The Washington herald., 1918-04-26

run across.
Policeman Peterson for the last
few days had had Mary Thomas under
-. .a
Mary was hanging around the water
front in Georgetown.
How she managed to eat and sleep
Is a mystery-but so Is Mary.
The policeman offered to get her
job. The girl got highly insulted.
Seeing that it was useless to, argue
with the woman Peterson locked her
up and charged her with being a
vagrant.
He feared that unless she watched
her step she might fall overheard
and become ferd for the catfish.
In court Mary argued that she
worked for living-and when things
were sifted down 1t was found that
she actually had worked for six
whole hours during the past two
months.
Mr.. Foster at occoauan sent out
an s. o. s. call the other day for some
scrub floors.
So therefore Mary wih 60 down
for two months and get her board
free while the rest Of us here wrestle
with the II. c. Of L.
He Felt Like 30 Cents. Too
"You have made yourself a thief for
thirty cents" said the court to Harry
Turner, charged with stealing ten
pounds of oats from the District
stables. g..
but, Judge" interposed Harry. u
have a family. took those oats to
feed my chickens"
But" said the court, you had
your family before you stole these
oats. Why didn't you think Of them
then"
The District authorities have had
Harry under suspicion for some little
time.
They sent a man to watch him
and he was caught in the act.
He had been on the job four years,
1t Is his first offense.
But because a man has a family he
can not offer 1t as an excuse for COM
mitting a crime.
And the court didn't hesitate to tell
Harry that. either.
The thirty cents worth Of oats dc
is the act OF a trusted workman that
hurts.
The court fined Harry sao-or thirty
days.
Steady There, Mike.
Wednesday afternoon on NJ street
in Georgetown Michael O'Toole sal
down and wished for q bottle o1
liquor.
No sooner had Mike got the wish
out Of his system when along came
bootlegger. winked his eye, and
the trick was done.
This fellow was an awful smart
bootlegger, because Detective
I Scrivener hasn't caught him yet.
Mike took a good pull at the bot.
tie. Then he looked at it and pat.
ted himself on the tummy.
The stun didn't seem to have any
authority and so Mike gulped dowr
the rest in disgust and threw the
bottle in the middle of the street
breaking it in a thousand pieces.
Detective Scriyener was standing
near. keeping an eye on Mike ant
! the bottle. y
When Mike went to get up. hi.
legs refused to take orders from hii
befuddled brain.
He couldn't walk. Whatever tn,
STUFF in the bottle was, 1t certainly
| put his pins on the bum.
Scrivener locked him up. And
the court told him to shell out .
s35 bill.
Who Swiped Moses Trousersf
Moses Knox Is a very old man. H,
| Is so old that he doesn't know jus
how old he really is.
The other day in some mysterious
manner he got separated from hi
| trousers.
He was inside, so there is no harm
in telling it.
Moses had to go out on some bust
ness. And, goodness knows, he wa.
| too modest to go out in his B. v. DIS.
| He borrowed" a. pair Of pants be
longing to a fellow roomer.
Uptown he went attended to hi
business. and started back home.
| He found a cop waiting for him
Poor old Moses was scared to death.
! Some kind-hearted soul volunteered
: to bend the old man a pair to go d
the station house in.
1t was the first time in his life tina
Moses was ever in Jail.
Folks who know him say that he 1!
a law-abiding citizen. He never gIvel
anyone any trouble. they said.
And SO the court let the old man 9,
on probation.
Poor old Moses was scared to death
The Jailhouse for Henry.
Six months in jail is a long time tt
have to stay locked up for q two
dollar bill. .a'.
But that is what the doctor ordered
for Henry Powell.
Henry had been employed In the
passport division of the State Depart.
ment .-,.
For some time money has beer
taken from letters consigned to Hen.
ry's department. ~.
They suspected the man-but want.
ed absolute proof. 81
So Inspector Mosby Of the Postoffice
Department sent decoy letter to the
passport division.
The letter was addressed to another
man In that division, and was placed
In his mail box.
Henry swiped Il. They were look
ing at him all the time.
Fortunately for Henry the letter
was out Of the hands Of the Postoffice
Department when he swiped u.
Else he would have been guilty Of
Q penitentiary offense.
And 20 the charge against hin was
Just plain larceny.
But. owing % othar conditions. the
court thought q sdvisahls 10 soak
Henry the way u I'D.
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