The Washington herald., 1918-03-28
He would Steal Wood.
food is still worth $40 a cord.

"OOo 10 SUN "OTlh SSO q COTus
And therefore one-eighth Of a
cord is worth $3.50.
This eighth of a cord was rest
ing quietly in a coal yard where
Alfonso Cephas worked.
And when Alfonso was told to
take a load of coal to a customer.
he slipped this eighth cord under
his load and drove off.
Although he didn't know 1t, two
men were watching him all the
time and they purposely let him go
out of the yard with the stolen
wood.
They even let him take IL to a
house in southwest Washington.
where his lady friend lived.
Just as he was about to drive off,
apparently satisfied that he had
done a neat job, these two men
nabbed him.
Alfonso made all sorts of excuses.
He even offered to pay for the
wood.
But the men wouldn't let him. It
wasn't the first time. they said,
that Alfonso had done such a wood
enheaded trick.
Serve ten days in jail" said the
court.
HThe Ham What Amr-Not.
The trouble started over a tough
ham.
Lincoln Bowman bought this ham
the other day and his wife Ambrosia
cooked it.
They ate froR it for a couple of
days and then Lincoln asked Am
brosia to boil the ham over again
She refused, he said. She had no
time for. such foolishness, she is
said to have remarked.
They had some words. Lincoln
ordered his wife out of the house
and told her not to come back un-
less she promised to reform.
She had him arrested. She was
afraid of her life, she told the
court.
Lincoln had told her. she said.
that there would be blood spilled
and that he was willing to wade
in 1t up to his neck.
But Lincoln denied saying such
things. He loved his wife too much
for that, he told Judge Hardison.
Several witnesses came forward
and told the court that Lincoln was
not the kind of a man to make a
slaughter house out of his home.
The court took his personal bonds
to keep the peace.
Forty-iive Days In the Cooler.
Keep your garage door locked
when you are not around.
Otherwise someone may steal every
thing in 1t.
The police have succeeded in catch
ing one Of these boys who take par
ticular delight in robbing garages.
He is Hampton Hunter-and he has
hunted through more garages than
you can shake stick at.
It is a small matter for Hampton
to pick up a Ford in one hand and
Pierce-Arrow in the other and walk
out with it.
Auto tires, lap robes, horns. Jacks,
in fact everything that a careless
autoist is apt to leave around. COM
posed his loot
Policeman Thompson nabbed the
boy just in time to prevent him from
stealing an entire garage, roof and
all.
Hampton wouldn't even say why he
did these things.
But since he took all this stolen
property to secondhand dealers, it
is easy to see that he needed the
money.
"Ah cum fun Moth Cal'ina, Jedge,"
remarked Hampton. 1T got too hot
70 me down dere."
1t wasn't the weather. either, that
sent Hampton North, 1t was the Tar
heel sleuths. I..
'Forty-hve days in jail for him.
Baltimore Liquor Is Awful STUFF.
For the first time in Police Court
history, man has tried to tell the
court that a lamppost has whiskers.
He Is a Baltfmorean and his name
Is Bill Butler.
Bin came over from the Mont
mental City last Monday to see some
friends.
He brought quite a lot of booze
with him-securely wrapped up in
his skin.
Policeman Trammel discovered Bill
leaning against a lamppost at Four
teenth and s Streets, with his razor