New-York tribune., 1918-05-02
T Policeman' S Kiss
Rewards Woman
Bond Purchaser
Young Officer Lends Lips as
Well as Voice to Country's
Service

Patrolman Frank Campbell went
forth with the Police Glee Club yes
terday to lend his voice to the cause
of boosting bond sales on Policeman's
Liberty Loan Day. Before the day was
over he was lending his lips as we'll.
1t was on the Liberty Bell platform
IN City Hall Square that Patrolman
Campbell placed his lips, for kissing
try's service.
Between songs by the glee club it
was Patrolman Patrick Fitzgibbons's
job to megaphone Liberty Bond sales
and talk to the crowd Perhaps it was
the burst of feminine applause which
followed Patrolman Campbell's solo,
Memories" that gave Patrolman Fitz-
gibbons the inspiration. Anyway, he
took good grip on Patrolman Camp
to women only:
Campbells singing. Mr.. Campbell
doesn't know it yet, but he's now going
to offer you another inducement to buy
Liberty bonds. He is only twenty
two and it's said he's never been kissed.
He is now awaiting to bestow his
maiden kiss upon the first lady Yho
buys a $50 Liberty bond"
one arm and Patrolman Howard Smith
the other, Mr.. Campbell waited A
young woman bought bond. When
Mr.. Campbell saw her he shook him
self free of the grasp of his fellow
singers and stepped--forward.
Some witnesses reported that Patrol
man Campbell delivered the inducement
squarely upon the girls lips. Others
said he missed the target by good
in0 INN 1on II
the girls left cheek. The patrolman
afterward declared he had no idea
where he placed it, only that it landed.
Traffic Policeman Oscar Hattler,
whose smile has shown through the
dust at Lafayette and Grand Streets
for four years, got an assistant from
Headquarters to handle traffic yester-
day while he sold Liberty Bonds. The
large number of friends among auto
riders from the financial district, was
cashed in to the tune of $55,000 of Lib
erty Bonds. Charles Hayden, a Broad
Street broker, left a $4,000 subscrip-
ton at that corner.
Patrolman Patrick Mcdonald, who
has come to be considered a perma-
nent part Of the Times Square land
scape, received $1,5O0 subscription
from man who said he had come
buying from Mcdonald.
After a session of the Madison
Street Municipal Court the jurors had
$28 each due them when they were
dismissed yesterday Some favored
applying the money on Liberty Bonds;
others wanted to buy war savings
stamps. Justice Coleman ordered
them to return to the jury room until
they could reach a verdict.
After fifteen minutes the jurors
reached a compromise-that each
! should buy $50 bond and invest
like amount in stamps.
Excellent verdict" complimented
the court.
Lieutenant Ticho did not leave De-
tective Headquarters yesterday, but
he sold thousands of dollars worth of
Liberty bonds. Every person he could
remember he called up on the phone.
whom Lieutenant Ticho, in the past,
had had considerable professional deal
ings; ,.; -
you To-" began Lieutenant Ticho.
"I'm going straight now," interrupt
ed the man, excitedly. "Ive been going
straight for three years, and you know
Mrs. A. R. Ganan, of 12o Sherman
Avenue, holds that the Bankers Club,
or any other club. is no place for an
orphan boy just back from the
trenches, to spend his twentieth birth
day, so she took Corporal Elmer D.
Martin home with her. and last night
gave him a birthday party. Corporal
Martin went to France with Pershing.
He has been twice wounded and wears
the Croix de Gucrre.