The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1920-11-25
YOUNG HOODLUMS
TERROIzE RESIDENTS
CHURCH AND RESIDENCE ROT
Ten EGGED-SHOOT THROUGH
WINDOW OF HOME-THEA-
TIRE SCENE OF NIGHTLY
DISTURBANCES.

One Of the most disgraceful act,
that could be committed by a lot o,
young men occurred Friday night
when eggs were thrown in large mum
bers against the Episcopal Church and
also on the front Of the home of MIR
Geo. Cunningham in Olivier street
T Conduct Of this kind is becoming in
tolerable, and If our police mean 70
give the citizens Of Algiers any kind of
protection it is up TO them to ferret
out the ruffians and perpetrators OF
this dirty work. II certainly will not
require great detective skill to land
the guilty parties in Jail where they
belong.
FIREARMS IN STREET.
1t is not an uncommon thing to see
young boys carrying openly about the
streets of Algiers 22-calibre rifles
shooting the birds out of the trees in
fN'|'AN wv PAbllN SlIttlS. tlSlOlS are
also in evidence, and for the past two
weeks there has been a continuous
celebration in several parts of our dis
trlct with all kinds of fireworks. ex-
plosiyes and other nOise-producing ele-
ments
One OF the most serious things Oc-
CURED one day last week when two
bullets were fired through the upstairs
window Of the residence of Mr.. Chas.
f. Dickey. in Verret street. If the DO
lice would make a few examples of
some of these boys who openly DEFY
the law, there would be greater safety |
for the public
MALICIOUS CONDUCT AT FOLLY.
One Of the few places in AIgiers
where policeman should be stationed
1r within easy call is in the vicinity
If the Folly Theatre, where young BOYS
nightly cause disturbances. and were
I not for the fact that the patrons of
his shOwhOuse are acquainted with
Ome of the malicious mischief. their
N'NAA' iiAiShN iOiAS iSO nave NduStu |
stampede among women and children.
With many fatalities. These young
ufilans have been known to puncture
Tres with knives under the glaring
lights of the theatre. Articles are so
ften stolen from the autos that
many of the owners do not bring their
Only a few nights ago
Dung boy with pistol after discharg.
ng same. cried out, 20 God, He shot
ne. Our readers might imagine
that effect this had on timid women
Tho were on the inside of the show
nd who heard this shot and the ex-
lamation which followed This is
My an example of the conduct around
he mounds, on the pavement and in
ront of or the vicinity of the Folly
'heatre. Thousands of people visit
his playhouse nightly and it is up to |
ur police department to see that the
ublic is protected from this class of
uffians who are only few years re-
loved from the penitentiary.
Another one of the disgraceful !
Genes to which we call the attention I
the police, is the crap gaines on the c
cps of the German Lutheran Church, a
nd on the sidewalk on the side of the
oily Name Hall. We do not think it @
ould take much of a sleuth to make r
i arrest a
Rev. Hafner stated to the Herald L
lat not only do the hOys disturb
lurch services, but they actually de- /,
ce the signs on the church in their o
fort to change the time of the serv- n
es -
If our police department desires to II
axe a record before the close OF this
they have plenty of ma ..
rial to work on in the few days that =,
main. :,