Arizona republican., 1920-01-26

1 Brawn triumphed over brain when Policeman Lucey was placed in a rather puzZling situation the other night. Lucey called police headquar- | ters to report horse which had been killed by car at Fourth and Buchanan | streets.
 Where is the carcass?" asked Cap tain Sutherland, who received the call
 at police headquarters.
 Fourth and Buchanan streets ''
 came the prompt reply. There was an irritating buzz on the telephone and | Capt. Sutherland asked that the names 1 of the streets be repeated. Fourth street-one two three four Fourth street and Buchanan.
 Fourth and what?"
 "Buchanan-Buca an" Spell it.'
 "Er-um-wait a minute" and the phone at the other end registered a departing click.
 About an hour later Captain Suther- 1 land was again called to the telephone.
 Hello, this is Lucey talking. l want
 to report dead horse at the corner of Fourth and Adams" Bringing into the police court all the credentials of a correspondence
 cessfully defended himself on a charge
 of impersonating an officer. A bright
 tin star on which the word detective
 was impressively engraved, was eX
 hibited as part of the evidence. Testi- mony disclosed that although the de- fendant had used his badge to win for
 himself a place of prominence among the mem berS of his own race, he had not overstepped the pale of the law.
 "Ah done seen that man weah a big stah an one time I seen him with a bunch of papahs in his ham" one negro witness for the city testified. When ah asked him what foah those papahs, he done say potant business.
 But did he tell you he was an off cer?" asked Assistant City Attorney Nelson.
 Well. no. not in so many words. but he acted kinda suspicious like a regular policeman"
 That was enough for Judge Thomas and he dismissed the case.
 Everett True, famous the country over-wherever there are newspapers as a champion of the bare truth. and a scourge of all things wrong, has been in Phoenix ten days now-under his real life name, of course. and for a wonder can find a few bright spots. The climate, he says, is very nice whenever it doesn't rain, and the val ley is very pretty. There are quite a few nice people, though he observes that many of them are from the east, and some who are anything but nice.
 Everett has quite a few faults to find with the town, too, however The other day III 1OTIIldl lIlleTNieW, ne said, in part:
 Just why should a good many Phoenix store clerks, business men and landlords generally, treat strangers with that take-it- -or-leave air, half telling you they don't give darn about you and you may go to the devil so far as they are concerned? Why not have a universal rule of courtesy and accommodation, if only to boost the town?
 Also, why are there so many street loafers in the town? The downtown streets are sometimes positively ! crowded with loafers who just stand 1 there. Also. why are there so many 1 painted ladies, frequently young girls, to be observed whenever one goes into ! a cafe late at night?
 Also, why not have mail collections in the morning early enough to catch 1 the morning train?"
 Mrs True who is with Everett | seems to like Phoenix considerably | better than he does, but she took oc | casfon to ask why the city and the 1 public permitted so many male street | loafers, most of whom she observed, | did nothing but stand still and eye | every woman that passed, occasionally going so far as to make some audible remark about or to her.
 Everett, at this point, could not help asking if any man had ever looked at her a second time. and the interview broke up while Everett made nasty departure, just dodging few shoes and things. He promised to resume Tho interview later. however.