Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1921-07-30

speaking loud enough for the jury
to hear. And the mystery to many
was that Gernert before being ap-
pointed to the police force followed
the occupation of peddler. and ped
dlers are noted for their loud If not
melodious voices.
The Interviewing fire at Thir-
teenth and Main streets Wednesday
morning furnished a fire loss of
$50. 900, which added to the record
breaking fire loss in this section
makes one wonder II the present
''hick1 fire department doesn't hold
the worlds record for losses in a
city this size. And this fire. like all
other fires. records a lost fire COM
pany. The fire department had to
be notified twice that there was a
big fire at Thirteenth and Main,
and the No. 3 company, located at
First and Liberty, sixteen squares
away, reached the scene before the
No. 4 company, located at Sixteenth
and Main, Just three squares from
the fire. No wonder the walls were
falling when the firemen reached
the scene, but it is supposed that
the No. 4 company was staging an
exciting checker game and couldn't
leave in hurry. Speaking of the
chick" firemen, one of them recent
ly had 1t limited to him pretty
strongly that he make use of the
bath tub in the engine house. And
to make the hint pretty strong one
of the older firemen filled the tub
and left the novice to get off some
80 h. M of oF
wards the firemen downstairs were
surprised TO see the chick" making
trip after trip with a bucket of
water down the stairs. On being
queried as to what was the idea,
the chick" replied, I'm emptyine
that golderned bath tub and I won't
be in such an ALFRED hurry to
take bath again as it's a peck OF
trouble emptying that tub"
The Keystone police are emulat-
ing the example of the Searcy-Chil-
ton machine and they are trying a
little political assessing on their
own hook. Throughout town the
comedy cops are collecting small
bits from soft drink" stands and
gambling games, but Fourth and
Market is the mecca. Around this
corner there are a bunch of news
boy gamblers who are being held
up daily by Keystone police and de-
tectives, who will take anything
for blackmail from a dollar to a
barlow knife. Possibly when they
improve as political holdups' they
will be given regular places as col
lectors for the Searcy-Chilton ma
chine. What a splendid police re-
port that was from Capt. Heimer-
dinger's district Tuesday. Out Of
eight burglaries in his district he
could only furnish a report on one
and not even clue on that one
Under real police chief or Board
OF Safety Capt. 'Heimy" would
have been made to walk the plank
II is said that Keystoners in thai
district are an unknown quantity
after midnight, and our army oi
crooks have learned that fact. many
burglaries taking place after mid
night. One OF the new Keystoners
was told recently that he was to &c
on the ''dog watch" which in po-
lice parlance means walking a beat
alone and at odd hours. But the
| Keystoner took his instructions lit
orally and when he came in to the
station house had six dogs of diff
ferent sizes and breeds all tied Il
ropes attached to his police club
He told the astonished station-keep
err. eyes, and I'll do a darn sigh
better tomorrow night. as there Il
many a hound In my district"