The Washington times., 1921-04-23
Says SKILLET"
Finn, Esq,
Police Court Is One Place
Five Dollars Will Shrink
to -Four, Overnight.
BY SKILLET FINN.
(Per KIRK MILLEE.

Urgin' that load of bolts of mine
down Fourteenth street 'sterdav
mornin' l runs afoul of an irish
cop who drawls his adjectives and
drags his feet.
Bein' naturally averse to law and
order particular in these days when
there ain nothin' left to order, !
rub this copper guy agin' the grain
like he was a beaver hat and what
does he do but up and usher me to
the nrst precinct bolts, springs
and all.
"Will yer drive down or d'y wan
me to. send for the chariot" he
queries, and agree to spool down
peaceful under my own power.
With gasoline aroun' thirty cents,
It's expensive gettin' arrested these
times. but this bull person look like
he amt never rid in no internal
combustion rig fore, so l gives him
a treat despite the couple of gills
Of liquid horsepowers.
COMES FROM SOUTH
BUT AMT sOCIABLE.
He ain a tall sociable goin' down,
though he has a southern accent
about his silence and don see no
reason why he should be sore at
me cause it's me settin' pinched.
not him.
Down at No. /, between he and
the desk sgt, I am separated from
Ave rats for my appearance in the
Assist. Corp. Court this a. m. Then
/ axes him il he'd like me to ride
him back to where the traffic was
by this time raisin' he'll aroun' his
corner, and he amt gentleman
enough to accept, so l leaves him
nat.
'Smornin' down at the Assist.
Corp. Court I see him again an he
still looks asham for havin' been
such a crab on his beat. / bust
iuto the court and judgin' by the
salutations which are so many and
frequent, learn l am among
nest OF friends and one policeman.
WELLS
SKILLET AT ONCE.
Everybody yells at me at once
till IL sounds like hash. There Is
moro quack lawyers. bootleggers,
pugs, thugs and panhandlers than
I ever see gathered together under
one tent. Also some honest cops
who have a record of never pinch
ing a guy without cause.
Among the reception committee
Ia Otto Hauschild. Georgia Schriven.
Ralph Givens, George Taggert. Pat
OConnor, Dorsey Foultz, Gink
Fowler, the latter prominent local
manufacturer of synthetic gin.
Seems like Otto Schriven is pilot
in my case through the legal
spaghetti and he starts cross-ques-
s-b
pedia or sompin'.
whats Skillet charged with"
he SWITCHES to the copper bull.
"Drivin' a flivver." answers old
flatfoot.
That amt no crime. what else
did he do?" ~ -
Passed a signal!" .''
AUDIENCE CHEERS 49,.
AND CHEws TOBACCY. 49,.
Then me ard the head guy go to
the mat. while the audience cheers
and ehews tobacco intermittent.
Skillet" to me. didn't you see
this traffic bird?"
mo. boss, he's too thin"
well he's the cooper. who nabbed
you isn't he?"
II dunno, he's all shaved up and
shoes polished today
At which the entire court and
spectators fall into a swoon an I
sneaks out while they are all in a
dead faint. I have to step over a
lot of prone bodies to get loose, but
l pick my way through gIngerly
and make the front door without
accident.
Later everybody RECEIVERS and finds
"a hair talx
ed. I'm let off OF the charge OF
drivin' a flivver with costs, which
is one dollar, cash.
Same being the only time I ever
see Ave dollars shrink to four dol
lars.
Overnight.