The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-12-10

ord; and every plain
clothes detective of the
central Office detail, and
tha officers In uniform who patiently
and methodically had picked them
mn again on last nights orders to
round up suspicious characters, knew
perfectly well that each prisoner was
suilty Of crime.
The trouble was to prove It and
"a connect the identity Of each Jack
and jill with his or her most glazing
derelict.on In the line Of "stick-up" or
'peter-blowing," second-story job or
confidence game. That usually Is the
trouble. TO arrest a known" GRIM
fnal and to prove his guilt to the
prompt satisfaction of grand jury
arc very different matters.
Accordingly, very few of the gentle
men and Of the young ladies-for all
the ladies were young-who abode
behind the bars upon this fine Janu-
ary morning were bothered by any
considerable anxiety. For most Of
them even for the boys under twenty
and for most of the girls. the "pick
upr was an old story. Any bull"
eould arrest you. II he wanted to take
tAs trouble; any cop could paste
something on you"-book you on a
criminal charge, that is-but to
make It stick to prove It, that GER
tahly was something else again.
The bulls had not only to dig up
svidencs to support each charge, but
they had to dig 1t up quick. The
British earls and barons had seen to
hat way back In the year 1915 when
theg chased King John on to the
swamp Of Runnymede and forced him
b forbid, forever, that man or woman
b Imprisoned save by due process Of
legal trial and sentence.
10 all but possibly one Of the
Sentlemen behind the bars, and be-
yund doubt to all Of the ladies', the
name Of Runnymede or even Of the
Magma Charta would come as COM
plets surprise; but with the most
famous fruit of the Great Charter
the writ of habeas corpus one
wls on terms of fondest familiarity.
Indeed they called it by nickname,
sHaybie." In behalf Of each Of them
the inalienable right under the law
would be invoked this morning, and
each prisoner knew 1t. Moreover, 1t
would be invoked without his having
70 do anything about it, for the or
sanization outside would see to
that.
It worked, automatically, in this
WY. When at liberty and at his or
her round of usual activities. each
Jack and Jill reported. by telephone.
ct certain fixed hours to one or an
other of certain ring of lawyers.
When client failed to report on
dime, the lawyer marked his name,
and when second report period
passed without call, the lawyer, as
sumfng that his client was arrested,
could be counted upon to appear at
the opening of court with writ Of
nabeas corpus In hand, demanding
IN voice distinctly echoing the stern
tones Of Runnymede-by what right
the court deprived man of liberty.
Accordingly, composure character
lied the bearing Of the sixty-odd pris-
oners behind the bars. During the
Inaugural hours of the pickup. there
nad been, to be sure, an element of
uncertainty as to whether the extraor-
0nary girl, Kitty Hewitt, who had
called the cops and brought them
with her to Harper Colton's, had also
spilled" to the cops what she knew.
out quickly 1t had become clear to
tne sixty that she had contented her
eat with saving the MacLaren kid
ana DOCTOR Darand and that she was
Keeping her mouth shut otherwise.
Out sne knew too much-altOgeth-
zoo much for q girl who, In any
cause or on behalf of any one. would
call the cops.
Inc incident as whispered from
ups 70 ear about the cell tier of the
jan, ran something as follows:
ED Pellen's skirt crossed u.s."
said lips.
Whlcn one" asked ears.
The one he's after but amt got.
All Hewitt She butts In this way.
= Kid named MacLaren from the
country comes up with a fat roll to
uay some city lots. Gerve Lavvy gets
e up and takes the kid In hand"
Gerve, as every ear knew, was a
sonman connected with a gambling
!odnt run by one Crane but owned
=. citizen with respectable
'front.' named Harper Cotton.
Now Gerve wants to be gentle, so
instead Of pulling a plain rough
uoooing the boy by violence) he
.a him to Cranes joint and lets
ne cards and table do their duty.
ihe kid loses his roll. but, instead
~ gong home and being good, he has
nose around-and what does he
~ OUT find out that Harper Cotton
-. arawins down money from Crane
= wv owns the joint. So the kid goes
rlarp and says he'll expose him