The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-16

the night, See," was his gracious
opening. Then you won't be
making sketches of our gates"
1 showed him my notes. He
seized them, balled them up in his
fist, tossed them on the floor.
That's what happens" he
shouted ito trespassers who take
notes on this company's property"
THEN he and the man that
Il looked like a macaw seized
such blank paper as had about
me. They studied it with an air
of fundity-invisible ink, no
doubt, was that they feared. I
told them to keep the blank
sheets and they did.
Next came the preliminary to
the works" For those who may
be unfamiliar with the nuanceS of
police practice may say that this
consists in showing the intended
victim around with the open hand
until he becomes so irritated that
he strikes police officer.
Having heard a great deal
about the quaint practices of
private police in the steel indus
try, I permitted one hearty shove
to sit me in a chair.
There certainly are enough of
you to attend to this matter" I
couldn't resist that remark.
1T only takes one, buddy" an
old man leaned close to me and
Missed. He was so ancient that
a hearty sneeze would have
foored him, but, I suppose, he
had his pride to uphold.
I suddenly became aware of
slight moisture about the temples.
These men did not believe me
and refused to give me chance
to prove who I was. They even
refused to arrest me in the usual
way and take me before a court
where my story would be weighed.
Oh, yes, I had seen the "works"
and I had hoped to take fish
ing trip in few days. You
aren't able to fish for quite some
time after the works" A rub
Der hose, for instance, does not
mark in the hands of an expert.
1t can cause a great deal OF
physical discomfort.
TT occurred to me that my taxi
L man, Steve, was waiting, up
paid. I appealed to them to send
some one out to tell Steve to come
in and collect his money. I told
them that after all this hack driver
was earning a living and had
nothing to do with my machina-
tons.
This diverted them. They
brought Steve into the Office. 1
hurriedly told him to go to cer-
tain room in certain hotel where
he would find certain man
James Doss, our political writer. I
directed him to tell Mr.. DoSS of my
plight. This roomfull of police,
who had not allowed me to tele-
phone, permitted me to get away
with that.
Steve mast have hurried. In
about ten minutes, while the blue
coats were Raging about me, I'M
certainly now, to be sure, a gen.
tleman with authority appeared.
He was pleasant but firm.
We'll just call this thing fifty
fifty" he remarked as though the
discussion were over who would
pay for the next hamburger.
you shouldn't have come on
company property in this irregu-
ular way. If you are who you say
you are (you could see he doubted
it,, you should have made your
investigation through regular
channels.
But" I replied, II arrived in
Gary after business hours and
saw no harm in looking about.
There were no company officials
that T could readily reach and I
saw no point in bothering them
over such a trivial matter. BY the
way, what is your name?"
II am a company official, that's
ALL" he replied, turning on his
heel.
Am still detained are do
you permit me to go?" I wanted
to know.
"Yout may co." he answered
shortly.
r ATER I found out that The
l. Times Mr.. Doss had prac-
tically removed the Gary police
headquarters from it's foundations
in his efforts to prove that really
was not planning to dynamite the
steel company's property. AL
though 1 was unaware of the fact
there had been some brisk tele-
phoning back and forth between
the city and the steel company
police while was held.
It occurred to me that an ordi-
nary citizen, who merely wished
to observe Lake Michigan from
the Elgin, Eastern & Joliet Rail-
road bridge, would have Jared
rather badly. He might have been
silly enough to retaliate when the
"boys" in the steel company police
station were pushing him around.
Certainly he would have had no
Doss to bat for him in an emery
ency.
I left the mill. 1t was a long
and deserted way back to the
hotel. Sure, I was afraid. A car
suddenly pulled up by the curb.
There we're two gentlemen in it
whose twins I had seen before in
labor troubles. There we're young,
able, and their jaws were a bit
undershot.
Come over here, Jack" one of
them hailed as the car slowed
down.
This seemed bit sour.
Leave the car, and come out
with your hands up-one of you
only" I answered. There was a
big field back of me. One came