The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-02
HOPE PRESENTS HIS

, HOPE PRESENTS HIS
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from Mr.. Nckerson explaining that
ne changed phrases to preserve my
anonymity"
| Basis for The Citizen story on
this matter was the report given
by the police officer who investi-
gated the circumstance on April
q.
Complete text of the report by
Officer Perez, with minor dele
tons in the interest of good taste,
is az follows:
Police Report
Date:April Il, 1854.
Time: 1855 p. M.
"On the afternoon of the above
date, I was in the Police Station.
had just arrived there when the
telephone rang and Sgt. A. Albury
answered it. Setting the receiver
down, he turned to me and said,
Trouble at the Happy Hour I
then said to him, III take the call,
as I'm on my way out now any
way.
"Officer E. Roget had walked in
to the station in the meantime af-
ter having gotten through with his
duties at the school, where the
chief had him stationed to oversee
the school guard, who was new on
the job and who may have needed
q hand with the traffic.
ION my way out, I asked Rogel,
Would you like to 60 with me ON
a call?' He said, Let's go, and
got into the police car with me. We
drove to the Happy Hour Club"
located ON Duval Street between
Front and Greene Street on the
west side.
when we arrived, we went into
the club and there were about sew
en- (7) or eight go persons sitting
at the bar. As we entered the club,
the bar-maid said to me, Il want
these three people put out of my
place Of business I turned to
where she was pointing and saw
two (2) men and a % woman sit
ting at that portion of the bar with
about two stools between one of
the man and the couple.
about three (3) stools further,
there sat another man, a person
whom I've known many years. He
said to me, They've been having
a hell Of a time before you got
here
$50, said to the trio, You
heard what the Lady behind the
bar says - she doesn't want your
business, so you'll have to leave.
Then, the lady spoke. She asked in
a very loud voice, What's wrong?
Just because this - is giving us
trouble we're going to jail?'
81 smiled and said, No, you're
not going to Jail. My advice to you
and your boy friend is to go back
to the boat and stay out of trouble
cause you've had too much to
drink now
"Then I turned to the other per.
son, whose name I later found out
to be Robert Hope, and asked him
where he lived and he said, 'Tro-
pical Hotel Then / noticed he toe
had had too much to drink and still
hang around the bars, so l advis-
ed him to 60 to his room and get
some sleep.
HE said OK and left. As they
walked out, I walked about four
(4) steps to say word or two to
this person who was just sitting
there watching. I then said to Ro-
gel, I guess that's all. I'll take you
back to the station
I'VE started to walk out. When
we got to the sidewalk, l heard
someone saying, Let me go. I'll
get him. ! turned in that direction
and I saw the man whom l later
found out to be Sam Midget trying
to pull away from the girl, Judy
Taylor, who was pulling him by
the arm in the direction of the
bank on Front and Duval Street.
81 then looked in the opposite
direction towards Greene St., and
I saw Robert Hope coming in the
direction of the Happy Hour
again. When he saw me, he turned
and started back.
~ got in the car and drove UP
to where the couple was and ask.
ed them in the car, all this time
the girl kept saying, That -