ONE NIGHT IN JAIL ENOUGH.
JUDGE KYLE EASY ON HALLOWEEN
OFFENDERS BEFORE HIM.
Thirteen Appeared in Police Court,but
the Pranks of Most of The Were
Harmless -- Fifteen Halloween
"Drunks" Were There, Too.
Thirteen of the defendants in police court this morning came before Judge Kyle with dark rings under their eyes -- and rings that weren't there as the result of drink. They were the Halloween "cutups" who hadn't been clever or lucky enough to evade the officers.
The names of Albert Brown, R. A. Staley, James Briody and James Brown were called, and the first four unlucky "kids" filed into the courtroom.
The patrolman who caught them testified that they were hauling a wagon along the car tracks near Independence avenue and Prospect for the fun of seeing motormen make emergency stops.
"You've been locked up all night?" asked the Judge.
"Yes, sir," said the oldest boy.
The judge looked at them thoughtfully
AND OF COURSE THEY WERE HUNGRY.
"And, sa-a-y, we're hungry, too," pleaded the boy.
"All right. You're dismissed."
Then came Louise Diggs, a 14-year-old negro girl, who had given in to temptation and gone "skylarking" in boy's clothes with "the rest of the bunch." She was dismissed for lack of evidence that she did any mischief.
Rube Medley, Floyd Turpin, Harry Becker, Guy Rupe and Roy Rupe were all the same size, and they looked like a corporal's guard on undress parade.
"They were trying to pull down a sign board, but it was too heavy for 'em," testified the patrolman.
"You've been locked up, too, I can see," said the judge as he noted the rings under the boys' eyes.
"Well, if you can't outrun the officers you'd better stay indoors after this. You didn't destroy any property, so you may go, too."
GREASING TRACKS THE CHARGE.
The next party of four was made up of J. A. Kennedy, "Jim" Benedict, "Ed" Kennedy and Grover Brink. The charge of greasing the tracks at Ninth street and Broadway wasn't sustained and they went away grinning.
And then came fifteen Halloween "drunks," most of them "plain," and no fine was more than $2.
Frank Belander and Walter Ayres were last on the docket. They pleaded guilty to a Halloween fight.
"It was in the middle of a car track, where there was plenty of room -- and we won't fight any more," said Belander.
"It's alright with me," said Ayres. "You see, judge, it wasn't our fault. A woman tempted--"
"All right," interrupted the judge. "It was only a Halloween fight, and you have an excuse that's stood the test of time. I'll fine you $1 each."
Then the judge dismissed court.
