HOBOES WERE GIVEN A BATH.
As Result of a Prank Played by a
Companion on Police.
There was a joker in the holdover at Central station last night, and his idea of a joke resulted in a bath to several occupants of the underground apartments, formerly devoted to women.
A water pipe with tap at the end served to irrigate the prisoners in this section of the holdover. The joker twisted the pipe at 1:00 this morning and broke it. The crook he gave it turned the stream fairly upon his companion's bunks.
It looked like a mutiny for a while, those defenseless hoboes under a stream of water, pure water, and solid walls on four sides.
A plumber came after half an hour's lapse and shut off the stream. The police didn't know whom, at least that's what they told the drenched hoboes.
