BOYS DITCHED A CONDUCTOR.
It Took a Motor to Catch Car Started
in His Absence.
Incorrigible boys played a practical joke on the crew of an Independence avenue street car about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the entrance to Forest park which resulted in the discovery of a new and unique duty for motorcycle policemen. The car had reached the end of the line and the conductor left the car to obtain a drink of water. The motorman changed his controller and was standing on the front end of the car waiting a signal from his conductor to go ahead.
Two bells were sounded over the motorman's head and he started ahead on his return trip. Policeman E. L. Martin, a member of the motorcycle squad, was passing the park entrance and noticed four small boys jump off the car and run into the park. Seeing that the car was running without a conductor, Martin on his motor went in pursuit of the car. He chased the street car to Independence avenue and Gladstone boulevard, where he called the motorman's attention to the fact that he was minus his conductor. The conductor arrived on the next townward bound car.
