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THE INDIANAPOLIS STAB, SUNDAY, OCcourt. He was sitting quietly in his basement room at the Court House,Judge, did you ever play any Halloween pranks?The characteristic broad grin spread over hi8 round face and after a pause lie said:Now look here* you must not cross-ex-amino the court, was the reply.The Judge was reminded of an Incident which placed him In a iother embarrassing position. Three small hoys had been brought before him charged with theJudge June* A. Pritchard. rtWe mustn t be too harsh with the boys. Yes, indeed* I used to have Halloween fun with the bunch, but We didn't destroy any property. We carried oft many a gate and put a good many people to as much trouble a* possible, but we never destroyed property POLICE MAKE PRBRARATJQNS.With Halloween only a few hours distant members of the police department are beginning already to have visions of the horror# and the increased work the celebration will bring to thorn. From years of experience thby arc able to forecast the result of the one night of merriment and mirth. They telephone poles adorned with porch swings; they picture one time welf-bulit and useful fences razed; they hear the jmad rush of cats with tin cans attached running down alleys, apd, above all,.they can hear the flood of indignant complaints.Aecbrdtag to the policeman, he alone has the ability to give the rear definition of Halloween, and this definition is generally given with clenched fists. To heat the oldest members of the IndianapolisSollce department recite some ot theirtelloween experiences* Peck’s Bad Boy •would tako a back seat as a narrative filled with devilish and cruel events. Tho police say Halloween is to them what a lire would be to a department in a nitroglycerin factory. It is sat© to ?ay if there U a patrolman on the force with a yellow streak” in his makoup he will bo sick in bed and under a physician’s care when Halloween arrives.Capt JLeonard Crane, who has been connected with the police department for almost thirty years, says Halloween marks a climax In the activity of the department each year. He says Halloween creates reaUy a serious situation at police headquarters. There Is more criticism heaped on the police department during the twenty-four hours following Halloween than In any other similar time In the year.many complaints made:While hundreds of merry-maker# walk the streets dressed In weird and fantastic garb, and while bands of small boys, Intent upon the destruction of property, run up and down back alleyB, the sergeants at 'police headquarters are kept busy for hours answering Indignant complaints that, come Jn by the hundreds from all sections of the city.Capt. Crane tells of an experience hehad In answering ft telephorie cull last year.Got a police department in this city?he Was aaked^v You bet; what do you want? wa the reply, 4 vBoon looking for a #cop' for an hour. Someone has .stolen my front gate and, of course, you never can selt; a policeman when you want one. Send \\\ officer out immediately or I will take this matter before the man higher up.The- lricker” hung up the receiver without giving .his name and street address,Capt. Crane says Halloween celebrations should be eonflftM to_£pe section of the city and the work of the polce department would by this means be made much easier. Ho believes a general observance of the night should bo advertised to be held on on© of the streets in the business section of the city. By this' fneftAs the revelers would all be drawn to one part of the city in such a mannet that the crowd could easily be controlled by the police and the officers in the outlying districts would not find It necessary to try to bo on every street Corner on their beat at one time. According to tho police it Is Impossible to keep order in all sections of the city, as it would demand a police force many times larger than that maintained byTHE CLATTER OR PANS AROUSED THE HOUSEHOLDHarvardUnderwearTHp ANNUAL NIOriTMAR*
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Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Sun, Oct 30, 1910
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