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TWO DRUNKS, FIGHTING, BREAK HOTEL WINDOWS

Woodsman Have High Time Before Police Grab Them--Women Also In the Net
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"Buck" Bellows and Cecil Cairns yesterday came in from the buss where they had been working for a stake for the past several weeks, and immediately after their arrival began exchanging their earnings for booze. It didn't take them long to acquire a load and they started a rough house at the Commercial House, where they finally succeeded in smashing a large pane of glass. From the Commercial they wen to the Only hotel; where they again got into trouble and were ejected. Later they found thei way to the Beaver hotel, started to rough it and were suddenly thrust out in the cold and cruel world. From there they fell into the arms of Patrolmen Haller, who invited them to accompany him and he would furnish them lodgings for the night.
They objected to being taken in and put up a strong resistance, but were finally subdued and landed in a cell at the police station. This morning their combative spirit had fled and they were in a mood to compromise. Judge Runnels delayed action for a time and sent them back to their cells. In the meantime they are endeavoring to raise the necessary coin to pay for the damage they had done at the Commercial and a sufficient sum to pay a fine providing one is inflicted by the court.

Women Also Nabbed

Three women appeared before the court on disorderly charges. The women were under the influence of liquor when taken in by an officer. The court sent them back in order to give them an opportunity to meditate on the evils of their ways before pronouncing sentence, which he will do tomorrow morning.

Peter Fox, disorderly, was let off on suspended sentence. Peter was taken in more for his own protection then for any harm he might do. He had acquired a good natured jag and was in a condition when a bed on the side-walk looked just as good to him as one of down; and as the weather was not exactly suitable for an out of door siesta, it was thought best to give him shelter at the station.

(The Evening News, February 20, 1912)