Salt Lake Herald | 1907-11-01 | Page 3 | Weird Pranks of Halloween

WEIRD PRANKS PRANS OF HALLOWEEN Troublesome Small Boys Cre Create Create ate Mischief and Worry the Police Force MANY FROLICS ENJOYED PHANTOM PARTY AT ELKS CLUB DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR It If grim property owners who are nursing their wrath over oyer the havoc wrought last night by Halloween parks do not relent today will be bea a busy day In the juvenile court Many note were during crammed with the names of ot youthful offenders and these note books bools will be referred to to today today today day The least the prankish lads hula who were guilty of ot the numerous lawless out outbreaks outbreaks outbreaks breaks of ot last night can hope for foris Is ts a mild epidemic of ot spanking throughout the residential districts Early in the evening the streets were filled with masked figures decked in all the fantastic garbs garba of Halloween enter entertainments entertainments They were bent In a hundred directions as there were dances and par parties parties parties ties all over the city Police Make Preparations The he police knowing from of old ol that there would be a strenuous nights work for them had made careful preparation to meet the enemy the small boy They met tho the enemy and now It Is Ia riot Hot certain whether the enemy wag wa theirs or the tue reverse condition prevailed Chief Pitt and Captain Burbidge fore foregoing foregoing foregoing going the pleasures of Halloween enter entertainments entertainments were at police headquarters until far tar Into the night receiving the gloomy bulletins of the devastation wrought within the lines they had bud thrown out ou In the vulnerable eral le sections of the city cit came tile the report that the ous small boy had greased the tracks of the Sixth avenue line along B street be between between between tween Fifth and Sixth A squad of peace officers were quickly dispatched to the scene of hostilities The grease was still there when they arrived but the urchins steeped In guilt had vanished A resi resident res resident I Ident dent of ot the neighborhood however had hada a note book full of ot names which were preserved for future reference The Tue Sixth avenue cars carB were tied up for several hours while the rease was being carefully wiped off otto Next came a summons to Fifth avenue where telephone wires had been cut cul Again the note book was In evidence but no small boys Boy Gets a Shock But vengeance was abroad In theland tl land landA A gang of boys threw stones at the win windows windows windows dows of or Silver Bros foundry building at Second South and Fourth West Vest streets breaking sixteen windows Not satisfied satisfied with this one of the boys beys threw a wooden Spool attached to a wire over the trolley trolley ley wire opposite the foundry He was instantly knocked down by b an electric shock the current having h been diverted to the wire wire he held in his hand The screams of his companions attracted the attention of ot tL Ii woman living hiving near I She Sheran Sheran Sheran ran from her home with an ax and cut the wire which the boy could not re release release release lease When the boy was picked up it was found that his hand was badly burned It will be a long time before re he can use it again Policeman Harris who was sent out to put a stop to the breaking of the windows at Silver Sliver Bros foundry learned that some boys had dragged a truck across the San Pedro railroad tracks at at Seventh South crossing With four men he hurried to the place and with great difficulty re removed removed removed moved the obstruction Fortunately no trains were passing at atthe atthe atthe the time but there might have haye been a wreck had the policeman not received warning of the danger In time Policeman Harris also found the switch switches es of ot the railroad clogged with rocks These he removed A careful watch was kept during the remainder of the th night to prevent a repetition of ot this dangerous prank Fence Torn Up Along B street about feet of fence belonging to Peter Greaves was as torn down by wanton boys The police were sum summoned summoned summoned but the lads had scampered away before their arrival Mr Greaves saw some of or them Their doom Is sealed His note book will tell the he awful story of their guilt when the time of ot reckoning comes today toda At Second South street Fourth and Fifth East some boys placed a barrel and a box in the middle of the car tracks They were removed bi hr b a policeman be before before before fore anything happened In this Instance there was no note book Only impish faces peering from far off doorways be betrayed betra betrayed tra ed the authorship of the deed At the home of ot Mr Nelson Sixth avenue some passing reveler last night hurled a pumpkin through one of the windows The crash of ot falling talling glass and the screams of ot a frightened baby caused the family to hurry to the room Into which the pumpkin had been thrown The cradle was close chose to the window and the glass had fallen about the child but It was fortunately unhurt It Is told that a party part of ot merrymakers who should have been decorous because they were married entered a downtown restaurant during the evening and re remained remained there so long Indulging In good cheer that there was a wondrous mix up Husbands and wives wandered asunder and were united again only after a fran tran frantic frantic search I tic and most dolorous Horse Gets Halloween Spirit The crowd at the corner comer of ot Main and Second South streets last night witnessed a Halloween prank which had not been planned An who had indulged in good cheer beyond the limits of ot discretion discretion tion was driving south along Main street At Second South street the horse turned to the left and dragged the vehicle upon the north sidewalk The was utterly helpless to ta cope copo with the situation and sat stupidly In the wagon while a crowd rapidly gathered Little sympathy was expressed for the drunken driver un until until til a woman wheeling a baby carriage carria e came hurrying around ar und the corner She was the mans wife Her evident distress at the imminent possibility of or a police policeman policeman policeman man arriving and taking her husband to jail for driving upon the sidewalk won her several champions in the gaping crowd As the street was torn tom up there was no way of getting the wagon off the sidewalk except by backing it to Main street or driving toward to Commercial street unless an opening could be found along the trench which had been dug by pipe layers This opening was found opposite the Kentucky saloon and the wagon was at last swung out into the street Just as safety had almost been I reached the driver fell into one of ot the ditches and was with difficulty rescued He was finally placed upon the seat in inthe Inthe inthe the custody of his wife who drove the vehicle homeward with a little boy fol following following following lowing behind pushing the baby carriage As the caravan caraan moved away the wor worried worried ried ned wife ite breathed a few words of heart heartfelt heartfelt heartfelt felt thanks to the men who had helped move moye the wagon from the sidewalk just justas Justas as the patrolman on the beat hove hoe In insight sight Elks Have Goblin Party Mirth Iirth and pumpkins marked the Hal Halloween Halloween Halloween loween sheet and pillow case entertain entertainment entert in ment at the tho Elks Ell club last night The guests all In ghostly attire danced dance until 10 In costume and then th n unmasked After Atter that the he dance continued but every everybody everybody everybody body knew everybody else and the inn fun un was greater than ever It was the most successful entertainment of the kind ever given J en at the club Those who did not dance amused themselves with card play playIng playIng playing Ing music conversation or large Jarge succulent succulent succulent lent slices of pumpkin pie Among those who enjoyed the evening were Mr Ir and Mrs L I M 3 Blackman Mr i and Mrs T L I Holliday Mr and Mrs I L II I I A Benton Mr and Mrs William C Ct Madge Mr and Mrs E J Boxer of 0 Anaconda Mont Mr r and Mrs W Wp G 0 Grundell Mr and Mrs J 1 M Id Clark Mr wr and Mrs J H Manderfield Mr and arid Mrs Faddis Mr and Mrs Theodore Berker Mr and Mrs J L A Handin Mr and Mrs R B I Mr and Mrs W Mitchell Mr and Mrs A J Davis Mr and Mrs E B R H Wheelon Mr Ir and Mrs M MM M Mur Murtaugh Murtaugh Murtaugh taugh Mr and Mrs William Wiliiam Pickering I Mr Ir and Mrs J M Clark Mr Ir and Mrs F HInes Mr and Mrs C CC C Slade Shade Mr and Mrs G R H Cleaveland Mr and Mrs A G 0 Horn of Ogden Mrs Lovejoy Mrs C S Pulver Mrs James G Stickley Mrs L D Freed Mrs Gideon Snyder Mrs C E Miller Mrs Mrs R C Mrs F M 31 Wheelon Wh elon Mrs H S Anderson Mrs C J Geary Mrs W V E Coulam Mrs W R Baxter Mrs E Kaufmann Mrs H O 0 Shepard Mrs H A Mrs Irs M A Peters Mrs J W Currie Mrs C H Heritage Mrs Lee Chamberlin Mrs L H Cripps Crippa Mrs Louise Mrs A J T Watts Mrs L B Funge Mrs J W V Mrs Ralph Guthrie Mrs CA C A Stockham of Nashville Tenn Mrs May Shelt Shell Mrs J 3 JE JE E Donahue Mrs R U J S Douglas Mrs W WF WF V VI F I Sloan Mrs R H Farnsworth Mrs Eliza Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth beth F McDonald Mrs Irs E A Donahue Mrs H E B Monheim Miss Martha Plum hoff Miss Martha J Miss Vera Woodmansee Miss Carmelita Pitt Miss Frances Pitt Miss MI Virginia Pitt Miss Mayme Lindsay Miss Misa Elly Eily Geary Miss Alma Ellis Miss Tall TaU Miss Misa oIls Birkinshaw Miss Erma Ernia Read Miss MIs Alice Alce Jones Miss Mae Robinson Miss Luella Danner Miss Grace Stringfellow Miss Stella F Robin Robinson son Miss Florence Foster Miss Jennie Adams Miss Laura Farrell Miss E EDeane EDeane EDeane Deane Miss W Evans Miss Isabelle Amos Miss Gra la Gibson Miss Joseph JosepJ JosephIne Ine me J Fore ForaT Miss Mis Blanche H It Newcomb Miss Maud E Newcomb Miss Agnes Gib Gb Gibson Gbson Gibson son and T V Jackson Walter Valter V P Felt Theodore Theodora Berker Jack Lloyd Llord E F Kaufmann Harry J Robinson Harry B Bryan n George J Du Dupont Dupont pont pout John Condran of ct Spokane Wash Vas h Patrick Harlan B H Reynolds F J Bartels Barrels George M 11 Scott of ot Denver and II E Davidson of ot Los Angeles Masquerade at Rink Fully 2200 people attended the een masquerade at the Auditorium rink last evening About skaters in masks and fancy and comic costumes and painted faces faes were the center of attraction attraction attraction tion for those who sat on the side lines and watched the fun tun The rhe races commenced at 1130 ani afforded lots of amusement In the free tree mens race there were forty entries Most of ot these started but few finished When It was over oer the judges declared Jo Joseph Joseph seph Bo Bowen wen the winner and he lie received the prize pair of ot skates After the free mens race came the clowns race Charles Schofield won a ticket to the rink for coming in ahead of the rest The fat mans race did not draw many entries there being only two starters S J 1 Standish and another one The other one was too fat to keep up the face sprawling on the floor In the second lap so Mr Standish got a ticket In the couples race Mr M 11 Ham Hammer Hammer Hammer mer and Miss Kate Stewart won by su sp superior superior perlor team work and each will be pre presented presented presented with a ticket to the til rink At 10 the grand march mardi which was led by y Miss lUss Rate Kate Stewart com corn commenced commenced and the floor was hardly large enough to accommodate the masquera masqueraders masqueraders ders The largest crowd that has ever been seen at tire thy rink was on the floor During this the costumes were judged by Judge C B Diehl Diehi Carl S Schmidt Ed Penrose and Anthony McCauley The fol following following 01 lowing was their judgment Most elaborate ladys lads costume Miss Margaret Breech for which she will re receive receive receive a 10 cash prize Best paper suit Miss lola loIn Griffin 3 For the best sus sustained sustained tamed character Viola Standish received 5 The best Uncle Sam on the floor was Farley Reed He had no opposition He received a pair of skates The best sus sustained sustained tamed character among the gentlemen was by E E Kilgrow He Ho received a pair of ot skates The best comic costume was worn wom by Oscar Pow He also received a pair of skates S