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Show POLICE DISTRACTED BY 'MOTORCYCLE MIKE' Captain Emil V. Johnson Finds Trouble in Drilling tho "Prize Squad" .wear Station. " Attention 1 " commanded Captain Emil V. Johnson to a squad of policemen police-men drilling on Socoud East, street yesterday yes-terday afternoon. The patrolmen assumed as-sumed tho position called for. "Left dross," boomed the oratorical tones ol tho captain. The mon did it, but they acted as if it hurt. The captain frowned, but he could not soe what tho men could. Tho ranks wavered before tho next order came. Thoy broke. The policemen bolted and began a disordered flight, going in a dozen directions. Vith his face flushed crimson, Captain Cap-tain Johnson turned to soe what had struck such terror to tho ' 'prize squad of Salt Lake's finost." lie was just in time to dodge the poril. Charging, or better chugging wildly down the street, his eyes oulging and his fnco rooking with the perspiration of terror, tho captain saw a fat man on a motorcycle of erratic demeanor. The distress in the face of the rider was apparent ap-parent to every one. All believed that it was born of fear that ho would hit one of the policemen, but from the fashion fash-ion in which he guided the lurching motorcycle, he dreaded that some of then: would 00 able to evade him. ITc came to a full stop in the center of the disorganized squad. Captain John son had resumed his dignity with surprising sur-prising quickness after the first show of agility in avoiding collision with the heavil" loaded motor. He accepted the fat and florid rider's explanation that tho malicious demonstration was due to inexperience in riding, and after tho stout gentleman had trundled his machine ma-chine away, tho drill was resumed, tho patrolmen Vesponding to the commands with vim, as if to atono for their previous pre-vious shortcoming. |