Show A Sad Case Mates Officer Gets Boys Chickens Grief Patrolman 1 11 It S. S Calioon Cahoon of ot the Salt Lake CIt City police pollee force torce turned poultry fancier lander despite himself when he be apprehended three youthful youth youth- ful itt chicken thieves Thursday morn morn- lag With the youths youth In the tolls toils of or t the e law Officer Cahoon w. w was faced laced with the responsibility of caring carine for his flock of oC three fat fd chickens Photograph shows Officer Cahoon coaxing hit his feathered wards ward to have a drink on me at police headquarters ta t VI 1 Three youths ran afoul of ot the law Thursday morning and police said they had partially solved an epidemic of or chicken thefts when the boys were caught walkin walking down Richards street streel with three fat fowls beneath their arms The fowls were on their way wap to market although they didn't know it iL But Patrolman R. R S. S Cahoon saved them from disaster when he hemet hemet hemet met the boys bos Patrolman Cahoon had rod been assigned assigned assigned as as- signed by Chief of Police PoUce William L L. Payne to staunch a rising tide of chicken thefts which has been sweeping sweeping sweeping sweep sweep- ing Salt Lake City during the last two weeks Ah Ab Woe for or Law Lawt It has been cn said of or Patrolman Cahoon Cahoon Cahoon Ca Ca- hoon b by fellow officers that He always always al al- al ways gets his man He did but three chickens thrown into boot were too much for him The boys wouldn't tell where they got the chickens thickens Chickens have to eat so it fell to Patrolman Cahoon Cohoon to tend his flock lock The hens were perched In the palice police police po po- lice auto theft thelt bureau for several I hours until indignant officers threw them out ThC They were then allowed to roost in a police car until car until more indignant officers threw them out Patrolman Cahoon was carrying them about the city late Thursday searching searching search search- ing for tor their home Meat for tor the Pot Pol When I find where the they belong declared Patrolman Cahoon these boys are going to the juvenile court for Cor chicken stealing If IC I dont don't find where the they belong well I hate to destroy de destroy de- de stroy evidence but the Cahoon larder can stand a good chicken dinner The boys 12 12 15 and 16 years of age ae admitted they stole the hens to sell so 10 we can get some dough Late Bulletin The Bulletin The hens were identified iden iden- tilled as stolen horn from coops of John South Seventh West street street- street and and md Patrolman Cahoon lost a chicken dinner |