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Show RICE WASN'T A PUDDING FOR THE POOR POLICE .'. ,"Tro Grains of Rice, or the Inter-" Inter-" chasreable Brothers' is the title of a i ' comedy of 4he farce type that was en-i en-i actefln Police court Friday afternoon. 'I . A few days ago A. R. Flanders, as-, as-, risttnt manager of Utahna theuter, rwe to a complaint charging John ' Dot Bice with assault and battery, al-Ip'gfnj al-Ip'gfnj Ciat Rice struck him in the face " with a i oil of paper and slapped with Mi open hand. The warrant was la-wed la-wed and placed in the hand of a po-laeman po-laeman for service. Un duj time itlce was apprehended : 4 id haled before theTourt. Somehow JId not appear to be. suffering t distress of mind when he was d upon to plead, ot guilty," he said, when Clerk y read the complaint to him. Then Flanders, the complainant, whispered to Prosecutor David Wllley: ' "If It please your Honor," said the prosecutor aa a puzzled look spread over his face, "the complaining witness says this is not the right Rice." The C8se was put to the foot of the docket oftervRle had been released on his own recognizance, and an Investigation Investi-gation was instituted. Rice was then told that there was no rfse against him and that if he would procure the presence of Ahe one who was wanted, he would be allowed to go. "I can't 'peach' cn my brother, can I?" he said, and then departed. . Then Flanders Strode into the office of Clerk I.eary and seeing Prosecutor Wllley, said: "The Rice that we want is in the courtroom. He was sitting there all the time." In the meantime the Rice who had been discharged walked into the courtroom court-room to greet his brother. A policeman tapped him on the Lhoulde and Rice followed him to the office asa'n. "No!" shouted Flanders, "you've got the wrong man again." The i cliceman began to believe he "had 'em" and returned to the courtroom court-room sadly perplexed. Flanders left the office and left the roliceman to work out his own problem. prob-lem. , The policeman entered the courtroom nd tapped tlie right Rice on the shoul-cer. shoul-cer. . The brothers look so much alike that it is hard to distinguish them. Relying Rely-ing on this, the right Rice tried strategy strat-egy on the policeman. "What do you want this time?" demanded de-manded the right Rice. "Oh, I beg pardon, I want your brother," said the policeman aa he left the young man and started to search for the brother, not the one wanted. 'no caa Deen arrested twice before. The man arrested Is Sam Rlc. The one who should have been arrested is Morris nice. The brothers are doing 'audevllle turn at the Utahna theater. Morris Rice and Flanders had a personal per-sonal disagreement. |