Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-09-30 | Page 20 | Operator Foils Boy's Plan to See the Run

OPERATOR FOILS BOY'S PLAN TO SEE FIRE RUN Th quirk wits of a telephone otrntor and th Improbahlllty nf a child turning In a fir alarm were tha buildings o In University of I'tah campus on fir saved fir men a long trip to th university Katurday afternoon and resulted In a practical lesson In lh dlffcrnc l"lin right and wrong. A child's, voir cam OTr th alarm operator's rir rqutin Ihst th fir department h dls- ' pairhd at one to th I'nlvrrslty of Ulan. Nusnntn( It wss a fals slarm, th operator ruihed th 11-phon 11-phon optralor at Wasatch -rhsngs to vet her ths number which had Just talked. Ic prored to be th Masonl tempi, rlrst Houth snd tWw-ond Kaal streets. Th Sam child voir answered. "Is this th person who Just called th fir department to th University of L'tahT" "T, When a' yuh cola' send em? I'm wsitln' to se 'am go pi," ram th answsr. "Where ere your asked th alarm operator, "Aw, I'm In a drug stor. Yuh cant find me." and th receiver clicked, ending lh conversation. Ths alarm operator caller Kir Thief William 11. tlywater. Inform- I Ing him of the facts. Th chief hurried to th Masonlo tempi and after searrhln glh building with sn attendant, a t-year-old boy was found In th basement crouched beneath one of the desks on top of which was an eitenalon to th main lln telephone that enters ths bunding, lie nsd entered through an unlocked basement window. I Hpoken to rsther roughly by ths i chief, the child said his mm waa ' Cooper and that he lived at II I East South Tempi street, wept bitterly and promised th chief he would never do It again. He was turned loos.