| Show PRACTICAL JOKING DANGEROUS the incident reported in a telegram from oklahoma in which two young men to coplay play a practical joke loke on a man by holding him up and searing bearing him bud and in which the intended victim acted in an unexpected man manner nor by shooting noo tog one of the jokers ought to be a warning to a number of 01 boys boy and young men in the a uth western part or of town these young fellows fellow have been engaged almost nightly for some time pasqu in pranks to frighten peoples people and ina in a number of cases just after dark have bare soared oared women cn and children almont out of their write wits they fix up rag or straw draw men and an B male and suddenly adden lj lower them from too toe limb of a tree or drag wow them across the sidewalk to in front of a trian who Is startled tart led by the uncanny object unexpectedly expectedly the me boys boy will baand behind trees green and As camen by come ahonor cause alarm by walking quickly toward the gentleman or gladysa lady a the oace awe may be taming sharply away when within three or four leet feet these proceedings proceed ings naturally cause we the surprised party to tart start or jump and it if it be a lady to bream scream aoa and flee a performance which the jokers oem eem to enjoy greatly but as a the oklahoma incident and baoy amilar occurrence suggest it in jost possible that the joke foke way may be taken too earnest earne ot ly one of these occasions and serious trouble result it would be most regrettable it if ii sime me hasty basty man who might have bare a weapon should bould upon being startled tart led by soy any ol of these theme boyish pranks commence to hoot it would be no laughing martt r for the boy and might result in occasion for the grief those thoe who participate in aoh such a species of cf run a serious risk from the got that many persons go armed after nightie 1 and there Is always alway danger dancer of meeting one who when under the impression imp reulon that an assault to baldit made will use bin bib weapon as a quickly as a did the oklahoma medicine vendor on monday night but even it if so no harm barm comes to the he jokers the injury th they ey inflict on people whom they frighten la Is worth serious chusid oration erat loo nervous women and children have been deprived of sleep leep the abe whole night and have been made quite ill III in several instance already by theme and in caw case of organic heart trouble it is not difficult to ate ace bow death is in likely to ensue from a sudden fright of this character parents parent ought to teach their sons eona to avoid such methods of amuse mout which while bordering upon criminality in many respects in be personal injury they inflict are especially cow adly and where timid romeu and t hildren are the victim and the boys boyn themselves should learn more appropriate ways of seeking reeking pleasure plea aure if it were only because of the imminent danger of their play ending lima in a tragedy practical joking of the character rei referred erred to in IB both gollob and wicked |
