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Show WOODPILE HAD NO ATTRACTION FOR HIM Shivering with what he said was fright and what Judge Reeder said wa6 "booze." W N. Summerlleld stood up in police court this morning and. nfter pleading guilty to Ihe charge of vagrancy, told a hard luck tor; of difficulty tn securing work, oi hunger and desperation. According to Summerfleld. who claims to be a tinner, force of circumstances circum-stances compelled him to ask for a few cents with which to get something some-thing to eat. Sergeant C E Layne, the arresting officer, told a different story The of. ficer stated that Summerfleld had applied ap-plied at a Grant avenue restaurant for something to eat. promising to cut some wood for the meal. After he had oaten he asked to be shown to the wood pile. The proprietor led him to the baCK of the place where an ax and saw were kept and then returned to his work, expecting later to find a big BtacK of wood cut When he did look out he found Summerfleld climbing over the fence ana making tracks toward Hudson avenue. According to the officer. Summer-field Summer-field was arrested yesterdav upon complaint of the cal proprietor when the tinner aagin asked for something to eat When searched at the station sta-tion the offender had a bottle of alcohol alco-hol and 1" cents In his pockets. A sentence of five das or $5 was recorded. |