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Show CHICKEN TAKEN j TO POLICE STATION Chief of Police W I Norton and I Detective George W ardlaw arrested a ; chicken at noon toda. The chicken was not the kind that crosses tho I road to gc-i an ice cream soda but a I real live chicken of Ju3t the right age to be fried At the same time, the two officers arrested a negro couple. Mr and Mrs Franlv Gray, and charg ed them with vagrancy The chicken was arrested against the wishes of the officers but at the request of the colored people uunicvwuq mat an was not well In j a house on 'Dirty' row, in the rear of Twenty-fifth street and cast oi" 1 I Wall avenue, chief Norton and Detec-I Itice Wardlaw usited a shack and; t found the two negroes smoking topium. As the were about to place j the two In the patrol, a chicken ran; out from under tho bed and the negro I made haste to seize it ' Leave the chicken here," said Chief Norton. What: And let some low down cullud pnhson cook and eat it," re plied Gray. Although the police were firm the negro was firm too and finallv' the springer was tied by the ies;s nA given a ride to the station in tho patrol. The man and his wife were locked upstairs and the chicken Is tied bv "s leg in the basement |