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Show Gill CAUGHT IN ACT OF SPITTING ON FUG CASE The man who daih spat upon the glass over the United States service flag which was kept in the display case of George W. Tripp, the local photographer, at 32CU Twenty -fifth -treet was caught redhanded in the filthy insult to the Stars and Stripes early Saturday moraine, by Mr. Tripp himself according to a statement made this morning by the photographer. photograph-er. The man. Mr Tripp says, is Charles Sloan, the Chinese proprietor of the Vienna Cafe which is on the first floor near Mr. Tropp's establishment. For the past two or three weeks. Mr. Tripp has been runn'nc an advertisement advertise-ment in the Standard offering a reward re-ward of $25 for the apprehension of the vile creature who broke the glass case and took a service flag from Inside, In-side, which Mr. and Mrs. Tripp had placed there in honor to their son who is an officer with the United States forces in France. Mr. Tripp state? that each morning since he repjared the broken glass und placed on the inside a new flag, he has found the glass befouled over the flap The glass case -b!ch contains the flag is at the entrance to the stairway that leads from the stree' to the first floor above where the photographer has his place of business and where he and his wife reside. Mr Tripp states that he has kept constant vigil dump many weary hours of the nights during the past 'wo or three weeks and that bis watch was finally rewarded shortly before daylight Saturday morning when he caught the Chinaman in the act. ' Mr. Tripp reported the matter to the police but ihe city officials state that they cannot act as there is no law cohering the matter. An effort is being made to have the federal authorities look into the case, but what will be done, if anything, is a matter of speculation specu-lation Mr. Tripp won his ,)wn reward and feels very glad to have been able to catch the guilty party, be states. There has been some talk of drastic aeilon being taken by citizens in case the authorities tail to act. |