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Show Guffaw Fine Is Refunded; Culprit Gets Last Laugh PAWTUCKET, R. I. Samuel Hy-der, Hy-der, 57-year-old mill worker whose guffaw landed him in jail, was advised ad-vised by a court he could laugh as freely as he pleased without fear of again running afoul of the law. With a grin, District Judge William Wil-liam M. Connell ordered a $4.60 fine imposed on Hyder on a charge of "reveling" refunded and wiped out any court record against him. Smiling but silently Hyder heard his counsel make a fervent plea in his behalf coupled with a warning that Pawtucket faced the danger of becoming known as a "pickle-puss" city. Once aquitted, Hyder couldn't restrain himself, and burst out in his belly laugh as the judge left the bench. Absent from the crowded courtroom court-room was Police Chief Leonard Mills, who ordered Hyder locked up for creating a disturbance for laughing loudly in the heart of the business district "when there was nothing funny to laugh about." Mills said Hyder's roar was funny the first time you heard U but once was enough and that merchants had complained. Hyder, who says he doesn't have to see anything funny to burst oui laughing, was back downtown after his acquittal laughing away and receiving congratulations from well-wishers. Now he has something to laugh about and is making the most o) it |
