Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1910 — Offended Dignity. [ARTICLE]

Offended Dignity.

Members of the police department were matching stories the other day and the conversation turned on the amount of “nerve” some persons have, and what remarkable things they expect of the police department. “I remember one day I got a telephone call from a woman on Washington street that she wanted a policeman to come to her house right away,” said Desk Sergeant Caffrey of the First precinct. “I sent a policeman—never mind whp he was—and soon he came back loking as red as a beet “ ‘What do you suppose that woman wanted?’ he said, after he had recovered tys breath. “ ‘lt’s past me,’ I answered, ’what did she want?’ “ ‘Her little girl had gone to the store to buy some candy, and lost a nickel in the glass in front of a house, and she wanted me to find it so- her ’ he said. “‘And what did you tell her?* 1 asked the copper. “’Sergeant, what could I tell her: he asked. ‘I just turned around and walked away.’ ” —Newark Star.