Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — “GOT YOU, STEVE” HE’S GOT ME, TOO [ARTICLE]

“GOT YOU, STEVE” HE’S GOT ME, TOO

Madison Brothers, Tile Ditchers, are Lodged in Jail for Allotriophagy, 'Whatever Thai May Be. Madison brothers, Steve and John, ditchers, were again in jail. ~ The charge against/ them was not -allotriophagy, but that is really the cause of their incarceration. That is a big word to work off on the Madison brothers in lieu of the simpler and better understood one of plain drunk.

It does not refer to the state of intoxication in which Marshal Mustard 'Found them Monday evening. No word in the English language is sufficient to describe the total state of intoxication to which they had been reduced when they were apprehended. Allotriophagy refers to thq depravity of their appetites, which has led them to imbibe rot gut whisky at a dollar a quart when there is so Hutch pure water to be had free of cost. These men are not new to the city bastile nor to Squire Bruner’s parlor of justice. Steve was up on a similar charge about three months ago and John was up only about three weeks ago. They are getting used to it, and take a fine of $lO and trimmings as calmly as though it was an every day happening. They have been ditching on the •Frank Foltz farm. They are good workers and diligent workers, but they are converts to the adage that “all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Thus, Steve said to Jack last Saturday, “Let’s go to Lafayette.” And Jack replied “Got you, Steve.” They went, and saw and they were overcome. They arrived In Rensselaer Sunday evening and took up a camp beneath the blue dome of heaven at the north edge of town. They had liquid refreshments and they put in Sunday night and Monday drinking booze. Monday afternoon their supply gave out and Jack started to the express office, where he expected another consignment to await him. He was able to reach the depot after wandering about for an hour or so. He had not forgotten his mission, however, and hired Everett Warne’s dray to bring him down town. There was nothing at the express office for him and -he hired the dray to take him back to the depot, where he laid down in the freight room and went to sleep. In the meantime reports had reached Marshal Mustard about the pair and he went after them. Jack was roused from his slumbers at the depot and loaded in the bus and then Steve was found stretched out beneath a tree pear the L. P. Shirer residence. He was so benumbed from exposure and so full of whisky that he could not stand up. Jack’s sleep had partially sobered him, and on seeing Steve, he said: “Got you, Steve; got me, too." They were too full for a hearing that evening but a night at the jail restored them and Squire Bruner assessed them $lO each and $3.10 trimmings each besides. The?; remained in jail until this Wednesday morning when C. W. Eger, who needed men to work at Installing the heating system at the new school house, Btaid their fine.