Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1912 — Man Has Warrant Sworn Out for His Own Arrest [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Man Has Warrant Sworn Out for His Own Arrest

ST. LOUIS. Mo.—A man fighting with himself, going through all the motions of a regular ringside fistic encounter and angering his “opponent" to such a white hot rage that he finally pulls himself into a police station and requests the sergeant to arrest himself, is the unique form of outdoor sport by which an absent-mind-'ed citizen of St Louis entertained himself the other night Samuel Williams of East St. Louis Is the man and is declared by the police to be insane. On .this particular night Williams was attacked and beaten by a thugi He arrived at Justice Bell’s office the next morning much the worse for wear and asked that a warrant be issued for the arrest of a certain person. “Whom do you want to arrest?”

asked the justice, looking Williams over with a scrutinizing eye. “I want to Jail Sainuel Williams, that’s who,” shouted Williams. * "Wbat’s the charge?*’ “I don’t know what to charge him with, but I know what he did to me. He attacked me on the street as I was going home and beat me to a pulp Just because when he went through my pockets there was no money to be found." Williams shuffled out of the police court and wandered back to his home. A half hour later he was surprised to see two husky bluecoats drive up in a patrol wagon and stop at his door. “You’re under arrest,” growled the first cop, seizing Williams roughly. "Come along to the station.” Williams did as directed and was haled before the justice who signed his own warrant. 0 Then Williams recalled that he was Samuel Williams and by a mistake had charged himself with disturbing the peace. He was released when he assured the police that any charge that that he had fought with himself was greatly exaggerated and more or less untrue.