Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1912 — “Willie Buck” Stirs Up a Big Police Station [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

“Willie Buck” Stirs Up a Big Police Station

CHICAGO. —“Willie Buck,vagrancy.” was the way It was written the other night on the arrest book at the Maxwell street police station. Two bondsmen interested them selves in the prisoner, and a restau-rant-keeper brought him food, and all of them, after closer acquaintance, agreed that he did “buck” •Willie Buck" is known to residents in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and Union avenue as the neighborhood goat. On this particular night he became unusually strenuous and was “arrested.” The goat was put in the patrol wagon and taken to the police station. Desk Sergeant Kelliher entered in

the arresi-book the name “Willie Buck,” and opposite that the charge “vagrancy.” Manny Abrams, a bondsman, went to interview “Willie Buck” after reading the name on the book. Meantime the jailer had unlocked the cell door, and when the goat caught sight of Abrams peering through the darkened cell there was a sudden rush, and the bondsman lay on the floor, gasping for byeath. William Brett, another bondsman, received the same treatment when he went to the cell to discuss a possible bond. Max Goldman, proprietor of a res taurant near the police station, pre pared a big steak and “trimmings’’ when informed by telephone that “Willie Buck” w&nted something to eat. Ten seconds after he entered the cell aisle Goldriian was on the floor, the hot steak repoßing on his neck, and broken dishes were scattered in several directions. The goat had successfully defended itself against interruption for the night and crawled into a corner and went to sleep.