Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1915 — Dangerous to Give a San Francisco ‘Cop’ Money [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Dangerous to Give a San Francisco ‘Cop’ Money

SAN FRANCISCO. —If Diogenes could have known Policeman Hyland he would have ended his search right there. It happened as follows, to-wit: Richard Stanton, aged forty-four years, who lives at 84 Broadway, was walk-

ing along Commercial street, near Grant avenue, when he suddenly spied Hyland and hailed him frantically; Stanton is short, a 100-point “sit,” with an added 25 points for the redness of. his luxuriant whiskers, and he was dressed in overalls and working coat “Hey, .officer, here’s something for you!" shouted Stanton, and he waved before the eyes, of the astonished Hyland a handful of 110 bills. Before he could* be questioned Stan-

ton thrust the money, 3100 in all, into Hyland’s hands and walked away. But the policeman did not let him go. Instead, he halted Stanton, who said he merely wanted to help out the policeman, because he had enough money for himself Hyland took him to the city prison. In addition to the original 3100, <97 more was found on Stanton. He was booked for insanity. Stanton says he has 31.000 more in a bank, the fruit pf years of labor. _ made his report, Captain Gleason appended th*- following: “This man, was not so insane. He chose the. right policeman ” -7---™