Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1915 — STORIES from the BIG CITIES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STORIES from the BIG CITIES

Policeman Binks of Chicago Makes First Arrest CHICAGO. —Policeman Binks was patrolling his beat In the vicinity of 6500 Lake Park avenue. Policeman Binks has a record for sobriety, for inunacttlatenesa of attire and for keeping his beat clear of offenses. Only

recently he was presented by George Braham with a brand new uniform, cap, two silver bars to indicate the length of his service, and a baton. While it is quite contrary to police regulations for a patrolman to accept gifts, this instance was overlooked at headquarters because of the distinction Policeman Binks achieved in his locality. Binks was spying into a vacant lot when he observed the recumbent

form of John Laverty of 4470 Dorchester avenue. Binks, having a youthful and keen olfactory sense, had no need to come within a hundred yards of Laverty to determine the cause of his unusual pose at ten o’clock of a summer's night in a vacant lot. Mr. Laverty had reached a state of near-ossiflcation and was snoring a Wagnerian overture when the shocked policeman reached him. Binks rapped Laverty gently on the shoulder and bade him rise and be off to his family. Laverty rose In sections and careered in semicircles until he came to another saloon. Binks waited until he came out Then, thoroughly disgusted, he called the patrol wagon. Next day Binks appeared in the Hyde Park court to prosecute. "What did you tell the sergeant when you called the wagon?” asked Assistant City Prosecutor Lubeck. "I told him I had a drunk and for him to send the wagon," said Binks. "Then I helped Policeman John Murphy hold him up until the wagon came.” Laverty was sentenced to work out a fine of $75 and costs. Binks was complimented. For Policeman Binks is only six years old, and this was his first arrest. Incidentally the reason there was no objection to the gift of a uniform is because George Braham, who gave it to him, is his father, and Binks is known in private life as George Braham, Jr.