Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — “He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last.” [ARTICLE]

“He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last.”

Some young fellows from a point a number of miles south of Rensselaer were here in iln automobile Sunday and amused themselves by racing through the streets without any regard for the law or the safety of pedestrians. When the marshal went out in the country to a point where they were supposed to be, to arrest them, some boys in town are said to have chased otit in an auto and passed the marshal and warned them that he was coming after them, and they hufriedly left for home. The marshal telephoned to Remington to have the marshal there stop them, and when they came through 'he ran out, in the street and waved his hat and yelled at them to stop, but without slacking the breakneck speed they were going, they pulled out around him and gave him the Ha! Ha! racing on south.

It ie altogether probable, however, that they will visit Rensselaer again, by request, in a very short time, and then the Ha! Ha! will likely come from the other side. While the marshal was out after these parties here, it is said, a bunch 1 of town boys emulated the strangers', and thought they would show off a (few stunts in fast and furious driving. They, also, may be asked to call at the Captain’s office and settle for their fun while the marshal was out of town. They certainly will if the proper evidence can be secured against them. Plenty of people saw them, it is said, but a dislike to testify to their violations makes it hard to secure the evidence.