5 Detective Novels Magazine — page 9: what you’re looking at

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DOINGS THIRTEEN MEN were indicted at Bel- videre, Ill., for luring high school girls to hay- stacks for wild sex parties by plying them with ice cream sundaes and sodas. A DETROIT checker player was taken to jail for biting the lip off an opponent in a dispute over the game. A DETROIT policeman was suspended for stealing the lunches of his fellow cops. A NAPLES, ITALY, traveling salesman was arrested for forcing his bride of a few months to wear a padlocked ‘‘chastity belt” during his absence from home. A DROXFORD, ENGLAND, cattle dealer was arrested for obtaining 482 pounds, 18 shillings and 6 pence under false pretenses by removing worn incisor teeth from nine middle-aged cows and replacing them with false teeth so he could sell the cows as heifers to the Food Ministry. A HOUSEWIFE in Petersham, Mass., was hauled into court because, when the garbage collector failed to pay his regular visit, she dumped her refuse on his front lawn. DOWN IN South Portland, Me., a young lady was picked up by police for strolling down the street in diapers—and nothing else. A ROCK ISLAND, ILL., man was ar- 9 rested for slumping across his horn when he went to sleep in his car, waking everyone in the neighborhood but himself. TWO YOUTHS in Paterson, N. J., ad- mitted several robberies and explained they needed the money to pay a candy store oper- ator for a candy bill they had run up. A DETROIT MOTORIST was charged with reckless driving when police caught him steering with his knees, using his hands to comb his hair. A CHICAGO man was arrested for wear- ing a wig made out of an old mop and scar- ing little children. AN OAKLAND, CALIF., man _ was jailed for ripping off his wife’s nightgown, hoisting her on his shoulder, carrying her nude to a house party a block away and de- claring: “Here she is—any of you fellows who want her can have her.” A RICHMOND HILL, N. Y., man was arrested because, after an argument with his wife about the mother-in-law coming to live with them, he got so peeved he broke dishes, windows and furniture, then went down in the cellar and started a fire. AN ASHLAND, MASS., man was seized by police for trying to get gum out of a fire alarm box. CORAICLO® S