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April 2, 1895
The Record Union
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
What is this article about?
On All Fools' Day, boy Melvin Schmitt was arrested for battery after throwing flour in a prank, despite many other boys engaging in the same activity without consequence.
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Melvin Schmitt Arrested for a Boyish Prank Yesterday.
There were probably a thousand boys, more or less, yesterday engaged in the essentially boyish but decidedly silly and annoying practice of throwing handfuls of flour on one another, just because it was All Fools' Day. Sometimes they varied the alleged sport by dumping the flour on Chinamen.
Nearly every boy one would meet had his head or clothing spattered with flour. And out of all the boys in the city that engaged in the practice one poor little fellow, Melvin Schmitt, was arrested and charged with battery. He was with a crowd of boys at the time, all of whom were engaged in the same practice, but he alone was seized by a policeman and taken to jail.
Did the Schmitt child hurl his flour more offensively than did the others, or was he the only one that was unable to outrun a policeman?
Melvin Schmitt Arrested for a Boyish Prank Yesterday.
There were probably a thousand boys, more or less, yesterday engaged in the essentially boyish but decidedly silly and annoying practice of throwing handfuls of flour on one another, just because it was All Fools' Day. Sometimes they varied the alleged sport by dumping the flour on Chinamen.
Nearly every boy one would meet had his head or clothing spattered with flour. And out of all the boys in the city that engaged in the practice one poor little fellow, Melvin Schmitt, was arrested and charged with battery. He was with a crowd of boys at the time, all of whom were engaged in the same practice, but he alone was seized by a policeman and taken to jail.
Did the Schmitt child hurl his flour more offensively than did the others, or was he the only one that was unable to outrun a policeman?
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Crime Story
What themes does it cover?
Misfortune
Justice
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
April Fools Prank
Flour Throwing
Boy Arrested
Battery Charge
Boyish Mischief
What entities or persons were involved?
Melvin Schmitt
Where did it happen?
In The City
Story Details
Key Persons
Melvin Schmitt
Location
In The City
Event Date
All Fools' Day
Story Details
Numerous boys threw flour on each other and Chinamen as a prank on All Fools' Day, but only Melvin Schmitt was arrested for battery by a policeman despite being with a crowd doing the same.