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The Daily Star Mirror
Moscow, Latah County, Idaho
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Two hundred suspected slackers, caught in the greatest man hunt in the history of Gotham, spent their first night incarcerated in the Tombs, arousing patriotic wrath from other prisoners such as burglars, felons, drunks, and dope fiends. An old-timer up for cracking a safe expressed disdain for mixing with slackers and shouted at a conscientious objector about facing the Huns.
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Their Presence in Prison Arouses Patriotic Wrath of Burglars and Felons.
New York.--Two hundred suspected slackers, caught in the greatest man hunt in the history of Gotham, rolled, tossed, groaned and cursed during the first night of their incarceration in the Tombs.
They also aroused the patriotic wrath of other prisoners, such as burglars and felons, drunks and dope fiends.
"Can you beat it?" whined one old-timer, 'up for cracking a safe. "How do them guys get that way? Take it from me, I don't want to be mixed up with that slacker bunch."
And then, as though drawing the final line of classification, the old-timer shouted to a husky "conscientious objector":
"They hain't no cooties in here, bo. If vuh can't face dese bars and the music, how yuh goin' to face the Huns?"
Thief Gets Hot Meal.
St. Louis.--Supper was waiting when a burglar broke into the home of Edward Daly, this city. He helped himself to it--piping hot and inviting--and to jewels worth $100.
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Two hundred suspected slackers, caught in the greatest man hunt in the history of Gotham, spent their first night incarcerated in the Tombs, arousing patriotic wrath from other prisoners such as burglars, felons, drunks, and dope fiends. An old-timer up for cracking a safe expressed disdain for mixing with slackers and shouted at a conscientious objector about facing the Huns.