In Brooklyn, John Edmonds walked into the Edwards Hotel clad in his underwear, demanded Room 313. Informed that it was occupied, he said: "It was, but it isn't now. I just fell out of the window.
Wooden Legs
In Lynn, Mass., Warren A. Goldbald was arrested for driving his auto headfirst into another auto while accompanied, in the driver's seat, by three friends. On investigation, Warren A. Goldbald was found to have two wooden legs.
Midget
In Manhattan Kurt Zweibler, a midget, was arrested for driving a small electric automobile without license plates. He squeaked: "I was on my way to get them."
Hunter
In Phoenix, Ariz., Henry Leggett took his new roadster out for a drive, was astonished when two great battling owls burst through the windshield, showering him with fur, glass, feathers. Peering into the back seat he discovered the two owls and a rabbit, dead.
Rabbit
In Canton, Ohio, John Routz, 11, disputed the ownership of a chocolate Easter rabbit with Charles Christeen. After brawling in the street, Master Routz followed Master Christeen to his home, forced open he door, was shot dead by his adversary.
Taste
In the Bronx, N. Y., a jury awarded $22,500 to Mrs. Pauline Goodman, cook, who claimed that her ability to taste had been destroyed in an automobile accident.
Fire
In Edenton, N. C., Aunt Lena Cox summoned the fire department. When the firemen arrived, she pointed to a conflagration in her stove, explained that she wanted company.
Tired
In Evanston, Ill., John Hunton was awakened in his bedroom by a burglar who said, "Keep still or I'll blow your head off."
Tired, John Hunton slept while the burglar ransacked his room. Two hours later, he woke up, reported the robbery to the police, promised to provide further details in the morning when he had had more sleep.
Sister
In Cambridge, Mass., James McArthur, eager to have a sister, stole small Vivian Mercer whom he found asleep outside a doctor's office. After being trundled about in her baby carriage, Vivian Mercer opened her crossed-eyes, stared at James McArthur. Disgusted, James McArthur abandoned Vivian Mercer in a backyard, where her mother found her, weeping.
Mistake
In Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Anna Sahl found William Burkowski-hacking at her front porch with an axe. Rebuked, William Burkowski admitted that he was a housewrecker, that he had mistaken her house for that of a client.
Sport
In Eureka, Calif., Indian Jonas Grant, 19, was arrested for robbing and setting fire to the home of Charles Marsh. Jonas Grant said that he had committed arson in order to awaken the victims of his robbery, so they would be sure to send him to jail. He explained that he had been unable to make the Redwood Creek baseball team, that an ex-convict had told him the San Quentin prison team was one of the best in the state.
In Case
In Wilste, Holstein, Henry Moeller, 15, decided to go to sea, sailed on a clipper ship for Hongkong. His aunt said goodbye to him and presented Henry Moeller with an umbrella of purple silk with a carved snakewood handle. "It will be handy in case it rains," she said.