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Mounted Policeman's Feat

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
May
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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umcer Hancock, of the twenty-eighth pólice district, was patroling his beat the other day on his blcycle when he espied a crowd of small boys on a huge pile of new lumber. The alarm was given that a "cop" was coming, and the boys made a general rush to get awey. The movement upset the lumber pile, and the long timbera slid down toward the center of the street. They made a natural gangway up to the top and Hancock, who had a good gait on' rode his way clear to the top. He landed ín the soft clay on the other side never losing his seat. The affrighted boys scattered in all directions completely dumfounded by the policeman's remarkable feat. They keep away from that section now, for they say Hancock has wings on his "bike "

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Subjects
Old News
Ann Arbor Register