Stamps

In Nice, France. Adolphe Stolke advertised for help, specified that applicants must enclose stamps for replies. Adolphe Stolke sold the stamps, lived on the proceeds until victims complained, had him jailed for 90 days.

Employe

In Chicago. Walter Anuzic, 26, was held for trial in the Court of Domestic Relations on the complaints of four young women who said he had gotten them all with child. Walter Anuzic works in a baby carriage factory.

Peeper

In South Orange, N. J.. police answered a telephone call, heard a frightened woman's voice calling for help: "There's a horrid looking man with a long face peeping in my window!" Police hurried to the rescue, found the peeping Tom was one Garibaldi, a peddler's horse.

Mirror

In Philadelphia. William B. Wells took off his clothes, chained himself to a chair in front of a mirror, watched himself strangle to death with a belt.

Retriever

In Knoxville, Tenn.. Gordon Powers shot at two birds overhead, killed both, caught one in his hand as the other fell at his feet.

Comfort

In Columbus, Ohio. William Phillips, serving a two-year sentence in jail, refused a parole. Said he: "Food's good, bed's good, and I like the people."

Bandit

In Brooklyn. Billy Byrne, 8, eldest of four, was his father's favorite. Every day he walked from school to his father's plumbing shop, rode home with his father in an old car. One day when they got home Billy slipped down into the basement to play bandit. All the family were at dinner when Billy entered the dining room carrying his father's shotgun. Boasted Bandit Billy: "I got a bullet in it." Billy's father stood up, walked toward his son. Billy shot him dead, burst into tears.

Casey

In Newark, N. J.. John Casey, 17, was held in jail in default of $10 bail for ogling maidens from a lamp post. John Casey broke out of jail, went home and got $10. On his way back to jail to deposit the bail, he was arrested again, held without bail for jailbreaking.

Popowicz

In Grand Rapids, Mich.. thieves stole Jacob Popowicz's pet rabbit, returned another night and took his silverware. Third time they came Jacob Popowicz had prepared for them. He left them, and they seized a hive of bees.

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