Prisoner Seeks Turkey Dinner in Lassen Cell
December 29th, 1933
Clarence Halderman, disgruntled because he was released by the sheriff, thereby missing his turkey dinner in the county jail, proceeded to commit a deed that he hoped would place him back in jail in time for Christmas dinner.
He paid forty cents for a jar of preserves from the Grand Café, then went to the Pioneer and threw it through the big window. He reached through the broken window took a bottle of liquor and started to pull the cork when Night Policeman Long arrived.
Policeman Long spoiled the Christmas dinner plan because he took Halderman to city hall jail where there was no turkey served.
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