Historic Photos

Free range … no more! City Hall booking, March 30, 1958

April 21st, 2017

Two officers stand behind a desk, one is writing on a pad of paper and the other is holding a chicken. a second photo shows a chicken behind bars.

Bloomington Police officer Robert Shepherd (left) books a startled hen on accessory charges. That’s officer John Hauptman keeping the prisoner from flying the coop. She was picked up when officers arrested a man they found trying to stuff her in a paper bag.

Bill Kemp

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