In the Clutches of the Gang (1914) Movie
Something
In Brooklyn, a vague person telephoned police headquarters. “There is something going on here,” he said.
Six plain-clothes detectives and four patrolmen went to investigate. Presently the vague person again telephoned police headquarters. “You’d better send more policemen,” he said, “there are a lot of men in the yard and they’ve got flashlights.” “They’re policemen,” he was told. “They’re not,” he retorted. “I can’t see any uniforms.” The detectives failed to discover “something going on.”
– Time Magazine, February 3, 1930
Time, Magazine – Feb. 3, 1930
The Keystone Kops