Vandals Bombards Elm Street Homes With "Hen Fruit"

Urbana Courier-Herald March 17, 1908

Of all the contemptible, low down, scurrilous tricks that have found their, way to the ears of the police the worst was played in Urbana Sunday night.

One or more unknown persons loaded up with eggs and visited portions of West Elm street, where they bombarded numerous residences with the hen fruit. The eggs were thrown at doors and windows and the appearance of several houses this morning was anything but beautiful.

It seems Impossible that such a thing could have been done by full grown men and it is believed that the trick was the work of mischievous boys. If they can be discovered it will go hard with them.

What is worse some of the eggs were none too fresh and from the number thrown it would indicate that the vandals had about a bushel of them.