patrol-wagon

The green light of a police-station, and greener radiance on the snow; the drama of a patrol-wagon — gong beating like a terrified heart, headlights scorching the crystal-sparkling street, driver not a chauffeur but a policeman proud in uniform, another policeman perilously dangling on the step at the back, and a glimpse of the prisoner.

Babbit 2004

He could not tell you who the Pilgrim Fathers were, nor could he name the thirteen original States, but he knew all the officers of the twenty-second police district by name, and he could distinguish the clang of a fire-engine's gong from that of a patrol-wagon or an ambulance fully two blocks distant.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

No single guardian of the peace presumed to interfere with his hilarity, and two of the six who came in the patrol-wagon had dismissed action for deep contemplation before he was safely locked up as "drunk."

Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll

Even the thought of the overweighted patrol-wagon probably sticking in the mud some safe distance in the rear, failed to cheer him, and the excitement that had so far made him callous to the cold died out and left him weaker and nervous.

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

Junior Republican Club to the patrol-wagon, the man that put this coat on me, and do you think I can let you fellows go after that?

Short Stories for English Courses Rosa Mary Redding [Editor] Mikels

The able and efficient officer at once suggested that there was a place for them in the street and the patrol-wagon was there; and, being a man of action as well as words, proceeded to gather up an armful of assorted guests as a preliminary to a personally-conducted tour onto the cold night.

Indiscretions of Archie 1928

The crowd had had no time to work up any interest one way or the other, A patrol-wagon was waiting, and the orators were bundled in and driven to the station-house, and next morning they were haled before a magistrate and sentenced each to fifteen days.

100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923

They followed him outside, to where, in the midst of a dense throng, they saw several two-horse trucks waiting, and three patrol-wagon loads of police.

The Jungle Upton Sinclair 1923

Outside, a crowd gathered to jeer while the prisoners were loaded into the patrol-wagon; but the police drove them away, keeping everybody moving, and breaking up several attempts at street-oratory.

Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923

Peter was shoved into one of these latter, and a policeman sat by his side, and the bell clanged, and the patrol-wagon forced its way slowly thru the struggling crowd.

100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923