The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-02-21
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REooRDER's CoURT.-Only, three
cases demanded the attention of the
City Recorder yesterday. and the, re-
ceipts were all promptly paid. While
we admire the zeal and industry Of
the city police, and believe they aim
TO do right, we are inclined to think
that sometimes they pick up cases. Of
rather too trifing nature to deserve
their attention, while other cases OF
more Importance are overlooked. 1t
is true, policemen cannot be every
where at once, and many violations OF
law must necessarily escapetheir OBJ
servations. We see men Feeling
along the streets almost every day,
using profane and indecent Language,
unmolested. Even yesterday morn
ing we heard two imenJ abuse each
other at a round rate, each using 1ahL
guage that would disgrace a flewspaL
/ per published fn9the interests Of afeb-
els, and fight would doubtless have
ensueds, had not Il gentleman inter
fered and led one Of. the parties away.
These things are Of frequent occur
renee. On Water Street and escape OBJ!
servatioh, but men, who indiscreetly
commit an act at II o clock at night,
which, if committed in open daylight
when crowds are passing by, would
be real acts of public indecency, are
arrested and fined, though no one
saw them but the policeman himself.
A private admonitioh would subserye
the ends Of justice lust as we'll
as an arrest and fine of 81 90, with
81 90 costs. Now, we have no dis
position to blame the police, who,
we believe, are all good men, and aim
to do their duty; but we simply sug-
gest that it was barely possible that
they sometimes draw it a little too
firm Two of the cases tried yester7
day werelon charge of having com
mitted an indecent act, which cost the
parties a fine of 81 90, with from
So so toD$4q05cOstssa0 neHofs these
men behaved badly in the Recorders
office, and, We are told, rolled up his
sleeve showing a, Confederate flag
printed on his arm in Indian ink; and
beasted thatdt was ia, better flag than
he now had To live phdero.i 9di e i3ot
The, last case vas the, man A3hled
to, the countyjaiElon Tuesdayoopno "a
drayg the allusion ito whichoiin yester4
day oUBNAL, called foftha blacko
guard 'rHejjoinnlder from a c9nteRipofary.
We presume that -thiss was caused
from the fact that the man, too drunk
to walk, halls from Kentucky, and,
perhaps, was, a friend to the hon
orable causef' AS we did not know
where the man hailed from when we,
pennedo that notice, we should be
excused, as we often suppress names,
and incidentsIto save the feelings of
friends!p The man in this case was a.
doctor, and was, unaccustoned to that
sort of medicine. - The experience,
cost him So 45, but he saved nights,
lodging at the hotel by sleeping at
Castle Darling. 5sa9HeI 10 lapofa Is
Acq1p DENT y 70 eIrI Iz IS Of, EVANS
WILLIE. by a private dispatch receiv4
cd yesterday by Mr.. John j lSinzich,
from Jack Grammer, of Memphis, we
learn that John and Robert Ray,
this city, we're severely but not fatally
sealded by the explosion of the David
White. They are coming up on the
M. S. N1epham, Blythe explosion of
the White, we learn from the same
dispatch, fifty lives were losts7 The
dispatchldoes not state when or where
the White exploded, but we will prob
ably have full particulars BY telegraph
this morning. .r9oaiaes 4giiio IsiIb
gJohnyand Robert Ray were, we be-
lieve, engineers onlithe White John
Ray, was fora long time engineer On
the Gen, Anderson, while in the
Evansville ando Cairo Packet trade,
and has "a wife and family in this eityp
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igThe Crescent CityiSilyer Band left
for indianapolis on the train this
morning, transportation having been
furnished by the State.-Seatiael
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