The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-07-31

spectators.
Conrad Matt, who halls from the
rural districts, was found drunk and
was fined 81 with Sc % costs.
Ann Early, a female woman of the
African persuasion, was charged with
using lewd and indecent language to-
wards Mollie Fox, who is supposed to
be a distant relative of Pollyfox, and
its derivatives Pollyfoxing, &c.
The Recorder being convinced of
the justice Of the charge and the guilt
of the accused, fined her s. with So 40
costs.
This is the party who afterwards
sought justice and revenge at the
hands of Squire Stinson, but was
turned away empty.
James Butler and John O'Riley,
who had worked faithfully for several
days in liquidation of fines and costs
previously inflicted, were yesterday
discharged from custody, improved,
we hope, in morals and physical
abilities.
AKA Ann Milman, who keeps a
miserable den on Ninth Street, and
which is represented as the resort of
all the roughs in the city, was charged
with harboring prostitutes, and also
with keeping a house of ill-fame. A
number of witnesses testified in the
case, and as the examination pro-
crossed, the accused manifested a
strong disposition to argue the case
and vindicate herself from the charge.
She held that it was no fault of hers
if crowds of men visited her humble
abode at all hours by day and night,
when, as she ayerred, she had bus
one door with a lock upon it; o
could she help it if notorious prosti-
tutes did visit her frequently. But
the Recorder was deaf to her pleas,
and assessed against her a fine of $50
in each case, with costs amounting to
SIS 20.
One witness, a near neighbor, testi
fed that from thirty to forty men
visited her brothel during a day and
night, and another witness swore that
her house would not hold all the men
who went in hat direction.
Madame Jennie Dean was also ar
raigned on similar charges, and the
evidence was equally strong against
her, and she was fined S100 in one
ease and $50 in the other, with a cor
responding amount Of costs. Some of
the witnesses testified to having wit
messed some of the most revolving
scenes of lewdness and indecency
upon the premises. The accused,
like her less ~pretentious neighbor,
pleaded innocence, and attribu-
ted the presence Of certain parties
on her premises to her goodness
Of heart which would not allow her
to see u lone female in the street
homeless and unprotected. The plea
was, however, Intellectual. but the
splendor Of her attire. which included
a long green MORE antiqtte, with gor-
geous trimmings, seemed to inspire
confidence on the part Of the officers,
and she was with fine unsecured per-
mitted to sail out of court with the
| air of a Juno, while her more hum
BILE, but perhaps not more guilty CO.
temporary, was kept in close custody
by the officers. 90
We understand the police and the
city authorities have waged a relent-
less war against the houses of ill-fame
that infest the city, and the frail
! females who inhabit them, as also
against the gambling thieves and
swiudlcrs who infest the city. If
they are heartily seconded by the
law-abiding and ogder-loving citizens,
we have no doubt a great and most
desirable reformation may be wrought
in the morals of the city. Already a
number OF each class, frightened by
the proceedings inaugurated, have
left the city, and respectable people
can walk the streets with a feeling OF
greater confidence than heretofore.
MORE BASE BALL.-As we were
sitting for a moment yesterday on a
cool corner, musing, we were tipped
lightly on the knee and greeted, Mr..
Local! We looked up and discov-
cred a specimen Of Young America"
bowling his back to Us, aud con1picu-
Gus around bis waist was q belt