National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-02-28
LOCAL POLICE SKETCHES.
WORK OF THE POLICE COURT XAGLS-
TRATE YESTERDAY.

WORK OF THE POLICE COURT X.AGIs-
TRAZE YEsrERDAY.
HOW A DOG CAUSED TROUBLE TO OUR RE-
rORTER-A KISS AND A MAKE uP-AN OLD
SHOE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FORGERY
AND OTHER cRIMEs-A F Ii C LENDAR
PROMPTLY DISPOSED OF.
What possessed young Jones to steal Barbara
Claxton's poodle-dog 10 mystery. Not one In .
hundred would steal Sach dog even under the
most favorable circum stances, and II they did II
would be the immediate cause Of sad rejection.
Five women and Charley Jones were deeply In
terestcd in this shaggy little pup, and all were ct
court for the purpose Of manifestng that interest
After O6icer Brellsford had produced the defend
| ant and witnesses Mr.. Gloss examined them pri-
vately, and came to the conclusion that solls
proseqaj should be entered. He did this, and
then stepped below, where the defendant and his
friends were gathered about the shivering and
frightened pup. He drew pocket knife, cut the
string, which was attached to . red ribbon around
the animals neck for the purpose Of having IL find
its own master, and the cur followed him, looking
neither to tho right nor to the left until he got
halfway up the stairs, and here he curled his tail,
dropped his ears and bsulked. At this Juncture
the reporter OF TIE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN en-
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scaling the stairs with unusual viTscity when he
was suddenly reminded Of the uncertainties of
life. He had the dog solely BY the tan, and the
some teeth. It Was . monentary affair, however,
and the reporter suddenly went down stairs to get
q new start. This time he approached tho beast
friendly Intentions, regrettng all the while that
he hadn't . club. But the animal apparently
a '1 P.rhaps ' t fs1s s arid an what ss.ess
hin; perhaps h. mi,tooR the reporter
d er = S.s Q.
thoughts: he certainly acted In very strange and
unbecoEing manner. He would jump about with
his NOODLE and
ping his teeth in an uninviting way. 1t was while
the reporter was thus engaged trying to put him
to seize him by the naUe 81 ths % neC
or kick his ribs in. that Barbara Claxton started
to come to his relief. Whether she tripped and
down stairs the reporter didn't stop to inquire.
He merely sat down on the pup, and then lodged
on the bottom step ut the first lunge with velo-
scribe. dozen policemen stood around, and
never once offered to kill either the woman or the
dog: Barbara snatched the yelping beaet by the
tightly in her embrace. and shrieEed, "Oh. Harry,
harry, my darling little poodle, don't you Know
your own mistress! You dear little thing" This
transprcd amid the sobs and means Of Barbara's
friends, who were posted at the top Of the stairs.
Then she rushed up and darted into Mr. Gloss Of.
fee room, followed closely by three female friends
around, 1.-THE reporter who on gaining his feet at
the foot Of the stairs had suggested that II he got
an opportunity he would kick the brute's skull in
for an experiment, stood in the office door for this
purpose.) Each kissed and Rugged him mot the
repOrterl in turn, until he had gone the rounds;
then Barbara took and quite smothered him with
sobs, amid the means and CALCULATIONS of her SYM
pathizers. Mr.. Gloss, evidently entertaining fears
for his furniture, told the parties that they had
better 20. and they vent, amid the halt sup
struggling pup.
sARGEAyr OF THE MARINES
entered the courtroom while the court wns In ses
sion In full dress uniform He had seen through
nst S"an gass :, About three times and was
Mr.. Revels, the manager, was At his post and
promptly ordered the marine to dof his cap. He
superiority, he shook his bead and
passed in. Revels ordered him again but the
Ofhcer turned upon him, and Mt this point the
that man take his hat of. or he will be fined Tor
OF court" In less than the second an
observing person might have seen two striped
coat tails following q very mad marine up q
street towards the National hotel.
JAMES BOYLE.
Clerk of the Court. james Boyle, you are
charged with having made IN assault upon your |
wife, with IN intent to kill. Are you guilty or
Boyle. Not guilty.
The testimony Of Detective Sargent was then |
heard, who testified that, in reply to question
whether he had killed his wife or NOT, but that he
intended to blow her head off.
Judge. Mr.. Boyle, according to tho evidence, |
you,wfll have to be sent to the grand jury for
rial: r----. ~.
PATRICK DOYLE
owed David Tolan q small amount Of money.
roian had sued him and obtained judgment. He
atisfy the juisihent Ind vent to Fafher f,oydsr
2 asesrssn what smSuns Of properly any,
opted him while he was returning from his mis-
lion. The interrogatories were short and right to
m attitude for fxht. but DOVE WAS she iiveiiest
lie squared and cut loose at TOlan before the old
gentleman was aware Of the situation. Doyle
MS s
aomish daring. 1t cost him 80.
....r ANNIE nRooKs.
Yesterday was Annie's day to come into court
md pay her usual fine. This time II was about ant
Id pair Of shoes, which Julia Dorsey claimed
md were willing to fight for them. They were
ust in the act Of clinchng when Ofiicer Mc(iraw,
With his usual alertness, told them to put on their
company him to tho station-hou They were
ined t5 each.
SCHNEIDER vs.. BROWN.
Henry c. Brown was brought into court charged
with the embezZlement Of S&.66O, the property Of
L. H. Schneider, the hardware merchant. An
was waived, and the defendant was
ield to 5000 bonds for his appearance at the
criminal Court. Mr.. Brown was arrested on this
anne charge some time since. but the case was not
proved. Subsequently MIR. Brown instituted .
uit against Schneider, laying the damages Mt
60 900. The development Of new testimony Ia tho
ause of the new trial. S.---
N.o OSCAR BOND, DID,.
harged with having obtained t250 under false
,retences, was tried Yesterday. Il appears that
he defendant has had some dealings with o. p.
,happel, and during the course of the business
Chapel claims Bond signed his
Chappers) name frsudulently to IN order for
ESQ ON o Mr.. Palmer, Of Georgetown. When
Bond presented the order to Palmer he refused to
lonOr It until he hsd seen Chappel They both
vent to Chappel's hodse for the purpose Of having
lin acknowledge tho order, but did not find him +
It home. Palmer deemed Bonds willingness to
20 with him there sufficient evidence that the or:
Ter was valid, and accepted It. During the trial
evidence was introduced, which cast q shadow
,ver the reputation Of Chapel - a man of We
.acity and truth. The Judgment of the court was