National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-05-25
SKETCHES OFPOLICE WORK
slrURDAY,s PROCEEDINGS At THE
POLICE COURT.

ROSE MGNULLIN SHE STANDS AT THE
HEAD OF THE CLAss-ANDREw JACK
SONS ECCENTRIcITIEs AND WHAT THEY
COST HIM.
This woman Is an extraordinary affair. She
was not born to blush, fade and die unseen. Not
she. Perhaps she 10 twsnty-dv she may DO
thirty. When she was young and under the pro-
tecting wing OF her mother, she may have been
the highest type Of innooenes-a being fair 10
look upon-a regular sumner But she strayed
into the broad road. Shs a.slmIIatsd with .
crowd which was surgins along the highway to
destruction A fast, wlns-blo.ted, sky-larking
crowd which cared nothing for eternity but went
the whole figure on . horse trot, and she fell She
didn't 70 down all at once, but gradually grew
less BY degrees, Interpreted with Heightened
DRINKS. The DRINKS beat her. Drunks have
been known to beat hrs:-rats men, who get over
It after awhile but when they beat woman It's
harder for her to get over it than to nish small
poI without pitting. After the uins-bIbInys aud
champagne Oharleys had beaten this girl, she
ct once became transformed from . genial
hearted, graceful. attractive creature, iull
Of life, happiness and noble impulses, to .
cosdemned BLACKBOARD with much bad breath
attached. The Police Court knows this woma q.
II knows her so well that nothing but death and
the grave will break up the Acquaintance. AnnIs
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but she Is In the uorkhouse now, having exhausted
her resources In paying dnss, and this puts Rose
at the head Of the class. She has Allied the po-
sltion better than Annie for several reasons. An
ME used to take laudanum In the court room and
sleep on the back Of . bench with remarkable
eomposurs during the trial. Rose, on the con-
trary, turns up her exqulsitely plugged nose, and
watches every MOVEMENT Of the court with eat-lIks
intentness. Annie, when arraIgusd, would, with
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further trouble, and receive the lowest fne. This
woman Rose is quite different creature. When
the clerk interrogates, "Are you guilty or not
guilty3" she brstles up like an agltated porcu-
pine, whacks her fist down on the docks door, and
explodes with 9 sarcastic grin, "Nos guilty BY q
long shot, II the Court knows herself, and she
think she do" This damages her. The fine
jumps from three dollars up to 1--WE. The court
reprimands her for her insolenee, and If she con-
tinue's boIsterous, she Is sent down into the pit,
where she whites the time away in screeching,
SIN Captain links, of the boss marines"
And sIch q court I've never seen;
May be they think I'm somethin' green
But they'll change their minds In the mornin'."
Such Is the character Of this woman-oncs be-
irg Of intelligence, fine personal appearance, and
respectable position in society, but now meta
morphosed into o creature whose life Is saturated
with loathsomensss, future cherries, with an sd-
dLtion OF thirty days In the workhOuse for pro-
family.
DErsEY JACKSON
belongs to . burial society. She don't believe in
cremation exactly, but she does think that An
drew Jackson ought to smoke. And for Whatf
Simply this: She was on her way homsfrom the
society, accompanied BY old Aunt Indy. Both
were slightly rheumatic, and concluded to get on
the next car They were Just In the act Of doing
so, when Andrew placed his hand on Betsy's
shoulder and said: mo you don'tr' Andrew
Jackson Is an economical man, and when he saw
his wife in the act Of squanderIng I'VE cents for
ride, he immediat ely dissented and, besides,
home was only twelve blocks away, and It wasn't
9 very bad night for rheumatism either.
strong willsd woman, when suddenly
crossed, becomes halfway house,
between "RsIsing Gain" and = steam engine, with
NO time for rsfreshnsnts. This Is the kind Of
woman Betsy "a. Nothing daunted, she scrambled
into the street not exactly into It, either for
while she was pulling her lsfs footinside, Andrew
intercepted It sad dreic her out forthwith. She
yelled, kicked and erswled OF on her knees. Then
she got up and waltEed into Andrew with an i'm
petuosity that made him feel like letting the job
out-no bonus wished for, even. Andrew Is not q
man to run when he Is liable to get shot in the
back with Q brick, so he faced the music, prinei-
pal1y ehinererG, with respectable fortitude.
Betsy caught him . binder on the right ocular
orb and then took to her heols- Andrew wiped his
weeping eyes and started In pursuit. Aunt Lndy
followed. The FIRST thing Andrew reached was
Betsy,s shawl, He jerked that loose, tore at it
for q moment. dropped 1t and hurled himself on.
Aunt Lin dy up the shawl, uttered short howl,
aud still pursued. In turning the next corner
Andrew broke for the inside track, made It,
gained on his wife, reached her, seized the
skirt Of her dress, pulled back; 1t, too, gave
away. He looked at 1t for second,
reached the pocket, uttered q disappointed
growI, dashed 1t to the ground and again
bounded after her like q hound on the tigers
track. Aunt Indy snatchsd up the shattered
skirt with rheumatic grunt, CARED at It while rum
ming shrieked 'How long, Oa, Lord, how long?"
and then broKe into gallop. During the next
three squares It was nip and tuck. After that
Betsy oyerreached herself and tripped on curb
stone. 1t was one of those dash, roll, slam,
smashing falls, which breaks everything in a
mans body but his determination to 'get up and
get" Betsy did this and limped rapidly away.
But It was no use Ga came the Infatuated An
drew with all the activity he possessed at the
start He overlook her when within about two
squares from homo. He went for her collar and
hair this time He succeeded in less than no time.
Mrs Betsy Jackson was on the hat Of her back
on the pavement, and was enjoying being walked
on by her eyer-actiye Andrew, when peeler In
troduced himself and removed Andrew with the
double back acting twist. He was arralgned be-
fore Judge Smell, and fined Is and placed under
slOo bonds to keep the peace.