The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1875-03-21
POLICE COURT.
Saturday IA Lively Day In the Police
Court.
Plenty Of Work and No Pay for His Honor,
Judge Bird.

| II or many day past business IN the
police courts of this city has been eX-
! trcmely dull, the work taken one day
| with another not averaging more than
one case per day. Yesterday, however,
was an exception, Judge Birds court
room being full OF men. women and child
rem from eight o'clock in the morning,
until four o'clock in the afternoon. but
for that gentleman the profit of his labor
amounted to not one cent. each and every
prisoner committed having gone to serve
| out his time at Jailor McCarthy's cafe.
The first case that demanded the at
tcntiOn of His Honor. was that of Matt
Price, cOlOred man, who was arrested
on warrant taken out by Frank Thomp-
son, also a colored man, charging him
with stealing twenty-nine dollars of hard
earned money. 1t seems that Frank had
great confidence in his wife, and az he
earned money, would take it to her, and
She, like a miser. would hide it under the
pillow of her bed, which She had found to
be as good a safe as she wanted. up till
few days ago. when 10. and behold, she
missed the treasure. Some one had gone
down on it. and they--Frank and his
wifc-knew OF no one who was acquainted
with the hiding place but Matt, who they
at once had bagged, but the evidence was
not sufficient TO convict him, and he was
discharged.
The next case was that of Frank
O'Neil, who was found dead drunk in IA
| negro ranch in the lower part of the city.
! by Officers Cain and Brown on Friday
night, and was taken before the tribunal
| OF justice. where he was find five dollars
and costs. Having been robbed Of a for
tune, which he claimed he hid in his
vest pocket, he was left pauper, and ac-
cordingly took up his abode with Nc
Carthy. with whom lie will sojourn for
three days.
Then came Tom Black. gentleman
who had "fcll in wild some irrns, and
taken swig or two" Thi, swig or two
seemed TO make Thomas unusually hila-
rious, rs the noise made by him with his
"ia Ia. whoop. whoop. hurrah," near
the Planters house on Friday evening,
was enough TO awaken the dead. While
! in this cheerful state of mind, he was
taken in charge by Officers Cain and
/ Brown. who marched him TO the lookup.
where he amused Mccarthy during the
night by yelling murder, fire, thieves, :
etc, and finally wound up in the morning
| by kicking over the stove. He was es-
corted to the court room yesterday morn
| ing, and was compensated for the concert
he had delighted the Tailor with, and his
other misdemeanors, by the judge, who
assessed fine against him of twenty dol
! lars and costs. lie went to fill an en-
/ gagcment of fifteen nights with Nc
! earthly, during which time, he will very
likely compose and execute some fine
music, and perform number of start
ling and wonderful ieats.
Reuben Smith, colored man, went
to the river yesterday morning aud pulled
out Il lot of drift-wood, which, with the
! permission of the clerk of one of the
wharf boats, he piled on the boats, and
then procured u dray to haul it TO his
house. While he was absent, Frank Hen
camp. white boy, went to the whar f.
boat and when the drayman came to take
the wood, Frank tried to stop him, saying
the wood belonged to him. Smith told
Frank that he had picked the wood from
the river, and dispute arose. Finally,
Frank struck Smith with rock, for
which smith had him arrested and fined
FIVE dollars and costs. lie went to Jail,
but not until he had Il warrant issued for
Reuben, who. he claimed, had attempted
TO strike him, but the evidence was too
weak to convict him, and he was dis
charged.
The next case was that of a colored
man named Robert Sanderson, who wa:
picked up on the levee, Saturday night,
with a sack Of smoked pork on his back
by officers Cain aud Brown. The evi
dence showed that Robert had beer
going down in barrel of meat on Phil.
lips whari-boat, and the judge held him
TO bail in the sum of five hundred dollar,
to answer the charge at the next term o
the circuit court, and now he reclines il
cell of the county Jail.
Wayne Swank, the colored boy arrest
ed by Deputy Sheriff Sheehan few day
ago, for having made himself too numer
ons around HOWE Brothers. pork pack
ing establishment, and thereby getting
number of those gentlemen's hams int,
, his keeping without their consent, had
hearing before Justice Comings yesterda,
morning, and was bound over in the sun