The daily gazette., 1879-07-02
FOURTH EDITION
.rxAITY OF WRONG DoiSs

or CITY LIFE, AS GIVEN
cnAr Tup POLICE STATION LAST EVEN
,1,, NV. . valuable lesson is given at the
MANY s. before Mayor Allmod, that Is
hearing, r. effectiveness to the public, be-
losl u !, ~ seldom reaches them In It's force.
ca callse .aSsion ~ of the Mayors court, last
lhe ino se,''u was particularly prolific III this
event., evel,"s' and as several cases of interest
respe ,ssre expected to come up, the mot'y
crowd Of spectators was larger '"a"
'saa,, Th, first prisoner whom Warden Nc
o,ina ~" hrouaht before the bar OF justice
.D' ,aI lanes Thompson who hobbled in on
,'hos was officer Farrady had arrested
siu'tn ,,.,' rssterday morning for being gem
l',I nnl nuisance. He begged people for
e,a' money and when refused would curse
,hem ,e He was given until this morning
to to- 20 where said he come irom' YORK.
a. Iobn Doucherty, well known in Re-
.'hlc,n % political circles, was next ar
lpsinneJ p%oJ on the complaint Of a negro
'aa'Ssadrrank Tilottson, who charged him
,,i,' ,";,h assault and battery. The testimony
showed @ that Mr.. Dougheriy went with
Mr. Mr. Philip Plunkett to where Iiilottson
marted. m Mr.. Plunkett's errand was to
.oIlect "Jl rent from the negro, who occupied
,,' oue If his houses. Tillottson had no
@ money and when Dougherty suggested
,hs, % he work for him and he would pay
Mr. Mr. plnkett, he became very angry and
cursed Daugherty savagely and challeng-
nj him several times to fight. At last,
sxasperated beyond endurance, Dough-
srly @ In him with stone. The Mayor
& saii tha, no doubt Mr.. Dougherty was
hally treated, but ielt compelled TO I'M
nose penalty of $40 and costs.
Henry Wilson, the next prisoner, said
he was a "bankrupt tinker )" tn, officer
,ad he was a drunken hummer, and he
WAS given ten days in Jail.
l6e seat 10 the dock was next occu-
MED by John Kelly, who was charged by
John McKenny, the captain of the sand
boat Mary X. with larceny. Captain
McKeuny testified that he discharged the
prisoner from his employ on Friday last
and that he had reason to suspect him Of
stealing from the sloop, a shirt, look
ipc glass, several gum caps and lot of
groceries total value $3.50. Peter Riley,
co.,, who keep. cigar stora in South
Wilmington said the prisoner tried to
sell him some goods on Saturday. Hes
Ter Brown, cJl., testified that the prisoner
came to her house and sold her twenty
five pounds Of -four and other groceries
for sixty cents. The gum caps which
had been stolen we're shown the witness
and she SAID the prisoner had them with
him at the time the sale was effected
"If de good lor' pleazes, I'll nebb n be
cOlched in a fix like dis again." said
Hester as she concluded her testimony
Kelly was held for court In the sum OF
lone hundred dollars bail.
Thomas Mcguire, with a face much
beaten and swollen was the next priso-
ner. He was tried for assault and bat
terry on officer Cannon. Officer Cannon
testified that about 2.30 o'clock yesterday
morning, while at Second and French
btreets, he saw three men come out of the
United States Hotel and engage in a
noisy row on the corner. He went up to
EN- and told them to be quiet but tn "
did not mind him. He caught hold Of
one of them and one of the others sprane
upon him. He put them both down two
LINES and finally put his nippers on one
and sta ted up French street with him
He had not gone far before his prisoner
cried Murder" and the man in the dock
Masure) calhe up and caught him by
lhe coat tearing his sleeve. They boil
pet on him at once and terrible struggle
ensued during which his prisoner gol
away and he was thrown across the curl
slone and rendered almost helpless b,
lhe fall He subsequently, arrested Ma
Ruire.
During the testimony, the officers tori
coat was shown, and he exhibited fingel
marks still on his throat. Officer Can
non denied the statement made in an af
.lnoOn paper that he was drunk and tn,
mayor responded ayes officer Cannon
nave sober ma'i OH the force know
you are one." A number of other wit
lesses We're examined but none knew
anything Of the assault. The prisone
adinllted that he was present, but denie,
.aal ne made any demonstration agaius
lhe elilcer. A fine of ten dollars ant
costs was imposed.
Mcguire was then tried on the charg,
" interfering with an officer. The tes
sllnohy was the same as in the othe
.1e' In giving his decision the Mayo
'aia .hat II any ofiense was greater thai
slulhef III his opinion, it was interfering
..n oil olllcer In the discharge of hi
.uy' lie was again fined ten dollar
suu n, required to pay costs.
lhls ended the evenings hearing
suh suuIt oplng in session more than an hou
THIS MORNINGS CASES.
before the Mayor this morning. tw
roo,s roDn were lined for being drunk, an
ohn IIhely small negro boy, (the inevi, abb
Cb.',, Cbar. emlth,) was arralgned upon tn
r.as ,se OF attempting to steal a pair {
pal's paa :, from Nathan Lieberman at FIT
c"".. 'u market streets. He was held ft
sS sSull, hi put the Mayor subsequently cal
~ n1.n IN, out and released him.
as,;a y, !, u, loie how it happened, yos Homo
l"nu 'a'u sne small Africanl 81 war comm
an, ua1 u'., ue street an de pants fell dowI
man p,,Apu m, dem up to glib 'em to d
and S,,as sueii lie thought l war stealth
nn, n1 .olched me-" He was told to 90 an
Fourth ''oo''ns crackers on th