Daily Republican., 1879-11-07
THIRD EDITION.
A BABY DETECTIVE.
ATwo Act Drama Mt Police Cours
Last Might.

An interesting two act drama was
rehearsed at Police Court last evening,
Lottie Short being the star in the cast,
ably supported by james Brophy and
Edward Gallagher. A little detective
also bearing prominent part while
the minor parts were nicely filled In
by the acting Mayor, the Chief, and a
&c, re Of witnesses.
I.ottie Short and James Brophy open
ed the performance by pleading not
guilty to a charge Of stealing ehlid's
cape, valued at about hall dollar, the
property Of Mrs. Mary Woodington.--
Brophy stating emphatically that he
d-d d didn't k-K-k-kuow noth-nothipg
about it-it whatever.
Mrs. Mary Davis, then came forward
and testified that Lottie had called at
her house on Poplar street yesterday
afternoon, and ASKED for something to
eat, telling Mrs. Davis that her hus'
hand was dead and she had two chill.
dren at home starving. Mrs. Davis and
her daughter kindly took her in and
gave her something to eat. When Lot.
tie left, little Grace NooIington, a
grand child Of Mrs. Davis said to her
s.audna, "dat woman looked my tote, y
aud upon investigation Mrs. d. found
that Lottie had stolen cloth Goa. be-
longing to little Grace. The coat was
hanging near the door, and Lottie cap
tured it when she was going out.
Mrs. Mary Woodington corrobofat-d
her mother, and said that when she &C
cused Lottie of the theft she admitted
i, and threw the coat in the gutter.
Lottie had nothing TO say and the
Squire held her in 5000 bail for court,
in d. fault Of which she was committed
There was no testimony TO prove that
Br0phy had anything to do with the
stealing ont he was ordered to keep his
seat in the dock. Lottie was then Re-
moved and Edward Gallagher brought
ont. This was the opening Of the SO
cord act The charge against Gala
CHER, who is bur!y dissipated wretch,
was that of stealing cloth coat, tht
property Of Miss Ida Carpenter, valued
at S..
la answer to the 'Squirs's question
as to how be plead Gallagher replied /;
81 tax the coat yer honor, but left il
back"
Ida Carpenter testified that she no.
ticed both prisoners ON Poplar street
opposite her residence yesterday alter
loon; lost sight Of Gallagher who Wa.
the tallest tor few minutes and then
saw him coming down the steps Of her
house, the front door Of which was
open. She went out in the hail and
noticed that her coat had been abstrac.
ted from the rack in the hall. She no
tilted her sister, and they called to Gal
lagher, ordering him tc bring the coat
back, which he refused to do until they
called a gentleman Mr.. Fernan TO their
assistance when he returned the coat.
Miss Sarah l.. Carpenter and Frank
Fernan corroborated the first witness
and Gallagher was committed il default
of 5000 for court.
There vas 10 evidence TO convict
Brophy OF stealing, although hs looked
ugly enough to steal house, and the
Squire ordered him to stand up and
give au account OF himself. Brophy
then stated he was q psddler from
Philadelphia, and pointed to a basket
a lot of soap, matches, etc.,
as his property. The Squire thought
he kept rather bad company to be in a
legitimate business and committed him
for thirty days as vagrant.