Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-15


To-day, VIM. Tolliyer, cursing and swearing
in the county; SIS or days: Chas. Miller.
charged with being &yagrant, being found beg
ging; $50 days in thu wOrkhouse. Julien Hud-
son, VIM. r. BallOo, forfeited collateral. Richard
Crown. young white man, was charged with
disorderly conduct in the Washington market.
MIR: VIM. H. HoOver,Sa butcher in the market,
testified that this man came TO his stand and APP
peared to be drunk, and said that he intended
to play crazy. and kill some of these ID hard
hearted people. He was fined SO or 80 days.
VIM. E. Bell, trespassing on park; SIS OF Is
days VIM. Ward, profanity; IS or Is days.
Jno. W. Armstrong a white man, was charged
with cursing and swearing and making rude
remarks on the street. Some gentlemen who
live in his neighborhood testified that he curses
and swears in his house and on his porch. and
keeps the whole neighborhood in an uproar all
the time, and yesterday he cursed his family,
and his neighbors. the republican party, and the
PRESIDENT, and said that he ought to have died
long ago, and he wRs glad the President was
shot. Armstrong took the stand and said that
ne drank some beer Yesterday, and it made him
crazy. The court said he thought he ought to
abate this nuisance, and he would impose fine
OF Sl5 or 45 days in the wOrkhouse. VIM.
Sloane and Kate Anderson. indecent exposure
in Lafayette Park; S. or Is days each.
Best Payne, loud and boisterous; SIS or Is days
John Stewart. cursng and swearing in West
Washington; S. or days. John Henderson,
loud and boisterOus SIS or Is days. John Rob-
OILS, loud and bosterous: s. or Is days. Alice
Jones' do; do. Armistead Jackson and James
Payne, vagrancy; bonds or 30 days each. Safnl
Alexander. disordery conduct in county; S. or
Is days. Kate Lewis. vagrancy and public pros
titutiOn; bonds or GO DAYS. Chas. Conway: bonds
or 30 days. Samuel and Mary Samson. loud and
boisterOus in West Washington: s. or Is days.
each. Chas. Hilton. Thos. O'Neii. JnO. o. Cur
tin, Michael Mcdonald. and Robert Cross. all
young white men, were charged with making
,affY ErI{f, .S%l H.,
corner of Sd and Pennsylvania avenue south
east about IL o'clock Saturday night. Special
Officer Burgess testified that these men had a
regular pitched battle. and when he interfered
to stop it he was very roughly handled. Hilton
and Cross were fined $40 or 80 days each O'Neil
and Mcdonald forfeited collateral. and Curtin
was discharged Hilton was then charged with
aSsaulting Officer Burgess at the time of the
atfray. He was fined $40 or 80 days additional
on this charge. Alexander Ward. small white
boy, charged with stealing some chickens from
Adam Jacksou fined SIS or 10 days in Jail.
Elizabeth Matthews was charged with assault
ing May Susan Pratt; S. or Is days in Jail.
May Susan Pratt was charged with assauiting
Elizabeth Matthews; a fine of SIS or Is days in
Jail was imposed. Mary Payne and Susan
Hawkins. charged with making threats to May
Susan Pratt personal bonds to keep the peace
for six months. Jos. Burns. white man. was
charged with assaulting cOlored boy named
Thos. johnson. by shooting revolver at him in
me county. Friday night. He was fined $40 or
80 days in Jail. Geo. Williamson, JnO Perkins.
Jas. II. Reeves and JnO. T. Stewart forfeited
collateral. Samuel Clark and Hugh Downing
two elderly white men, the former a very large
man and the latter very small man. were
charged with fighting in the street Clark said
that Downing was drunk. and he was only help
ing him home. Clark was dismissed and Down
ing was fined $40 or 80 days. Geo. Johnson
coiored, charged with making an assault on
some person. to the complainant unknown: S.
or 10 days. Frank Pick forfeited collateral
Addie Stewart and Lula Brady. assault on May
was fined 50 so or 7 days. Rebecca Mars. as
sault on Matte Roane; s. or Is days. Matte
Roane, assault on Annie Mars, do. Willie Bos-
well, assault on Geo. Galliger. by striking him
On the head with an iron weight; IS or Is days
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