The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-03-19
CRIMINAL NOTES.

Several DRINKS and disorderlles were
tried in the court Of Judge Olmsted yester-
day, and sent to Jail to board ont their
fine.
An old white woman named Agnes Shea,
whose name appears oftener upon our sew
eral police dockets than any other and who
had been fined at different times from one
to fifty dollars, which she invariably stayed
out in Jail, or returned if she was sent out
Of town, was found "drunk again" by an
officer day before yesterday. swell Agnes,
said the officer, 81 see you are at it again"
"Yes," said Agnes, with hiccough,
81 think you had better 60
and report to the jallor, Agnes,
continued the officer, "here is an order,
present it to him and he will let you in. {"
Agnes took the paper handed her and made
her way as best she could to the city Jail.
Arrived there she knocked at the gate and
when the jaior answered her call handed
him the note of introduction. He read it
and with a smile helped the woman into
one of the cells where she remained over
night. The next morning he called her
forth and told her that she had better re-.
port at Judge Olmsted's court She was
quite sober now and replied that she would.
True to her word she made bee line for
the courtroom and she came into the au-
gust presence Of the judge with the remark,
"here | am judge ~ see you are, you
have been here before, but what for nowl"
sob, was drunk" "Well, what do you
think had better do with you, Agnesl"
asked the judge Fine me, suppose"
"Well--a, how much do you think I ought
to fine you this time, Agnesl" "Oh, |
think you ought to be easy on me, judge
| can't stand much, you know. | think
about--welI, about one dollar and costs
ought to be enough" The Judge pondered
a moment, struck with the
novelty of the case and smiling in
wardy at its humorousness After a
few moments he said, 81 know that ought
to be easy on you Agnes. You have been
here often have patronized me much, and
it is rule of business to let a good customer
off as easily as possible, but think I'll
have to fine you about five dollars and
costs, making nine-sixty altogether; and
when do you think you could pay this little
AMOUNT 81 don't know, - iatered Agnes,
"but, Judge if you'll just think can
get over to East Cairo on the ferryboat this
evening, where | can get work, and-a-if
you'll just give me stay, why I'll leave
town, and" "All right Agnes, interrupt
ed the Judge, you shall have a stay, " and
she smoe smile as she shufled out of the
court room and wendell her way toward the
terry landing
A man named Cameron Nichols, of Full
ton, Ky, came to town yesterday and, like
other "greeneys' before him, thought it
good time to walow around in the putrid
mire Of the slums Of the city, and also like
others before him, he WAS taken in, and
then whned like kicked cur. He got
beastly drunk and then wandered down
town and found his way into the den kept
below Fifth street by two negresses named
respectively, Lizzie Norman and Tennessee
Bandy. What he did there is not known,
but what they did to him can easily be
guessed He entered with sound body
and eighty dollars; he came out with
bloody head and not "red." 1t appears
that he bought whiskey, wine and beer
while in the house and made the women
drunk, who then bounced upon him, rob-
bed him of his money and beat his
head almost into jelly with heavy
board Officers Sheehan and Hogan ar
rested the whole gang and took them be.
fore Squire Comings, but, being too drunk
Tor trial, they were sent to Jail until to-day
to get sober The money had not been re-
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