Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-26


sls 70 DID it occur to you at that time that there
was an thing improper in that transsctons
not b s to Sefs yS aS9Hs Ss a%
relieve 1t from any mpropriety."
If it be true, as Mr.. Olmstead charges in his
communication, that Sunderland and Hillyer have
become poor, it is certainly, in the light of the
above extracts. matter Of no establishment.
Even the rich District of Columbia might become
poor in the hands Of such agents.
C. ]. HnLYER
The Christmas Police Court.
AN EARLY MORNING sEssIoN-sCENEs ABOUT THE
BUILDING.
That branch of the judiciary presided over by
Judge Smell held an early session yesterday
morning and transacted an unusual amount of
business. For the convenience Of the officers Of
the court and the witnesses the session began
at 7:3O o'clock. At this early hour the gloomy
old church building at the corner of Sixth and
ID streets presented a lively scene. The police
mad made remarkable number Of arrests since
Saturday. and, beside the large number of
prisoners who were fortunate enough to get out
OF the tolls on collateral, forty were confined in
the cells when the court opened. The usual
cheerless scenes presented in the dimly lighted
court room was somewhat frightened by the
pcScuCe vi several leLlaleS IN une auQenCo anu
the fact that all were in their holiday attire.
when the prosecuting attorney had his cases
ready to present to the court, Judge Smell and
his clerk were notified that their presence was
needed. At the appearance OF the Judge, hale
old Bailif Barton, Of more than three-score-and-
ten, called out in commanding voice ''Order!
Hats off, and, after pounding on desk with
his brawnv fist, he stationed himself alongside
the witness stand. and, in the most dismal tone
he could command, said in one breath: Hear
We. hear ye, all persons having business before
the honorable judge Of the police court of the
District of Columbia will draw near and give
their attention, for the court is now OPEN" This
quaint Grafton had a singular effect on the large
audience, for the majority didn't seem to under
stand the meaning oft but appeared as If they
had sense of being In some august and awful
presence. The prisoners both male and female,
were called up to the bar one at time and dis
posed of with considerable dispatch. The ma
1ority OF them were those who had taken too
much egg-nOg and were arrested for being dis
orderly on the street. In less than three hours
about seventy-1ve cases were disposed Of and
Judge Smell wished his officers merry Christ
mas and went home The last scene was wit
messed by an eager crowd OF spectators who
formed in front of the court house to see the
dive into the maria" in which they were soon
hurried away toward the Eastern Branch.
THE PARKINSON OBsEQUIEs-The funeral of
Mr.. Royal Parkinson who died last Thursday.
took place Sunday afternoon from his late resi-
dence, No. 1922 N street, and was largely at
tended. At the house services were conducted
by Rev. DR.. j. E. Butler, and at the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church services were con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. DR.. Bartlett and Rev.
DR.; j. W: Chickering, who was long ago asso-
ciated with the deceased in the Congregational
ministry in Maine. DR.. Chickering delivered
brief and feeling eulogy of the deceased. The
casket. after service was taken to the Baltimore
d Potomac depot, where it was placed on a car.
which bore it to Brunswick Me-, the home Of
the deceased, for interment there.
On the Rack.
JUDGE DIFFENDERFER ENTERTAINING DR.. Bolts.
From the San Francisco Wasp.
If there is particular member Of the alleged
human race who particularly needs being ham
mered with a big club with spikes on the end of
it, it is the distracted card player who relates
some really interesting story in spasmodic in
stallments between deals. and amid the re-
proaches of his partner for want of attention to
the game.
Judge Diffenderfer was playing whist oppo-
site DR.. Bolts at the club the other evening.
when, just at a critical moment In the game,
the Judge led trumps and said in an absent
minded, meditative manner:
did you hear about the trouble up at Pliff's
yesterday. Doctor?'
"Why, no-nothing serious hope" replied
the other, noddng to the waiter for four more of
the same.
Well, I'll tell you how it was" continued
the good Old jurist dreamily. You see Mrs.
Plif's daughter-yOung Emelne Pliff, disap-
peared before school time the other morning
and didn't come home all day-my deal, isn't it,"
Yes, yes" said the Doctor, who was par
ticular friend OF the Pliff family. " They found
her, though, didn't they?"
AT first they thought she had been kdnap-
ped" slowly continued the Judge; "parents
almost went wid-who led that ace!-they
searched the entire neghbOrhOOd and finally
notified the police-two by honors, amt we?"
The police found the child. Of course?" put
in the Doctor.
mo, it seems they didn't" muttered the
Judge, leislureiy arranging his cards; $50,
finally, as MIR. Plitf was very much attached to
the child-brght little thing. you know, with
long curls-your cut, Mr.. Skidmore"
;.ts don't mean to say" began the Doctor.
81 Eth? Oh, about the child" said Diffenderfer
shuffling the cards. las I was saying, Pliff
was almost crazy with anxiety and-misdeal.
Doctor-and Mrs. Pliff had the Mysteries So
they gave the childs description to the detec-
tlves and mad mounted men securing the whole
country, clear down to Menlo; thought it was
going to be another Charlie Ross CASE you
knOw-why don't you return nv lead?''
For heavens sake Judge, go on about the
child. Didn't they find her?'
Well the fact is" said the Judge, looking
very solemn, the little one had on when she
disappeared some red stockings with black dots
our tricks, believe-and finally one of the
detectives sent word that he had discovered
such a pair of stockings sticking out of the
water about fifty yards from the shore over at
North branch-this is the worst hand I've held
yet"
Great heavens! Drowned" gasped the good
old Doctor, while the other two players got ex-
cited and made three misplays handwriting.
'Of course the whole Pitf family rushed over
to the beach, and there. sure enough, was
tremendous crowd watching the body, which
seemed to be head downward in the mud, with
only the ankles showing. AS the water was
makes us two by honors, don't it?"
''Well, well!'
GAS the water was too shallow for boats and
the mud was too deep to wade, theent crowd,
parents, coroner and ALL had to wait for the
tide to go down; terrible, wasn't it3 Another
ace eh?"
Sad, sad; poor little Emmy" said the Doc
tor, wiping his eyes.
- So when they finally went to take up the
body they found that-king of spades-that er-
that the stockings had only been hung up to
dry over couple of sticks stuck in the sand at
low tide by some washerwoman and
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