The daily gazette., 1882-07-05
THE MAYORS HANDS FULL.
Tho City Hall Cells Crowded and Long
List OF Cases Disposed of.

The police station both inside and out |
this morning presented an animated appear
ance, being crowded with a motley crowd
eager for mere glance of the unfortunates
10 appear before the Mayor. The room was
close and suiiocating, the damp and heavy
atmosphere being not at all improved by
the hot breath issuing from the mouths of
the spectators. fr*aE .ft
Several minor cases of drunkenness were
rapidly disposed of by flning the offenders
so cents and costs on their pleading guilty.
Peter Gallagher was fined 80 cents and
costs for drunkenness, being found in the
stables Of the Western Hotel. 4
John Clusky, young fellow 18 years of
age, was drunk on the sidewalk and had his
person exposed. Three dollars and costs.
William Ryan, well-known character,
was seen by Officer Pierson to strike
eolOred man at Front and Market streets.
For his Fourth of July fun he was fined 81
and costs.
Charles Walraven was drunk and disor-
derly, ana when arrested kicked Officer
Shear. He was inclined to fight and when
| captured was having bout with another
| man. The Mayor said he would let him OIL
easy this time with s. and costs.
"One of you three Dougherty's stand up"
was the order from His Honor to the trio
standing in the dock. The story of the
policeman who made the arrest of the party
and street car conductor, was that John
James and Barney Dougherty, hailing from
| Chester, were drunk at the middle depot
| last evening and raised a disturbance in
horse car. Most of the passengers were
ladies, all of whom were badly frightened.
Besides the black eyes they wore they were
given S. and costs each.
: Edward Dougherty, the fifth one of the
large family, raised a rllmpus in the Della
ware House abouc midnight last evening.
81 and costs.
Thomas Farran was also interested in the
/ row In the Delaware House. The prisoner
mumbled a denial of the story, but the
Mayor told him he might as well own up
as it was the Fourth Of July, and fined him
81 and costs. Thomas was the thirteenth
male prisoner disposed of inside of half an
hour.
| Two women were then placed in the dock
-one black and one white Mary Mcllvafne
the latter, middle aged female, whose nus
baud said she had been drunk three weeks,
was fined 81 and costs for raising disturb
ance on the street.
Lizzie Tobias, a tall angular black woman
! was charged with assaulting Emma Rumsey
another colored woman, at picnic, ano
raising a regular ''fuss" She knocked thu
: plaintiff down and jumped on her. 1t wal
clear case of green-eyed jealousy, ant
Lizzie was fined 81 and costs with the in
formation that ''men are not worth fighting
for"
Francis Cormick, mild looking younl
! man Of 80, was overcome with the coo
, /, atmosphere, fell asleep at the r., w. q b
station las1 night and obstructed the plat
. form; 80 cents and costs.
An audible smile ran around the room a
: Joseph DoIerty (the sixth of the name) wa
: arraigned and fined 80 cents and costs.
, Philip Traynor and Frank Smith, tw
neat looking young men, were fined 5O cent
. and costs each for drunkenness.
Martin Roonan was fined $40 and cost
3 for resisting arrest while drunk. ii
sd assaulted officer Blackburn after he ha
hacked up all his furniture. The officer
9 breeches were torn into shfeds.