Omaha daily bee., 1883-07-24
CRUMBS FIsoM COURT.
A Variety of Cases Witch Have AT.
tracted the Attention OF Om-
GERS and Judges.

lnere were q gOOuly NUMBER OF smal
cases to occupy the attention of the po-
lice court yesterday morning. Among
them were the tramps who were captured
near the X. @. roundhouse, and who had
such q lively contest with the officers.
Two of them still have the marks on
their heads, showing the result of resist.
ing the strong arm of the law, especially
when said arm was armed with y club.
They were fined SO. 10 each, and put to
work on the streets, not being able to
pay the fines.
Charles Kanest, who was fighting
on Sunday, was assessed the usual
amount.
William Field, a namesake of the chief
of police, was allowed time to secure the
money to pay his fine for drunkenness,
it appearing that he was one of the vic
Tins of the hail storm, and that his crops
! would be a little light anyway.
p. Hopkins was fined for indulging in
a plain drunk.
Peter Rock, the rag-picker, who
claimed to have picked UP n coat by mis-
take, vas allowed to step out from under
the charge of larceny, provided he would
pay for the trouble and expense of hunt
ing him up and and getting the coat back,
which he agreed to do.
A girl of 16, named Annie Monroe, was
brought in on complaint of Mr.. Sweigart,
her step-father, who wanted her sent to
the reform school. She was found to be
a little over age. for sending her to that
institution.
There seems to have been a pretty
lively time at a Saturday night dance at
Mr.. Blossoms house, in the southern part
of the city. A goodly number of Danes
were there, and some railway men join
ing the party, the two did not seem
to mix well, and a row ensued.
Mr.. Oleson himself is reported as
having a very bad head and one eye
closed, his injuries being such as to con-
fine him to his bed. A woman named
Mrs. Barnett was cut some with a beer
glass, and her husband was arrested yes
terday for taking a part in the affair,
though he claims that what he did was
j%ustitiable on account of some one inplr-
ing his wife. Several other parties are to
be brought to the front. Two, especially
wanted, kept out of the way yesterday,
and the officers searched for them in
vain.
The man Cain, who was arrested for as
saulting old man Engle, has evidently
got frightened, and not knowing what
punishment was to be melted out to him,
has skipped from town, leaving his wife
and child here. The evidence in the case
has all been taken, but the decision is
held back for him to appear and hear it
himself. 1t is understood that he will
seek a home elsewhere, and as soon as he
is settled send for his family.
Oscar Dickerson, the darkey who was
shot by another darkey, named Dan
Smith, is able to be out and around.
Smith, who was also injured in the atfray,
by a shovel in Dickerson's hand, is about
recovered, but the examination in the
case is still continued, and an effort is
being made to get the matter comprom-
ised.
III. w. Paine complains of Ross Emer-
son for obtaining $50 of his money under
the false pretense that the horsefor which
the money was paid was sound, when
afterwards he found out it was not.
George Schultz has caused the arrest
of Charles Tama for stealing about S35 or
$40 worth of butchers tools, a trunk, etc.
Schultz claims that Tama sliced upon
these goods because of a 81 board bill,
and then when he broke up keeping
boarding house lama took the trunk and
contents off with him.
Yesterday afternoon two young fellows.
train boys, were throwing dice for drinks
and cigars in the saloon on Broadway,
formerly occupied by Doc Felker. Some
dispute arose about the amount due the
house, and one of the boys threw a beer
glass at the bar. The saloon man her
had the boys arrested for gambling, and
they were fined SAL 10 each. Pat Lacy
went security for the payment of the
fines, and the boys hurried off to their
trains, breathing threats of vengeance on
their return in the form of complaint
against the saloon for selling liquors to
minors.