The daily gazette., 1883-11-23
MUNICIPAL COURT.
Cases Tried and Suspicious Characters
Held for Hearing.

Held for Hearing.
At last evenings session of the Municipal
Court Judge Cummins fined Daniel Collins,
Josiah MullIn and James Mater 81 and costs
each for drunkenness. John McHugh, for
vagrancy, was committed to New Castle for
b. days. Henry McMonagle, for assault az
battery upon William Watson, a boy, on the
premises OF John b. Stewart, baker, at 2O7
West Eighth street, where both are employed,
was fined $40 and costs. The three Dougherty
children Charles, Mary and John, aged 12,
1o and 10 years respectively, were next
arraigned as vagrants and were committed
to New Castle for go days.
At this mornings session, Spencer Green
wood, colored, was fined 81 and costs for
drunkenness, Richard Kinder, for the
same offense was fined the same amount.
John MeAlur, pleaded guilty to the same
charge and was likewise fined 81 and
costs. Hugh Ferguson and Daniel
Leonard, two men arrested by officer
Marques on suspicion of being thieves,
were next placed in the dock, but their
hearing was postponed until this evening,
TO allow the officers to procure, II possible,
more evidence against them. The officer
who made the arrest first noticed the two
men acting In a suspicious manner In the
neighborhood Of Front and Market streets,
and from there followed them over the
whole distance, bounded by Market, West,
Front and Ninth streets, for about an hour
and finally arrested them at Eighth
and Market streets, about o'clock
this morning. During the row the
two men changed hats and one of them hid
sign umbrella, supposed to have been
stolen, under trunk at Second and Market
streets, and the other had bundle of pa
pers, which he laid under q pair of high
steps at Third and Orange. The men are
aged about "a and % years respectively, and
are rough-looking characters. When brought
into the court this morning they appeared
thoroughly unconcerned as TO what was
going on around them.
l,-. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
About 1915 o'clock last night Chief Haw-
kins and Sergeant Hatten arrested at Front
and King streets, suspicious character
who gave his name as Charles Welsh, after
shadowing him for tive hours.
Upon being conveyed to the hall and was
about being searched, the prisoner snatched
paper, supposed to be pawn ticket, from
his pocket and putting 1t in his mouth began
chewing energetically. After hard
struggle lasting for some minutes Welsh was
made to spit out the bits of paper, but it was
then impossible to recognize the characters
upon 1t, as aside from being chewed into
bits it was soiled with tobacco juice. Moth
ing else suspicious was revealed by the
search.
The police think that Welsh is one of the
leaders in the robberies which have taken
place in this city recently and say that the
| description of the man is similar to that fur
nished at the time of the robbery at the resi-
dence of H. L. Tatnall,
Welsh was seen leaving this city on the
O'Clock q. m. north bound train on
the night Of the robbery of the residence of
Joshua L. Pusey 1908 Delaware avenue.
Some time before the robbery, at the saloon
Of james Austin, on the night in question,
Welsh was seen about the city. He was
also connected with the robbery of an old
couple named Baily near Kennett Square
several years ago. Should Welsh be the
right man It is thought that Mrs. H. L. Tat
nall can fully identify him.