The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-19
WHAT WAS DEVELOPED TO-DAY

As TO Crime and Criminals I'm Judge
SMELLS COurt - Some Hard Cases
Tried.
Bill entered the sanctum to-day after tho
matinee at the Temple had adjourned, look.
Ing profoundly solemn. He spoke not word,
but eauntered straightwny up to tho religious
editors desk and offered TO trade on a Havana
cigar for prayer TO deliver tho city from tho
hands OF confidence men, thieves and others,
and men like zell Hoover who extract money
from poor widows for securing mcmbers OF
lions.
A Daylight burglary.
"The first case In Court to-day was that OF
John Flaherty. He was charged with house.
breaking in smashing the plate glass window
OF Steinmetzs hat store on the Avenue, near
Thirteenth street, last Sunday morning, and
stealing two hats and a silver. headed dude
cane. A llttlo white boy namod Gustave
Lewis and a colored man named Dan Dyson
eaid that about 1880 O'Clock last Sunday
morning, they saw the defendant aud some
other young men standing near tho store, and
one OF the fellows said,
'Let Her Co.
and Flaherty turned his back to the window
and kicked the glass In and took tho hats aud
cane and ran up Thirteenth street. Ofllcer
Fisher testified to arresting him with the
stolen property In his possession. Ho also
said that tho young man was drunk. His
Honor sent the case to the grand Jury, and the
counsel for the prisoner asked that bail DO
fixed low.
society has Got 20 be Protected
said the Judge; $1,000. His mother came In
and gave ball for her nico son, and no walked
out.
Another Hack Case.
''Thcy had another hackman before the bar
Of Justice this morning for Violating the hack
laws at the Capitol hnckstand. James Moore
was tho unfortunate cabby. onlcer Proctor
testified that II Is against the rules for hack.
man to solicit fares, and the defendant COM
mitted this crime on the 11th OF this month
by driving from the stand over to tho House
port.co for passengers who beckoned for au-
other vehicle. The defendant and another
witness testified that he (Moore) had passen.
gers on tho .poriico who wanted to ride. The
defense claimed that
They are Disseminated Against
and the hanson drivers are glvon tho prefer.
enco. Tho Court camo TO tho conclusion that
the violation was a very technical one, IL there
was any, and dismissed the case. james II.
Jones, tho youth who stole tho silver watch
from Judge Pelham, was dismissed through
| the kindness OF Judge Pelham, who declined
| to prosecute the young fellow ON account OF
his widowed mother. The next thing on the
bill was q slugginR contest between Moses
| 3elman and Zachariah Waters, colored citi
| zene, who undertook to settle an old feud
| According TO the Marquis of Tewks-
bury Rules,
In the street, to the deli ght and edilcation of
| large crowd OF spectators. They were both
| knocked out by tho cop, and Bellman forfeited
| V. and Waters paid n like sum Into the
| courts Golfers. The old colored woman named
| Susan Henderson, who was before tho court
yesterday for keeping an designation house on
| Pennsylvania avenue, near Twenty-ffth street,
i got on for $40, which was considered a very
| light punishment for the onenSe, in view OF
the fact that this 10 a respectable street and
| this house was
A Great Imposition on the Resi-
dents.o
.Dld they have any other notorious criml-
zone OF tho worst kind on record. One OF
/ tlO9o deDraVed follows who assault
on the streets and byways. They don't have
them In the tolls often. This follows name is
| George Brown, tall and well.dressed, and
looked like he was getting over big bender.
He was charged with ossaulting an Intelligent
little white girl named Catherine Burns. She
street, between and L, about $3.50 o'clock
last night and the prisoner was standing near
| a tree.pox, and
He stopped Her on Her Way
| TO the store, and when she was returning no
| caught hold OF her and tried TO make her take
some money from him, and succeeded In put.
ting penny in her hand. He caught hold OF
was sent down for sixty days In default OF $50
Jennie Baiere, tough'looking colored girl,
was up for threats to Annie Gathers. Annie
to save S. and xiii her and then pay for her.
She was released on her personal bonds.
AIphOnz0 Kell,
the little coon who is too bad to go to the Re-
form School, was up to-day. You know he IL
barn on IRE and then poisoned the cattle, sc
The Reform School people wouldn't have MIN
| Ho was charged with arson to-day, and tho,
only had his confession and couldn't Prov
that the barn was burned and thu
case was dismissed. There Will b.
another charge put against him tomorrow
George Muller, j. O. Ergood and Thomas
Spelman were fned So each for wasting Pc
tomac water. julia Banks, a Louise Alley vag
got three months. James Frowley, who own,
some horses, forfeited So for cruelty to on,
OF them. When Agent Key was arresting tn,
driver, he climbed up in the cart and thu
driver dumped the cart and threw the ONCE