St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-01
THE NAUGHTY POLICE.
Interrupting Lovers Trysts, and
Breaking up a Card Party.
The Man He Paid His fine, and the Woman
She went up.
A Wife Beaten Saved by the Tears of His
Wife and Child.


It was night-the witching hour Of one,
They were loving, trustful pair and they
kept their tryst on Mississippi street; the
Silly night was quite still, nothing disturbed
the serenity of the occasion but the soft
aweet lullaby Of the bun frog, whose home
was in the pel.ucid deposits of mud puddle
and.a star which shone on the ulster of q po-
liceman. But love is blind, and this pair
did not heed the feeble glimmer Of the star,
He was holding her in his arms, and rs he
gazed into the depths of her dreamy, azure
eyes, being too full for utterance, the copper
csme up and collared them
There is no poetry in the soul of a policeman,
and when they told their grief he laughed
heartless laugh and waltzed them in. He
gave the name of Slender yesterday, and,
judging from his looks, the lady must have
had slender support in more ways than
one. She was buxom, and her name is
Margaret Johnson. They had both been
drunk, and Slender paid $40, while she was
sent up for sixty days.
Presto, the scene changes. The time is
still night; the scene a room on East Seventh
street. A score Of men are sitting around
table; they are very quiet men, but 1t is not
a Bible class or a caucus Of the Y. NJ. C. A.
The chairman of the convention wears a
white hat and is in his shirt sleeves;
he has pack of cards; they are
not Christmas cards or valentines;
the chairman is an industrious man; he
gives the cards away and some of them pass
and some ask for more, while one man says
he win ''raise'' it. The men are playing
stud horse poker; it is sinful game, and
while they are enjoying themselves copper
comes in and requests their company TO the
police station they go, but they will return
again. They were all released but F. How
ard and Phil Porter; they belong to the
house and yesterday they were before Judge
Burr. AS they we're not the proprietors they
were let down light, being fined $25.
Truly this is sinful city and vice -four
ishes. John Perry and Emma Keiser loved
a little too openly Sunday night and they
were both arrested They were caught in
a most questionable attitude in the boudoir
of Seventh street saloon. The maiden APP
peared in court heavily yelled and they were
fined $25 each. He paid his fine and prom
ised to produce the money for her to-day.
The case of F. G.. Peterson was very sad;
he got drunk Saturday night, went home
and mauled his wife. Yesterday she was in
court with black welt over her eye, told of
his brutality. He was about TO go up for
ninety days when Mrs. Peterson appealed in
his behalf. She said he had never abused
her before and that he did not mean to do it,
he was only erazed with drink, and before
this they had been happy. Their little boy
was present and he too wept. The court gave
Peterson sound lecture and sentence was
suspended.
John Bastio had been cruel TO his horse, and
ii cost him ten bills.
Mike Swallow, a soldier, had been hauled
in for taking a swallow too much. He said
he wanted to go right to his post, and as the
country is in need of defenders he was dis
charged.
VIM. Earle was arraigned at 2 O'Clock for
stealing robe, and he went up for sixty
days.
The case of MereIl, Sahlgaard & Thwing,
charged with selling liquor without license,
was dismissed.
c. Ringwal, charged with resisting officer
Scheffer, was fined ten dollars.