St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-21
A LIGHT DOCKET.
Charles Johnson Arrested for the
Theft Of a Blanket.
He Said it Was Chilly Night, He Did Not
Wish to Freeze.
BUT the Excuse Was Deemed Insufficient
--Other Local Grimes
Have you heard the news
Oh, honey dom you frown;
Have you heard the news,
A bran new coon in town.

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oh, honey don't you frown;
Have you heard the news,
A bran new coon in town.
The fat and good looking baiiiff was about
TO hum another stanza from the melodious
opera, sung on several occasions by '.jay''
actor now deceased, when hizzonner got
into the pulpit and commenced to call the
roll, which for Saturday was very light.
The case of Jimmy Johnson, the bran new
coon, was then called.
''Mr. Johnson" said the court, ''you are
charged with stealing banket from Thomas
Jefferson, guilty, or not guilty.
cit was a chilly night, judge, and went
10 The barn and just loaned it, that's all, 5"
was the reply. He was sent to the bastile
for thirty days in lieu of planking down S25.
Jack Slatterly and John Memo were up for
smashing James Finnigan. The trouble
took place at the roller coaster, where Memo
was helping TO engineer a swing. Finnigan,
who had patch of hair taken out of his pie
bald head as big as trade dollar, was
watching the giddy coaster go round, when
Memo told him to take walk. He replied
that he was waiting for some ladies to come;
that it wasn't good evening for walking
and, en- PEASANT, he made terrible remark
bearing on Ncmo's mother. Memo testified
that he was about TO smash him, when a
Blood, named Slatterly, saved him the trouble
Then the row became general, and it was
hard to tell who did the most hitting. Judge
Burr said ne did not blame Memo for de-
Tending the honor of his mother, but
hat no IN
take the law into his own hands.
They were fined SO each and as Memo has
been a good boy lately his sentence was sus-
pended.
''Were you drunk" said the court to Gil
"ert Becker, an old man with the snow of
many winters in his hair. at was my first
time, judge" he replied. ~ will send you
out Tor five days, laconically answered the
court.
David Rice looked as if he had struck
cyclone. His nose was bruised and bloody
and his entire face was ensanguined with
gore. He had been drunk, and the court
said five days would do him good.
At 2 O'Clock the court took up the case of
Geo. Blackmore, charged with keeping a
house Of i'll fame. 1t will be remembered
that dozen disreputables were
pulled out OF the European hotel
eek ago last night the whole batch being
fined, while Blakemore, the proprietor. was
charged as named above. When the case
was called, Mr. O'Brien, for the city, said
That he understood Blakemore was to quit
the business and in view of this he was will
ing to have the case passed, providing he
gave bon DIS TO fulfill his promise This was
satisfactory and he signed bond for $500.
After the above case had been disposed Of,
Katie Wagner, she of the soft black eye,
pouting rosebud lips and creamy checks, was
called. Katie made a complaint against
Chas. Magic, and then skipped to the wicked
city of Minneapolis, being brought back on
attachment. She was arraigned ON the
charge OF contempt and fined s25 or thirty
days, the sentence being to hold her until
the trial comes off next Wednesday.