The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-02-01
THAT FORTY THIEVES STORY
DwindIes into Insigniacnnce Unde
Our UiIl'A MunInutattou.

Our Bili's munipuiatiOu.
"You must have had big day at suells
court this morning." observed tho nova editor
to our Bill, as he came in this morning and
took tho telegraph editors chair and hoistod
his pOnderOus boots on the desk.
"What makes you think sop was the imper.
tinent Yankee reply.
"wasn't that story about tho capture OF tho
10 oxtenso In morning papers" was the lead
Ing question put TO tho worthy Bill.
Just walt I'LL tell you what was developed
In tho Temple 10. day and then you can draw
your own conclusions. You know there was a
whole acfeed printed about
Ali Baba and His Forty Thieves
being knocked into smithoroens by tho gaug OF
desperate boys and men arrested by Detectives
Edelin, and Carter yesterday In Temperance
alley, who called themselves tho Sons OF
Rest and used slang like Jobs, piping on
onto The boyr,' 'doqslng the Dip giving the
aYes, that's what We read in the Repubiican
his morning. What truth was there In IT."
"None."
"Yon arc too brief; give us oil tho facts"
"Well, IL all amounted to tho conviction OF
George Greer and Nettio Jackson OF larceny
and receiving stolen goods respectively, aud
sentences OF thirty days each. All those other
professional robbers were dismissed because
hey couldn't be connected with poor little
clotbes.line robbery. And another thing, these
Didn't Break UP the Gang,
because this work had devolved on tho 0y
cops OF the Central Station, who accomplished
the job some time ago, Detective Garter says
the detectives didn't do anything OF conse
quenco."
"what about the trlolsP"
'Well George Greer, who has tho distlnc'
lion OF being whole gang OF forty thieves
by himself, was called up aud pleaded guilty
10 stealing two silver spoons, two napkin
rings and a sealekin cap valued Mt 1920 from
Martin McDevitt In the county. He Is pretty
touGh'looking young fellow, and pleaded
guilty and got thirty days on the farm. Then
Nettie Jackson, bad little colored woman who
lives In the Division, was called up for re-
coiving stolen goods. II was shown that two
OF tho stolen spoons wore found in her house.
She admitted that tho boys left tho spoons at
her house, but said she dldn't know they wore
stolen. Thirty days was her sentence.
"a NuDgry-AOotSing COlored Girl,
named Sarah Parker, was in on two CHARGES
stealing four pounds OF beef from Mary Keane
and also with talking louder than the law nj.
lowe. She pleaded guilty to the latter charge,
but denied that she stole tho beef. There was
dead open and shut case made out and her
sentences In tho two casoe aggregated forty
i've days. The next act was done by dandy
coon named George Reed. He had very elab.
orato white tie which no can very well dis.
penee with for the next fifteen days, as IL Will
not harmonlze very we'll with the leopard cos.
the Eastern Branch.
1.-THE william Who Did the Heavy Act
was william Williams, who stole ton OF coal
from II. J. Kennedy. He contributed SO TO
tDe cOueTb OF TIC court. Bill Jones, the worst
man in the sixth Ward, got ninety days for be
ing n vag. The next was o charge OF ARRAY be
tween Charlie Soteldo and ". Coleman. The
evidence showed that they were drinking at
the ST. Marc and had o row In tho barroom.
They both said tho other struck the fret blow,
and the Court fined them So EACH"
A Case Under n New Inv.
"There was case up under new law. The
defendant was q little sawed.ofr coon named
Ed Dent. He is n hickman and was arrested
by Capitol policeman, named Brewer, for
soliciting fares in the Capitol grounds. Tho
offlcer stated that q Senator called cab and
the defendant also drove on the designated
stand and solicited fares. Mr.. Coyle said the
law was passed July /, 1882, and the defend
The terms OF the statute, and the law Is new
thing, and there are 30 many law.maKing
powers
IL Puzzles the Lawyers.
md he don't wonder that hickman would be
puzzled. Tho Court gave tho old man n Ice.
ture about the requirements of good order ut
tho Capitol and released the prisoner on his
personal bonds"
Didn't they have any felony charges 2"
"Yee,there was one felony charge, but lt was
all buncombe. Charlie Murphy, n. yellow
man, was charged by young married colored
woman named Martha Dorsey with having
outraged her on the 10th OF last month, but
the case was dismissed"
The Last Thing on the Programme
was an assault by Annie Williams, who
struck Martha Johnson on the head with a
Ratchet, cutting her badly. Tho evidence
showed that Martha was going to move out Of
| rooms in hnnie's house, and Annie got mad
because the departing tenant was taking bed
| through the window, and struck her with the
| hatchet.' Annie claimed that the other woman
dislocated her Jaw with bed.siat. Five dol
lars"