St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-14
A FULL HOUSE.
Hizzoner was Greeted by a Large
Crowd OF Buns and Sinners
Awaiting Sentence.
It Reminded Him of Days Gone by and Con-
seQuently he got Down to
Business.
hCountry Cousin Fell Among Thieves
The Crimes of Day vividIy
Portrayed.

1t looked like old times In the police court
yesterday, and when hizzoner assembled TO
The pulpit the bull pen was quite as full of
buns and sinners as it well could be. The
congregation was also larger than usual. and
when the case OF Jennie johnson and Kittie
Stitch was called the crowd swayed forward
in the desire to catch glimpse of the be-
aZened and bepowdered daughters of the
howery court of the Paphian queen. Thev
were charged with the larceny of $50 from a
man from the up country whose front name
Is John, and thereon hangs a tale On Fri
day night John was feeling good and at one
Of the uptown saloons he fell in with good
fellow bearing the peculiar name of Jones.
Jones set 'em up and John repeated the
dose and at midnight they were feeling so
gay that Jones, who turned out to be cop
per for house of i'll fame, invited his friend
to accompany him to a castle on Hill street
formerly occupied by Long Kate, of bad rub
bish memory. Ii is true that John didn't
know the character of the house and that he
was betryed into making the visit. On
reaching the place Jones introduced the
woman johnson as his sister, and after he
became seated the girl Jennie sat down on
his lap, and while she conversed to him in
honeyed accents she managed to extract his
roll from his vest pocket.
He caught her in the act and made a Sc
rious 'kick," whereupon big, red headed
man, evidently the bouncer of the batch.
jumped from a concealed nook and com
menced to punch unhappy John. 1t was
breaking rocky for him, and he jumped for
the door, leaving his $40, his overshoes and
bat behind him.
The affair was reported to the police, who
raided the place and pulled the two women.
their paramours having lit out Yesterday
they were up for larceny, and on the charge
OF keeping house of i'll fame The girl.
Kittie, was sent out for ninety days, while
the woman johnson, paid fine of 800 on
the charge OF larceny, and on the charge
of keeping house of i'll fame, her sentence
was suspended Oh condition that she yacate
the ranch.
NJ. c. Ward, the youngster who acts as
''spotter' for the fly hobs Of the saw dust
city, wac charged with larceny. He came to
ST. Paul last Thursday and engaged in a
game Of pool at the Union house on Rosabel
street. During the game a stranger pre-
sented a SO bill to the barkeeper, which was
accepted, Ward asked to See the bill and
saying that he was detective, and that he
thought it counterfeit, he would take it for
examination and return it the next dav. He
skipped to Minneapolis and forgot to return,
having been arrested in that city Friday
night. The court said ninety days would do
him good, and he was retired.
Henry LutZ went into Bergh's store on
Third street the other day and, while the
proprietor was not looking, he cabbaged a
lady's silver watch, sending the bauble to
his wife for Christmas present. The latter
resides in Dubuque and it has been dear
present to both Of them, as he was arraigned
yesterday for larceny. The hearing was con-
tinued until the 10Th, and he was committed
Willie Harrington and three other bows
were charged with tearing down signs on
Jackson street The court sat upon them
very hard and sentence was suspended dur
ing good behavior.
Z. L. Young, the book-keeper for a store
on Dayton avenue, was charged with insult
ing the cashier, young lady named Miss
NcManigild. They had dispute about the
work, in the course of which he jawed her. 1t
cost him twenty bills.
n. Weidert, ]. Napp and Geo. Hougelh
were all charged with the larceny of 500
and quarter of beef from Geo. White The
beef was found in the latters cellar and it
looks like funny case. The hearing was
continued until tomorrow and they all gave
bail.