The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-01-18

"The Police Court matinee o citing worse"
was the dismal news Bill communicated this
morning. tits worse Than prayer. meeting
or a church oystersuppor."
"Dldnt anybody give you pointer about
the District-Attornoyship?"
"Oh, not much. They have exhausted thom.
selves, but Charlie Moore is going to tako u big
committee OF lawyers and citizens up TO Chefs
today In the interest OF Corkey. You see this
L. cabinet day, md they think some fellow
Will 10 nominated, md they want II to 30 tho
Colonel. Another lawyer, that's got some.
thing against tho Colonel, said he's dead
cock in the pit, and his cakes dough. Another
lawyer said no gave mp hope for tho Colonel
after the rrst day or two, but no thinks he'll
get II how, anyhow"
"Any United States cases on the pro.
"a few. Times was so lonesome down
there today II makes me tired To think about
IL. Even the courtroom loungers, who como
around to see tho circus ana keep warm, arc
getting disguised. and there wasn't hardly
anybody there to-day"
"What about the cases?"
swell, they had real bad colored fellow
named Charles Murphy, alias Durl, who was
In tho Jug for outraging .colored woman
OF 1910 @ street, below the Avenue. lie was
goDbled ny Brcen and Nicholson. The woman
told tho officers he come Into her house, threw
coat over her head, and beat and outraged
her. When the cops found him they pulled
him out OF a feather bed, and he was covered
with feathers. DR.. Bayno sent Mr.. Smell n note
couldn't come to court for several days. Muir.
ply didn't have $500 bail to give and he had
10 go TO jail"
'How are the lawyers faringY"
'Business has boon so duh FOR tho lawyers
down there Of lato thatlt makes some OF them
look hungry. There, look out OF that win.
dow said Charley Moore TO another lawyer;
there's lawyer and ''cnpper" pulling II
man to plecos.' The fellow that pulls the
hardest gets n prize like some savages do when
Two OF 'em pull on each arm Of II girl to see
who can marry her.
SHOW did that happenY'
"well, you see the man had been arrested,
and when he was coming up the step u got
tried for being disorderly, the ballifr called
his namo and he answered. Now some OF them
lawyer fellers arc always looking ont for "A
pointer and when the man said that's my
name, they caught right on-I moan % tho
racket, not tho man--but they caught onto
him toe, ana guess he thought they we-e
crazy or robbers. One said I'll defend you
for So The other Teller said, 'rhe lawyer that
l work for willidofend you for 81 Thon they
kept on coming down aud don't where they
'what about the other United States Gasos ?"
"The highway robbers, Cornelius Campbell
and Green Llchtfoof, were tried for knocking
down and robbing colored man named Rob-
ert Bias. Bias hoad was cut. l don't mean
It was cut bias. He said he lives Mt 1912 Il
street, and was walking along p street just
where Mr.. Hirth was killed by Babe Bedford,
when these fellows came up and one OF them
struck him on tho head, and tho next thing he
knew he was In drug store getting
two two Of p"' his teeth were Eek kicked out out
He identified them both, and said he know
Campbell we'll, because they used 10 go to
zee the same girl. When he got over the as.
sault no discovered that his pockets had been
| rified Of so. DR.. Eaton testified TO how bal
| Bias was injured. The prosecutor said that
| Campbell hit him with piece OF concrete, and
| II was about girl that Bias used to go TO SEQ
| ana Campbell married. Janifor, the colored
| cop that gave them the collar, said they owned
| $500 bonds.'"
''Nothing else 2"
"Thats all the United States cases worth
| talking about, but 1 might as well tell you
| about tho others or you might think was sol
diering on you. jim Foley was In for making
threats against Thos. Hourikan. He got or on
| his personal bonds. Chas. NJ. Prout must have
| been aeleep fur week. When his case of as
sault on Pat Gallagher was continued one
| week, he wanted to know what was the mat
| ter. I'VE amt got no Distrlct-Attorney,' said
| Hon. william d. u thought everybody knowed
| thatp"
show about tho corporation cases2'
SAY, can't you send some other fellow down
| there tomorrow; It makes mo sick since we
| lost our District Attorney?
'Hurry up"
"well, the first criminal that was ;owod In
| by the bailin was tricky llttle yaller coon,
| about 10 years old, named Osborne Basoy. He
was charged with being o suspicious char
acter. He went into Cramer's store, on Sow.
| en,h street, and priced some shirts and hooked
a cane. The Judge let him of, though. Then
| n big policeman, what don't arrest any thieves,
| had nice little yalier girl locked up
| for disorderly conduct on the street. Sheonly
| hollered on the street when O bad boy tried tc
kiss her last night. or course she got or
| John Williams, an old colored man, was
| fined SO for working horse with sore blck
John Carroll was fiDed v for disorderly CON
duct Susie Edwards and Annie Gasfer Were
| in again for being vags, ands.ta0S got tire,
months. Ed Johnson agAsFemooro got three
months for being ir4lpps