The Evening critic., 1884-02-14
Statement nv False In
Toto.
THE DIGNITY OF THE COURT


THE DIGNITY OF THE COURT
Asserted by Judge Smell To-day ami
the whole Capitol DeGed, As It
Were.
~ like man of pluck and sand. The Hon.
william d. Smell is q man of pluck aud sand.
Therefore like Judge SHELL" was Bills re-
mark as no came In this afternoon, vaulted
over tho temperance editors chair and stood
on his head in basket OF champagne that
had been Inadvertently left on tho said EDITORS
deck.
"what has your friend beon doing now2'
"why, he asserted the dignity of his court
as against the Sergeant-at-Arms OF tho House
OF Representatives. l tell you that court has
dig. DO you suppose
Me and Judge Smell
would run concern that didn't have dig? No,
Stree, Bob"
SHOW did he throw defiance at the Sergeant.
at-Arms2 Was 1t something In the order of
Ajax defying the lightningf"
"oh, pshaw; you must go TO common show
TO see that. This affair all grow out OF money
case. tell you, boss,
Money is the Root of All Evil"
"Thats all right TO talk about, but observe
that you very cheerfully take all OF tho root OF
evil that Pope offers you on pay day. Go
on with your story"
"Hold on minute. don't like that lnsln-
uation OF yours. do like the root, but don't
banker after IL enough to get II the way
Michael J. Mckay did. You see he was In tho
Jug to-day on tho charge OF embezzling
check for $50 from q Mrs. Mary Clancy, OF Elev-
enth and q streets. He pleaded not guilty,
and had no counsel because he had no funds.
The lady testified that sho employed him last
December as steward and to
Take Charge of the Books
OF her boarding house and to collect accounts.
About elk weeks ago she received check for
$50 from Hon. X. q. Horr, and sent him out 10
have II cashed, which he did, and never re.
f1AntInA1
the check that he gave the lady. Detective
Ran testified TO arresting the prisoner and TO
his confessing the crime. The check was
cashed by Brentano, the book man, and 1t was
brought Into court by bookkeeper OF the Ser.
geant.at-Arms OF the House OF Representt
lives. The case was sent to the grand Jury,
and the defendant was sent to jail In default
of $500 bonds"
"Well, there was
No Particular Assertion of Diguity
there. The Judge only did his duty In &C
cordance with the evidence"
snow, don't BIO too fast. The man from the
Capitol who brought tho check down
TO BIO put In evidence, demanded the check
TO take back to the sergeant.at-Arms. Prose-
cutting Attorney Thomas refused, and said IL
would have TO DO kept as evidence In tho case.
1he man from the Capitol looked surprised
It's authority against that OF the sergeant.at.
Arms. He refused 10 leave without the check.
Then the Judge shot on his mouth, and
Knocked the Capitol Man Out.
Ho said II makes no odds what about the Ser
geant.at-Arms, this check has got to DO
Kept in the custody OF the court until the case
is disposed of or else the case could net be
made out. The gentleman left, with his opin
wasn't that asserting the dignity OF the court2
What's that tho poet says about 'Men who
know their rights, and knowing dare main
tain Them Well, Smell knows his rights, don't
he? And dared maintain them didn't he?
What more do you want, eh?'
~ want some more facts, p. d. q."
swell, that's all right, too, but don't want
you TO swear at me even in letters. have
Inhaled Some OF the Judges Dignity.
The next case was sad one. An intelligent
looking old colored man named VIM. IL. Brown,
with long, bushy gray hair like Fred Doug
me S@ doSs Sa S
street. After the oflcer had testified to ar.
resting the aged prisoner for begging, the old
man said he was only going after
Food that He Gets Regularly
from some white folks. The Court released
him on his personal bonds. Billy Patterson
did the next act, and II It hadn't been so short,
we would have found out who struck him. He
acknowledged that no was a vag, and was sent
TO the farm for three months. A matrimonial
trouble was the cause OF the next Victim being
In the tolls. Robert olive, middie-aged
threats to Mary olive, his wife, and win be in.
generated for six months unless he can fur
nish 500 bonds.
''Then ~ MOthor.in-LRw Case
came up. Ed. Flaherty was IN on the charge
OF threatening his mother.ln-law, and went TO
jail in default OF bail. Two young dusky dam
sells, named Ella Green and Carrie Taylor, were
IN on the charge of fighting In the street.
Their clothes were torn to tatters and their
faces were bruised and cut, showing the &C.
verify OF the battle they had had. They went
down for fifteen days.
"DBn NailOr, n Tough COIOred Youth,
got thirty days for assaulting a little colored
girl named Lizzie Cant. The next case on the
programme WAS long winded one. 1t was a
charge OF embezzlement brought by Jonathan
Tarbell, Deputy First Comptroller of the Cur
rency, against William Price, an old gentle
man, Mr.. Tarbell charged the defendant with
embeZzling three prOmissory notes OF the value
OF S167. He stated that In 1880 the defendant
borrowed $500 from his Crarbell's) wife, and
afterward gave some
PromissOry Notes As Security
for the payment of the money. After this the
defendant got possession OF the three notes fol
the purpose Of collecting them, as no stated
because he had better facilities for doing so
He never returned the notes nor tho money
they represented. Mr.. II. o. Claughton, OF
Virginia, appeared for the defendant. On
REORGANIZATION the witness stated that he
| got acquainted with the defendant through
their both coming from Mississippi. He also
stated that on his Recommendation several
| thousand dollars were advanced TO the defend
| ant to speculate on, and for large portion OF
| which he has
Not Satisfactorily Accounted.
| The defendant took the stand In his own dc
| tense and stated that he was In the brokerage
business. HIS acquaintance with Judge Tar
| bell dated back several years when ne was a
| Judge in Mississippi. His monetary trans,
| actions with him came about by Tarbell
| stating that there was q good opening fol
| money making, because there was a mar
making money by
LOnntng Money 10 GOvernmeni
Clerks.
| He suggested that he had money In tho banl
| on which no was drawing no interest ana Il
/ FntDht mgnl In this lnBinRa9 Tho "
was dismissed.
NE Came, He Saw, He COnQmsfed
His enemies can't down him,sIith all thu
| medical faculty, He cures tAn6f With his llttl,
| hand. No medicine glXeN, except his little
| magnetic medical ha1Iii. His reputation II