St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-09
H0RRID EXAMPLES.
Murphy Might Illustrate His Theme at
the Police Court.

1t was muggy morning in the police
court and the gang looked wilted. On the
long list of sinners John Morarity, gentle
manly looking vag who was picked up on
the street at 3 O'Clock yesterday morning.
When the officer asked him to show his hand
he said he was detective from Kansas City,
and that he was laying for snaps. When
arraigned yesterday he looked very shabby,
being attired in pepper and salt suit of the
vintage of about 80, faded blue necktie
and very dirty piccadilly collar. When
questioned by the court he said that he had
been pulling taffy in Aliens candy store,
but that he had been taken with the govt and
forced to quit work. The court said that it
was the first instance of a man getting the
govt from feeding at a St. Paul free lunch
counter, and the accused was given until
noon to skip out of town.
Yankee Sullivan kept sober as long as he
could, but the old stuff got the best of him
last Saturday, and he nailed a coat from Mrs.
Casey's boarding house on Fourth street.
He occupied front pew in the bull pen yes
terday, and as it was a clear case he went
out for sixty days.
n. G. Tierney, John Murphy and n. Som
ers had been to the procession Sunday, and
after taking in the sights they visited Carl
sons saloon on East Seventh street. After
bowling up pretty freely sparring match
was arranged between q couple of the in
mates Of the saloon, and when the copper
was called in a free fight was in progress.
The bar keeper was knocked out in the first
round, and there was big harvest of bloody
bugles and black eyes. A half dozen OF the
participants were run in by Gen. Shields,
whom they tried to knock out, but they were
discharged with the exception of the men
named who were fined S25 each.
James Casey, youth of twenty with red
eyes and la makeup to look at which is as
good as an emetic, was up for the third time
for breaking into cars. The court said that
it was no use to trihe with him any longer
and that as it was a state offense he would
refer it to the county attorney. The hearing
was continued until to day.
Peter Godfrey was arraigned on the charge
of beating Herr Bros. out of $50 by means
of forged money order. The examination
was continued to the 10th inst.
The case of VIM. Pleiss, the hackman,
charged with beating "a drunken customer
until to-day, and he was committed in de-
fault of $3.50.
Peter Arnald and Mike Grocher engaged a
team last Sunday to see the procession but
when they came to settle for the rig they en-
gagged in dispute which attracted the atten-
ton Of the police and they were both run in.
The fight was renewed at the city hall where
they engaged in a scrap, both men being
locked up. Yesterday they were taxed twenty
bills each.
The case of VIM. Lapp, charged with the
larceny OF watch from a guest at the Amer
lean house was continued to the 10th inst.
quarGette of bright looking young fellows
were up on the charge of disorderly conduct.
During the procession on Sunday, they hav-
ing distributed advertising dodgers from the
third story window of Steele's block, Seventh
and Wabashaw streets. They were repri-
manded and discharged.