Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-26
Required to Leave Town.
AN ALLEGED CONFIDENCE WOMAN IN THE
POLICE COURT.

AN ALLEGED CONFIDENCE WOMAN IN THE
POLICE COURT.
Yesterday Officer Quinlan and Detective Raft
arrested a woman about 20 years of age, good
looking and fashionably dressed, known as
Allie E. Ellis, the Duchess of California" or
1.-THE Chicago Daisy" She was taken into GUS
tOdy suspicious character. She came here
from Philadelphia. 1t is stated, December Is,
and after locating at S15 street, secured from
a Philadelphia instalment house 81 900 worth
OF furniture, but the Philadelphia dealer, it is
alleged, succeeded in getting only 500 from
her, but afterwards sent here and secured the
furniture. Then, it is stated, she went to hotel
here The police say that she Is known in sew
eral cities as a dangerous confidence woman.
This morning she was taken from the fifth pre-
cinct station in the patrol wagon to the Police
Court, and there placed with the other prisoners
in the cells. She was arraigned in the court
under the name OF Allie T. Ellis alias 1.-THE
Duchess of California" alias 1.-The Daisy OF Chi
cago" She was charged with being a person of
evil life or fame; suspicious person having no
visible means of support, and unable to give a
good account OF herself.
Her counsel, Mr.. Campbell Darlington, said
he would plead not guilty for her, but she was
willing to give her personal bonds. The court
agreed to this proposition, and took her per-
sonal recognizance to leave the city.
A young woman who Travelled with her as her
maid, and whose child, she said, was her own,
was lin court with her child to be used as a wit
ness. The little child is about two years old
and very pretty. After playing about the court
room the child left, calling out good bye" as
it departed.
OPPOSED TO THE REPEAL OF PILoTAGE LAWS.
d. A. sc, *. of l., at a meeting last Sunday
passed resolutions requesting adverse action of
Congress on Senate bills No. 265 and 1908 and
House bill No. 500 (respealing the compulsory
pilotage law on the ground that the passage of
the bills is calculated to cause a serious loss of
life and property and to do great injury and in
justice to American pilots
PROBABLE RELEASE OF Col. PLATO FROM
ARREsT.-Col. Nelson Plato, late collector OF
customs at Corpus Christi, Texas, was arrested
at Albany. n. Y, on the 23d inst, by u. s.
Deputy Marshal Duyal, of Texas, and is en-
route for that state to answer the charge Of
of this city, one Of his sureties, as also of his
counsel, learning of the arrest, procured from
the solicitor of the Treasury a certificate that
his accounts were adjusted several months ago,
and this mas been forwarded to him, and
doubtless he will be at once released.
ASSAULT CASES.-James Kernelly, q young
man who keeps place of business near the
Boundary, was fined $40 in the Police Court to-
day, on a charge OF assaultiEg Peyton Holmes,
South Washington, was before the court for
cruelty beating George Jennings, marine,
over the head with large club. He was sem
fenced to three months imprisonment.
for biting piece of flesh from the face of Henry
Butcher an old coiored man. Brooks was
given six months in Jail, and the old mans son
was fined $5 for fighting. John and Emma
Dobbins, colored, were charged with engaging
in a family row, and their personal bonds were
taken. John Harris, colOred, who has been
living with q married woman named Eliza
Lane, was fined $40 or sixty days in Jail for
whipping her.
CELEBRATING BURNS BIRTHDAY.-The Gale
donia club celebrated the anniversary Of the
firth of the pOet RurNS last night nv a han.