The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-03
BEFORE THE MAYOR.
Glimpses of Character in the Trial Cases in
the City Court on Monday Morning.

There were good many in ''the cooler when
the Mayor opened his court yesterday morning
The caoler is where the prisoners, the grist of
the Mayors mill. are kept It is place fenced
off from an ante-room. grated with iron and
boarded up high above a mans head toward the
ceiling. When the door is opened to put in or
take ont wrong-doer a menagerielike odor
rushes out that is quite empowering to all ex-
cept the keepers of these human animals In
the play of 1.-THE Danites' the Parson is call ed
the Parson because he is the most profane man
in the camp. The same fine irony is expressed
in the term ''the cooler"
'Call William Roger"
Mr. Roger was rather pleasantfaced young
gentleman, who smiled as he seated himself in
the witness chair, and before the question could
be fairly put, said right off, Guilty is that allg'
The charge was assault and battery.
DR.. Denke Walter, the assaulted party, had
something to say. The Doctor graphically mar
rated that. on last Sunday morning, he was as
saulted by Roger while with his three children,
in front of the German Evangelical Church
The Doctor said he had been struck severe blow
back of the ear The assault as it came out in
testimony given by Mr.. Ostermeyer. brotherin-
law Of MIR. Roger. grew out CT circular printed
in German, and sent out among people of the
church and others, rejecting upon young Roger,
charging among other things, that he played
cards in saloon on Sunday The Doctor was
thought. by Roger, to be the author of the cir
cular, the second of the kind issued, and hence
the assault.
The Mayor II can imagine that printed cir
cular sent over the country might be great
provocation. The defendant, however, might
have got satisfaction through the courts
don't know whether I am making this fine too
low or not Ten dollars ana costs"
William Bishop, colored. was charged with
drawing deadly weapon, "razzer," on Archy
Good. another eoiored man.
81 didn't draw EN-" said Bishop after plead
ing guilty to carrying the revolver
Archy Good took the stand. Your honnah.
met this gen'rman at the Union Depot. He re-
fused my going home with a lady. I said
would CO. TO was her company an she said it
mus be settled same way. He said he'd settle
Il d-n quick. and drew his razzer called TO a
policeman. When one come toe him she was
my company that had done paid her way to the
picnic"
no intention of using his razor, but merely
shifted it from one pocket to another to get at
his revolver if he needed it, the gentleman who
had the lady bing armed with a knife.
The Mayor-"I don't like this thing of per-
sons making walking armories of themselves
Enter up fine for carrying concealed weapons.
That is a statute that should be rigidly en-
forced
A man. with his head tied up in bushel or
two of rags leaned over the Mayors desk. He
had no coat and the back of his shirt and sus-
penders were splotched with dried blood His
lip had also taken prominent part in the ARRAY,
whatever it was. and looked as If a'small hive of
bees had newly stung it. He was from West In
dianakolis. ana was assessed ST. and costs for as
saultFand battery. 1t would have been more.
but his assault was so small compared with that
he experienced when the marshal Of West India
napolis dubbed him in assisting arrest, that the
Mayor was msrciful.
Henry Anderson took the witnessstand to
testify against William Wachstetter for assault
aud battery, Wachstetter having defaulted. Mr..
Simeon Coy "put up for Wachstetter at the sta
tion-house.
AIR Anderson was standing on Washington
street. on Saturday evening in front of Hen
dricksss drug store, conyersing with the drug
slerk, when man against him, giving him
violent push and almost throwing him down.
Mr. Anderson said. Don't push me off the side
walk" when the fellow struck him, knocking
him down, and. continuing the assault, knocked
Mr.. Anderson down twice more. The assault
was shown TO have been an outrageous one
wholly unprovoked.
Mayor Denny: will fine him $40 and COSTS
that will be $50
MIR. Anderson: ] am very lame my neck is
sore my side bruised. and can hardly use my
arm That seems to me an insufficient punish
ment for an unprovoked assault of this charac-
ter. Ibid not even know the man.
Mayor Denny agree with you. would
double it but the limit of the fiue according to
statute, Ia s25. will make it that. The fine
and costs will DO S34.4Q