St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-05
BLUE MONDAYS GRIST.
Scenes in the Municipal Court Yester-
day Before Judge Emery.
EVERY MAN HIS OWN LAWYER
John Sherman Believes in That Theory
and Suffers the Conse-
quences.

yesterday morning, when honest and
industrious men ought either to have
been at work or hunting for Job, the
police court was crowded with loafers
and curiosity-seekers; and so great was
the crowd that a court officer was sta
toned just outside the door to wave a
white flag and ely out: 'Yees can't
come in here unless you be witness,
dom it ALL"
The occasion of all this was to view
the Sunday temperance grist and va
rious disorderlieS and vags which had
been arrested on the Lords day. The
audience looked entirely too respecta-
BILE to have been attracted by the trial
of the six women. whose trials on a
charge of being lewd characters were
set for the morning. Among the audi
ence was the proprietor of an employ
ment agency. He looked the crowd
over, and then remarked:\ well, if
any one wants to hire lot of men, and
commission for getting them. here's
the place to come, and no mistake"
A we'll known professional man, noted
for being neat dresser, was arraigneG
uner the name of George Wright on a
charge of being found in an East Side
house of ill-fame. His clothes were
torn, his fine face was bloated and his
general appearance denoted that he had
been Oh an awful drunk. He said he
had been most unfortunate. and, drop
ping his head upon his manly breast. lie
stated in deep bass voice that he had
been out walking and, being suddenly
taken i'll, had been carried into the
place.
whats that?' asked Judge Emery,
not fully understanding.
well, your honor" explained
Wright" raising his voice an octave
or two and dropping his head still lower,
81 was out walking in front of the
place and fell in fit on the sidewalk
| was carried into the house, and one of
the women got scared and called an
officer
The court listened to the story. and.
after telling "Mr. Wright" never to
mistake a place of that kind for a nos
pital, fined him $40. This was merrill-y
paid.
II. Mcdonald, big six-footer, adj
mitted having been drunk.
Where did you get your liquor?''
''OHt OF a bottle"
did you get the bottle at saloon
yesterday"
Nope. 1t was one had left over
from Saturday.
This cost Mr.. Mcdonald SO bill.
James Butler, a young man with an
inteliiient face, admitted the charge of
disorderly conduct, and said he had
been fighting after coming out of the
The atre COmigue.
II have good ]ob,' said he, land
+ mo
to the workhouse l will lose my place,
and don't want that to happen"
"Well, if going to the Theatre Com
lone Saturday don't affect your job any,
l guess a dose of the wOrkhouSe won't
do you any HARM"
Four hard-looking citizens, charged
with vagrancy, pleaded not guilty and
declared that they had plenty of work.
One of them began to tell how the po-
lice had it inn for him, when Judge
Emery stopped him with:
Now see here, don't you try to
make the officers out liars. They are
telling the truth, and you know it..
Sixty days will suit your case"
Another of the fellows told very
plausible story and the court let him off
with:
Brown, FIJI give you precisely fifteen
minutes in which to get ont of town.
Now get, and if you are brought up
here again you won't forget it in a
hurry" Patrolman George johnson,
the officer who arrested the men, took
the stand TO tell what he knew about
them.
"They are all workingmen-that is,
they work nights, trying to get into
stores" said he, land they have just
come from the workhouse. They work
when they have to, and steal the rest Of
the time"
John and Mark Sherman were eX-
amined for burglariZing B. Schuyler'S
house at S14 Fifteenth avenue north,
Saturday night. The evidence showed
the house had been robbed of money,
clothing and jewelry valued at 500. An
entrance had been effected during the
night, and while its inmates slept the
whole house had been ransacked.
Clothing was scattered over the floor.
and tallOw drippings of candles showed
they had carried light. All this had
been done without awakening any
member of the gOOd-siZed family. Sun
day morning the matter was reported
to the police, and at IL O'Clock Detect
ives Howard and Doyle had located
the thieves, and, going into their room
on Washington avenue north. arrested
them and recovered from their posses
sion much of the stolen property. Yes
terday morning when the case was called
the prisoners did not proposes either
court or spectators in their favor.
They have dead look about the face;
cunning, restless eye, that seems to
wander to the ground, and a general
''cfummy" appearance that suggests
the thief. John Sherman almost con-
vinced one that he was related to the
celebrated Sherman family of Ohio. by
the skill with which he conducted their
defense. He framed his questions to
witnesses in the phraseology of the bar,
and at the conclusion of the states case
arose and addressed the court as fol-
lows: There has been evide nee given
here that surprises us. If the court
feels like binding us over he will have
to do so. Much of the testimony given
against us is false. What money we
had is held as stolen property, and we
need this 10 employ counsel, and ask
that the court have this returned to us
and that we be discharged" They
were held to the grand jury.