Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-23
his HONOR AND THE ERRING.
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Broken By 40 Hard Casea.
The spring Of '4e wasn't marker to the
nervous jump of the 49 in Central station
on Sabbath morning when John Gripp
raped sharply on the desk and announced
as his text "why is this thusly9"
This break from the orthodox text was
justified, for the assemblage broke the
record in numbers and appearance. Just
49 boozed, bilious, battered men and women
filed solemnly in from behind the bars and
faced the inevitable and John Gripp.
Unfortunate number one was a rather
pretty youth, and His Honor's face sOttened
as he gazed at downy mustache that
seemed to fairly curl with apprehension.
my pretty boy" said he, sorrowfully,
"why do 1 find you here amid such sur
roundings2 Why did you try to lick a
man twice your size? Why did the officer
chase you ten blocks. and why, oh why, did
he bring you here 2"
Because, !" said the deceptive youth, feel
ing to see if his knuckles were safe, be
cause couldn'tget away"
BOB snickered at this and received warn
ing glance, while the boy received 80 days.
All eyes then turned to the man whom the
turnkey called "Naixt."
Mr.. Naixt was a spectacle. He may have
been pretty at one time, but that was before
policemen and maces were invented.
what is the charger"
"Lookin' in women's pockets"
'Eh?" said His Honor, sharply, who is a
married man bimself
GA peepln' in women's pockets"
Let him go. J." said Gripp. ANY sman
who has the nerve to look in a woman's
pocket has my sympathy"
After several very ordinary d, d, DIS
Every drunk and disorderlies) had been dis
posed of, a gentleman, evidently from the
country, clahked in, and to the judgment
desk and record.
whats the charger"
Full on Fifth"
whats the matter with his feet?"
Nothing, Your Honor"
'sLemme explain this ERE matter, Jedge," 4"
drawled the man from Washington county.
You see. my wife's been reading of so
many people bein' struck by these Sere cleo
trio litenin' wires in the cities, n she made
me put on pair of insulators. That's all. I"
81 found this man" explained the arrest
AAS OASSA1 hAgAuS OAAHuU a bCACRLdBA pOAC
feet first, and defying any lightning to
strike him. l tapped him on the head and
he dropped all of heap, and yelled that he
was dead man." ''Let him CO." said the
Judge; and how that farmer will lie about
the ins and outs Of Pittsburg.
They were havingsa pleasant time at
Dougherty's Saturday night and the fun was
fast and furious. Suddenly some inapropos
person yelled murder" but he may live,
the doctors say. The choice ones of the
gang received 80 days each.
Pat Kelly thought it was worth S. and
paid it like a man. Pats fun consisted in
standing in front of an "Eyetalian's" store
and giving to all would-be purchasers the
gratuitous information the bananas were
rotten, the lemons sweet and the canuy sour,
the nuts moldy, and the proprietor Dago.
Bill Brown, vsg, 90 W. b., was the mystic
sign that showed the unfortunate gentleman
had not enough money on his person to
escape the title of vagrant. He will eat his
Christmas dinner in the workhouse, and re-
appearin the spring with the smiling April
showers.