Telegram-herald., 1890-04-04


the street, many times, Mlllle AewoomA
taking her for some pert but innocent
school girl. But Milne NewOomb Ia
wholly within the grasp OF the powers
OF he'll. Tie utmost that could be sugs
gestad by the s.guf ~ neT youthful lace
and attractive, well draped form As the
possibility that some b4d, o~slgning
man might 4, al ner sstrsy under taNor~
sng conditions. Yet her moral aud phy-
slcAl purity have been wholly oisslpstod
81 q shameless life SIZE confessed al
tins ia open court, and was assessed
sl5 anu costs, Ia default OF which she Is
10 20 70 jail for ninety days. II there
were anything reform2tOTy IN the spirit
and administration OF our police laws
yesterdays proceedings might create
feeling OF satisfaction at the enoesx0T
10 reclaim this young he. But there
is hardly the shadow Of such q suggos-
ton IN our present system Of flnes and
penalties. The fnes imposed are moth
ing more nor less than assessments"
made arbitrarily upon Ger
tain few from smong the
criminal classes, and when some bold
pen N the future shall call II black
mail, the defender OF the system viii
find Il difficult 90 show the improperly
Of the term. Thisr roung girl vii put her
money INTO the court Golfer. and pass
Out of couri with no other thought or
intention than of veuturng g. the life
of shame, and wlll feel that, while the
hundreds Of others OF her class who
ply their vocation with equal hoiducss
with herself. are left scot free - STA
and lt al others 10 sn, ahe has been
the victim Of legal black-mal wnlcl
neither she nor courts nor legislatures
can understand.
Dick Tracy got drunk and Was sent 20
lall for twelve DAYS.
Thomas C0nnOrs IS charged by Mag.
gie klunaFd Vito assault aud battery,
upon her person. at the latter's aonts
laundry on Henry-st The case VIII be
tried April 3.
AT the Holland Church on North
IOnla-st. last sunday young man
named Wuygert Na1der Harden Was
drunk aud tired b. make tOD much fun
! for the boys. A special constable
named Cornell Us Bocrtje tined 10 ar
I rest the fellow. bat he was struck by
| tie Young tough. who Immediately
made his escape. A warrant for disorder
! ~ conduct found hm and brought him
/ into court. lie pleaded guilty, and
was gwen Ss.35 or Is days. Clerk Iozer
| telephoned a friend OF the convict
about coming up 10 pay the money, but
| the reply came that he would see nam
tomorrow" That means that Wander
Hoven VIII be IN jail over night If not
| longer.
Richard Tate was arraigned for steal
| ing pair Of trousers, and the property
was found III nis possession. h Vii
have until the 9th 10 put up plausible
| explanation OF the matter.
The Louisiana Lottery would be a
! great institution with two lfs. II II
really distributed as much money
throughout the country as il pretends
to; and # i made this distribution
among the proper kinds OF people, who
are able 70 receive sudden wealth and
make good and vlTtuous use OF lt.
The reader may now Judge for
/ himself. Some time ago, one
| Thomas Parker drew $500 ia
the lottery, and has been having lots Of
a certain sort OF fun with lt. The other
/ day Parker anu Bob Baker got into a
fight over a girl not worth fighting for,
and IN the fracas Parker got a black
eve. He secured Bakers arrest, and in
court Baker SAYS Parker was the ag-
gressor and deserved everything he got.
The case was adjourned, and viii come
up again on the 5th inst.
Young Peter Van Poyen, the boy
who robbed {. c. COmstOck. will be lu
court WITH the rest of the juveniles on
Saturday morning.
A warrant is out for the arrest OF
| Frank Newman, charged with selling
! liquor on sunday.
Thomas Scott was drunk on Canal-st.
last evening at 6 O'Clock, and was
locked up.
George Hall and Thomas Gordon
were drunk. If John Gordon's breath
had been a allttle stronger, he, too. would
have been taken 20 be drunk, but he
was taken. anyway, and locked up
with the other two for acting worse
than some men who are drunk.
Horace Hay is an old blind man who
feels that he must con- pensste Tor bis
lack OF outer VISION of the real by art
ficisl stimulation OF his inner vision Of
the ideal. The bOys at headquarters
sympathlzee with the old man IN these
misfortunes, and sometimes book him
as "lodger," as they did yesterday.
The following named gentlemen were
the successful ones among the score of
applicants recently announced as ap-
plying for positions on the police force;
David Dunlop George Crissel, Beebe g.
Mansfield, W. :. Warren, Homer NJ.
Jsques and T. +. Emery.
As neat piece of pocket-picking as
has ever been seen in Grand Rapids
was exhibited at police headquarters on
Wednesday evening. A man by the
name OF NJ. L. Wheeler appeared az Tie
station and exhibited slit about three
inches long cut through his over ais
and Danta lOOns lUstOver his pantaiO0us
pack {. He stated that the s.t bad
been cut by pick pocket unknown 20
him, and a wallet conta niug so OK
tracted through the opening The JOB
was 40 neatly done that toe knife had
cut exactly deep enough 81 open INTO
the pocket without reaching the SKIN.
The detectives are looking for the man
suspected II dong the work. hgt bs has
doubtless jeff town, a. he has not yet
been apTrchenced.
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