Telegram-herald., 1890-05-02
POLICE AND COURT.

Criminal cases, involving TIE chastity
Of women, are essent ally sensz uonsl.
especially # the proofs Ia court descend
deeply nto the details o. impure lite
Police column has no special taste for
oisblng up tins sort 81 pruriency, but
special interest has attached 70 the case
Of tie city rs. kmma Betts, charged
with keeping a house Of lll-tame, by
geason OF the design Of counsel for de-
iense 70 .mpllcAte the police depart
nent OF tins city in tho nasty details OF
the coming ulsl. This threat gave 4
fictitious warmth 70 the common expec-
tGtion OF something rich. An aban-
dOned woman named Sadie Mart n
complsinedEhat Mrs. Emma Belts was
keeping house OF Ill-fame al the COZ
ner of Island-st. and EllsWorth-aye.,
and proved her charge, Yesterday, 10
the satisfaction Of a jury who, n ex-
actly three minutes, found the
respondent guilty. Zeal for 4 client
Was never more warmly displayed than
that which inspired counsel FOR deie nse
IN that case. These police officials Go
not hesitate IN their belief that delib-
crate attempt was made 20
bluff the department out Of us
determination TO prosecute tins woman,
Dy q threat 10 Tetallate with grave
charges against the police. Shortly
after the wOman's arrest il was pro-
claimed that If the case against neT
ever came 10 trial II would
be shown that certain police officials
were implicated IN the woman's guilt.
When the case came 10 trial, expecta-
ton Was alive throughout tO catch the
first words OF the damaging testimony.
Ofhcers and patrolmen fearlessly took
the stand and testified 10 the bad char
acter Of the house, but the expected
revelations were not made, and Emma
Belts was convicted a. stated. Sen
tence was deferred until 10 o'clock tins
morning. 1t is understood that IN ap-
peal Will be taken. Attorney JamisOn
was seen, after the trial, by TELEGRAM-
HERALD reporter, and gwen the op-
pOTtuuIty 10 say what he might upon
the subject. HIS manner betrayed
much embarrassment, while his words
were a reiterauon ofithe former charge.
Whatever may be the Interpretation,
the charges were made outside OF court,
while there was lack OF backbone TO
make them IN court.
The case Of Mary Galinis, arraigned
on a charge Of disorderly conduct, Will
be looked into on May s.
Fred Z. Fowler was brought in drunk
at O'Clock last evening.
An Indian named kissquaquassiewa-
minnie Kanozhewauboo was brought IN
last night so dead drunk that he almost
forgot his own name.
John Finn was drunk at the Bridge
stree House last evening, and had TO be
taken to the lookup.
One hundred and thirty-one dollars
in cash, with a man behind them
named Withee Graves, were brought 10
headquarters last night for safe keep
ing.
The next twenty days James Drisco!l
will not have to beg sor a meal Of Wet
uals or for place - spend the day or
night, for he has gone to place where
/ there are ample accommodations for
man and beast. He goes TO the stone
| pile on conviction Of vagrancy.
George Quincy paid the pecuniary
penalty, s5.35, for having been drunk.
john Wood will be overhauled in
court today on the matter OF behavior
after filling up with whisky.
The railway engineer who put his To-
comotive across the street crossing
| longer than the law allows, took an ad-
| iournment until May 6.