Evening journal., 1890-01-07
ABDUCTION AND LARCENY.
A Slight Fine for Assaulting an 0noer.
Dir. yandegrift's Principles.


Chief of Police Swiggett called
Municipal Court at 9.17 o'clock this
morning. Deputy Judge W. T. LYMAN
sat on the court bench and melted out
justice 20 the unfortunates. Thomas
Grocer was fined 81 and costs for drunk
enness; John Young Of Baltimore, drunk
and begging, said he followed the water
for living, 81 and COSTS Frederick A.
Balton was charged with assault and
battery, was represented by Frank Biggs,
Esq. He was held in $500 bail for his APP.
pearance on Thursday morning.
The continued case of John s. Kirk
charged with assault and battery on Off !
Ger Welsh, was taken up The officer
gave the fBcts as previously published.
He-tried to arrest Kirk for drunkenness,
and crowd attacked him. Kirk struck
him three times, and members of the
crowd assaulted him so, that Kirk es-
capped. The officer was under DIR. w. q.
winners care for week and is still
feeling badly. Robert Sarson, James
Lewis, Charles Cannon and Mrs Clark
were charged with interfering with the
officer in the same case. officer Welsh
testified that Lewis was his first assailant
and broke his hold on Kirk, then the
others ran in. Isaac Short, William
Amend, Samuel Beardsley, jeremiah
| O'Toole. John Lloyd, William Gardner
were witnesses. Mr.. 0'Toole thought
the officer could not have arrested Kirk
anyhow. L. G. Vandegrift, Esq, repre-
sented the prisoners. He held that all
| but Kirk were exonerated, that the OIL
Ger had been in the wrong, that the
| police officers generally liked to club the
public; the officer should be reprimanded
| by the court.
City Solicitor Henry Clay Turner
| though that such principles as Mr..
| Vandegrift proposed would soon make
| police unnecessary. The officer did his
| duty by making the arrest, be would not
have done his duty If he had not made
the arrest. Deputy Judge Lyman inn
posed fine of $40 and costs on Kirk
Lewis was dismissed; Mrs Clark was
dismissed; Sarson and Cannon were each
| fined SO and costs.
Frank Harris. drunk, S. and costs
| Thomas Mccormack, drunk, and fol
| abusing his wife was held in 800 bal
for appearance tomorrow morning.
Michael Buiano, an Italian who alb.
Quoted an Italian girl from New York,
was charged with the larceny of her
goods valued at 1900 He was held in
| $500 bail TO await action of the New
| York authorizes. Mr.. Turner recon-
mended that the girl go to Philadelphia
and see the Italian consul concerning her
cause in the matter. Her story is tina
Buiano met her in New York and induced
her to come to this city. He announced
that she was his wife and stopped witt
an Italian on Lincoln street. The cir
here discovered that Buiano had wife
in Italy. The fact that she had valuable
property made her friends sus
picious and as Buiano bore a bat
reputation, they had him arrested.
The prisoner told Solicitor Turner,
through an interpreter, that he had /
wife in Italy, but he wanted one in thi
country distribution of his happiness
He said the girl could have her property
if she went with him. Buiano was form
erly resident of this city and served |
term in prison for the abduction of IA
year old girl from Browntown.
Peter Keenan,, charged with assault
and battery was held in 800 bail unit
tomorrow night George w. johnson
colored, charged with interfering wit
officer zerby, was fined $40 and costs.