Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-26
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hut IL Wouid Not Work with city
solicitor Turner-Tracing IA stolen
Watch-sMore stud Poker.
At city court yesterday morning, George
Bailey, colored, was charged with phil
ing out revolver and threatening 10
shoot George Nells, colored. When ar
rested by Officer Logue, at Eleventh and
Orange. Bailey had no weapon. Tho
parties were playing "stud poker, FIVE
cent ante" In the old Rice foundry, at
Tenth and 5hipley streets, Tuesday af-
ternocn, when the trouble occurred.
Wells said he won pot containing so
cents, but that Bailey scooped in the
cash. He demonstrated, when Bailey
thrust revolver into his face and then
fed.
who was running the ?" in
quired Judge Ball.
sob, nobody was running it." quickly
answered both prisoner and witness.
"Was there any drawboard ?"
''No, we had no drawboard."
The prisoner was held In 300 bail to
answer the charge of carrying concealed
. deadly weapon.
Jacob Mcoarty, drunk, was fined &5
and costs. William Bailey, eolored,
charged with the larceny of pair Of
shoss from Tinsey Garter, oolored which
be subsequently, sold at junk shop,
| was held In $500 bail for the September
term Of court. The case against John
Dugan, Q boy, charged with the larceny
of some stuff from p, ". Il B. rail.
road freight oar, was retired, and the lad
was discharged with reprimand.
| Frank Stanton was charged with the
inrcsny Of o watch from Alonzo j. Mccoy
Of Mt. Pleasant. Mccoy was asleep or
the steps of Brsdford's paint store, or
the night of March 18th, when some ont
stole his watch. Two weeks ago John
Doordan brought the watch to Smith &
Fell, Market street jewellers, who reoog
nised it as the watch they had sold t.
Mccoy. Doordan said It was handed tc
him by James Fogarty, South Side
shoemaker, and he took 1t to the jewelrJ
store to learn II the cases were solid
gold or not. They were Allied caBss
Fogarty said he bought the watch Of
Frank Stanton for $ll shout the Goth Of
last march. He pawnsd it once In Phil
adelphia, but redeemed II. For tbs
prisoner, John Allen testified to seeing
Stanton buying watch from q ooloret
man at Front and Market on March 22d
he looked at MoOoy's watch and said /
looked very much like the watch pur
chased by Stanton on thia occasion
Theodore Stanton, the prisoner's brother
alao testified to seeing his brother bu,
the watch. THE case was continued unit
Friday morning, in order to investigat
Fogarty's action in pawning the watch
Alexander Boyd, was charged with vic
lating the law with reference to erect
ing frame building about mont
ago, and was let of at tn
time with the costs of the case an az
promise to make the building all right
He sheathed the building in sheet iron
but refused to pay the costs. He wa
arraigned before Judge Ball yesterday
when his honor sternly said: "Mi
Boyd, you must pay those costs or go
jail"
MIR. Boyd pleaded in extenuation tha
that he had been unable to find the cit
solicitor. 'He found me one time
time your honor" reioined City Solicito
Turner, Indignantly. "He was
trouble for erecting a building withou
getting permit. and when l went or
with the building inspector to sac him b
told me he would give me Ave dollars
fixed the matter up for him."
Judge Bali committed Boyd to th
custody of the chief OF police until th
costs were paid. Mr.. Boyd said nothin
and pnid the costs.