Telegram-herald., 1890-07-18
poIoE AND ooUag

Probably the nasi saif-eoni&inea ~na
dlgn aoa nan q Grand R.plas, IS sei'R
4. Holmes, Jr,, ballA II poiloe ooist.
An assault and battery csse was on tr.A
yesterday afternoon, in Which was h'e-
terial for = word of merrlmsnt. Il slAa
would hase ouly let "a eaae oet 4ae
complaining witness WAS Josepy Tracy,
4 gontlenan VITA that dear oie IRISH
horus, whlsh everybody ioFs 20 ~c1
% hear. Tracy himself possessed,
moreover, those wonderful resoufces ~
lush VII and repariee taat never get
oornerea. Judge Holmes face Was hc-
hind his palm-leaf most of tAe time
that Tracy Was on the stana but tie
bAliffs gavel k ~ lis Honor pretty
wei sUodued Unul the appearance 81
another witness named Sadie flnches
The funny feature oi thls Witness was
her un1lsgulsod paftS4nsllp, and posi-
tVeness ot swearing ln faNor 90 tne
accused, William smith Frank Rodgers
vac very carefully trying a. expose
tho aninus OF tbs Ntness lHNaTu
tie Ilacgs. Not dauug 10 re-
veal fully 10 the witness What he was
driving at. bat rather tOentrsp nef lnt0
saving something unc pllmsntarH
about Tracy. siae electrified the AuQl-
enoe when she finally gf4sued WAT
Frank Was driving al When lac reached
tie proper point, very carefully an1
pleasantly he asked, "A0a don't seem
10 think much OF the Ilacys, do Nous'
instantly the woman let iiy. You bet
your life. I don'tt1 The answer WAS "a
unexpectedly frank, and showed -
clearly that Frank need not have spent
80 much time and care ia coming np o.
the question, that il conyuissa every
body-eyeryb0dy bat the bail n. lAe
father was ali bumped up behind hls
fan, bu; when John sgafel came down,
the fan dropped down. and dis Honor
face Vas ike the chief m0uIner az q
I funeral. The ease itself was not greatly
peculiar. smith had been = boArdeg at
iracy's house, corner 0f OAK and
Aaterlo0-sts. Not paying hls board
promptly. and being the ocraslon OF
some domestic trouble, Tracy asked
/ Alm 10 leave the house. But smith
hung around with much persistence.
Finally, a ilght occurred. in which
smith beat Tracy cruelty. J. Is Rob
Z tfAlt1 -f4A4AtA fNaiAAAlA nkAAaE "a HAAI Nr tAltA
made a good defense. Bat fac facts
were too strong for hum, and the jury
brought lu verdict OF guilty, with
recommendation to the mcrcy 81 the
court HIS Honor gave rmItha lecture,
and told hlm that, lad IT not been for
the lnry's recommendation, he should
/ feel ! Ike imposing severe penalty. As
II was, he would make 4 only s5 une
and 500 costs, OF fifteen days. smith
IS now v jail.
One inebrlate only was in police
| court yesterday morning. HIS name r.
I'd. Harris and he went 10 jail Tor ten
days.
The trial and conviction Of Thomas
Stewart, charged with d.sorderly con-
duct wa a matter OF much importance
to Wm. ii. Powers and the occupants
of the Arcade. and pedestrians Who
have occasion 10 pass through the
Arcade. Everybody has been annoyed
10y the gang OF boot-blacks who obstruct
wlth lthclr bodies the way
/ through the Arcade. and who fli the
ar with Their swinging backing -kits
and bad language. This business ls
gong 10 be stopped. one OF the gang
| named Stewart was convicted and nued
I
the convection meant the denial 81 aur
! right 10 shine man ia the Arcade.
But II does not mean that II simply
means that iOaing in the Arcade ln
squads, and hanging around there for
| social purposes is dsOrderly conduct
and j. going TO pe stopped.
Lee Ramsay occupies e place with
another fellow on complaint sworn 20
by Capt. Johnson, charging that they
gamhled and gained DAD the Arcade.
The VII! be tired next Thursday.
Languishing in jail is john Nelder.
| He says the reason IS because nc bad
not Sl4.30 10 prevent 1t. Gong back OF
that. however. the court linked the cir
cumslance OF Johns giving las VIE an
unmercful pounding.
VIM. Hart whose arrest and the cause
Of Il were fully set forth in TINS column
Yesterday, was arralgncd on the charge
of larceny less than S25. lie Will De
again in court today.
For violating the State liquor law,
George Tehscnield j. to be examined
3lst inst.
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