Telegram-herald., 1890-03-30
POLICE AND COURT.


William ChAgacey, eoiOred man 5
6nzlly u limbo for 80 ezys. He seems
% h4Fe been a vary, slippery eel fos he
has been before this oar many times
charged With various thefts and laf-
Genes, boz has managed - cOncoct stc-
res sweet and plausible enough 70
hOodEink the whole court and ave hls
skin. But thls time the testimony nOOred
hlEa and nls Little story WAS lad One
slde. He stole a white Jacket and apron
from an arcade restaurant. ana ta&t :
a fact. Attorney j. W. Robbins mas de-
Tended nim until be j. dlsgusEed With
the foul business, and nos Mr.. Chaun-
cey has ~ 70 L alone. let them who
have anything worth stealing look out
Tor Their yalu4bles after CRauncey gets
out OF jail
Henry layer was taken 70 headquar-
ters ia the patrol wagon AT hall past
yesterday for beng disorderly.
Another adjournment j. recorded IN
the case Of J b. Britain, charged with
Oostructing the view OF his bar IN the
night time.
The open saloon Sunday case OF
William Echternach, vas again adj
lOurned 10 Accommodate the prOsecu-
ton. Billy was Just As eager Tor the
fray as he was the day before, but MS
wishes were oyerTuled, and he Will have
TO appear again at 3 p. m, or Monday.
When YOU see adjournment after ad-
lOumment IN the cases OF truant boys,
Ike the one Of James DeNOyer, you
may know that Il means that County
Agent HOlcOmb has his fatherly eve
square on those boys, and Is nursing
them along 10 see what mild treatment
vii do. Jimmie DeNOyer will have 10
come around again on April Il.
The four little toOtsey-wootsey
mentioned yesterday have rapidly
changed under one days's judicial IN
yestIgdtlOn, into four pretty WELL
developed criminal COtyledOns. They
arc all old enough, both IN years and IN
crime, 10 make justice brlstIe right up
when they heave IN sight. When
Judge HOlcomb consulted with c. Z.
COmstOck, he was convinced that a
dessert Of law would help the boys
digest their honey. So His Honor,
Judge Holmes, gave Ed. Hungerford
the reform school until he reached II
years Old, and Peter Silver, Henry Van
POOrlvliet and Archie Nelder, were
given g. and costs or 10 days IN jail.
The fines were all paid. Sentiment IS
blesst q thing, but when overdOne II IS
mIschieyOus.
In cell d.. police headquarters, there
langUished last night l4-year-Old boy
named Peter Van Ployn. On Wednes-
I day last, the young rascal went to the
office OF {. c. COmstock, and represent
/ Ell himself as the son of sick emplOye
! OF COmstOck, named Cornelius NeTn-
buck, and asked for his alleged father
wages. Twenty dollars were paid
! % the boy without suspicion.
/ Yesterday Nernbuck sent to
I the Office for his wages,
money, and then 1t was discovered that
I somebody had been swindled. Com
/ plant was made At headquarters, and
/ last evening Detective Cast arrested
I young Van PlOyn and locked him up.
I The lad confessed that since WedneS
day he has been haylnga hilarious time
with the money. He has been TO
/ Nunica and back. has purchased limit
/ less quantities OF candy, a pair OF pants,
a revolver and other things. He mas
/ tired TO implicate another boy IN his
I devIltry, but thus far without success.
Here IS another of those cases which
/ commands the serious IN man. The
| attacnees, officials and servants OF th e
/ police court are Jolly lot OF fellows,
/ and might be mistaken, sometimes, for
I a too iignt-hearted lot. But TO see them
/ gathered about yesterday afternoons
prisoner in the box, all bearing a stern
/ sOlemn.ty of cOuntenance, Ike persons
/ IN deep distress, would show the OBJ
/ server that their hearts are susceptible
+ % the demands OF humanity. William
/ Peterson ls q young man of % yeals.
+ What he did TO get himself into the
+ clutches OF the criminal law would be
/ very funny Il il We're not sad. Passing
/ the store of h. Newman, o. Canal-st.,
! Peterson suatched MS own hat from his
I mead, snatcAed 4 new nat from u dunn
my u front Of Newman's store, and
made an exchange. Wnen the theft
was discovered by the owners OF the
store, the ease was put into the hands
/ of Detective smith. IN q few hours,
Smith had Peterson in custody, with
I the stolen hat on MS head. In police
court. the young man had nothing TO
I say for himself, except the sad confess
\ SION that he was too drunk when he did
7 the crime to know right from wrong.
\ He was completely broken down with
I shame when a sentence OF 3 and costs.
or thirty DAYS. was pronounced, and his
7 tears moved to pity the strong hearts
7 Of the court officials. Each one was
Y desrous 10 offer the poor fellow some
I service. and the man who arrested him
volunteered 70 90 out among Peterson :
friends % see what relief could be af-
I f0rded him. But the prisoner = a COM
I psrative stranger Ia toe city, and At
7 O'Clock last evening he was still N Jal.
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