Telegram-herald., 1890-03-13
POLICE AND COURT
James Mcmahon Mistakes the Re
porter for Lawyer.
SIX LITTLE BAD BOiS all IN A ROW
sometimes Hard - MAke a Dead sure
1hing stick -WilliaEa ChR0nces Nst
Guiity-A Tailor's IribulstiOns
Domestic Trouble.

Tor nl stalking the reporter f0r ia
legal light. stepping over TO ta ~
porter's desk, he leaned over a. prC-
faced his remarks 10y ongulhng ~. r.er
and desk in q ,hOwcr-h0th ile h.s
castro pulmonary smelling to'l-e.
SAID james. "Does yer honOr's oonder-
standin' ev lah lade yez 70 behave that
gintlemen kin be thried and SIN, up
twisnt fer the same misdemainor. No
trouble 10 catch onto that drift. You
see, Jimmy was just warming up 10
that same old drunk that run him IA
on Sunday and emptled bis pockets n
the bar of the court on Monday. The
first use lie made of his freedom vas
not to go and get drunk again, but
simply to continue on with the same
old drunk. Having PAID one fine on
that drunk, ne thought, yesterday,
that writ Of habeas corpus ought 10
step IN between himself and a tyranny
that proposed to try and convict him
twice for one otfensc. But james Nc
Mahon is ROW in jail on a 20 days COM
mitment for being drunk just once.
The hamartologcal investigation into
the lives Of SIX little boys ali in ROW
was at times funny, at times pathetic.
Isaac Nan Dole, Peter Broln, Fed
Wennstra, Joseph Leafbro. Cornelius
Leafbro and Peter Van Settlers started
out last sunday, like good little boys,
to 90 to SUNDAY but, Ike bad
boys, they got together and concocted
mischief. From one bad thing -
another, they finally broke into civil
war of stones and other missiles against
the person of one VIM. :. Balhacn. They
were all arrested and brought into tilc
presence OF the American majesty. Ihc
case was thoroughly Investigated, and
the lives and characters OF ail the re-
sD0ndcnts were fully si.tcd iv lis
Honor The judicial responsibility n
cases of this sort Is n delicate one and.
Notwithstanding the many humorous
passages OF the trial, All the - ctators
felt sense OF sOlennitv when lis
Honor, 10y the aid of County Agent
Iolcomb, made the disposition
OF the case. All were found
guilty. The costs of the suit
were Sl290. First, each boy was 10
pay SID as his share OF the costs.
Fred Wennstra. as the worst boy, was
fined 3 or fifteen days IN jail; Joseph
LcalbrC, a the least guilty, W1S let OF
without fine, and IN default OF payment
OF his share OF the costs, ten days. The
other boys were fined - or twelve
days. The parents OF Van Dole and
Joe Leatbro PAID the money, and the
remainder went over ID the jail. When
the audience had dispersed and all the
parents and friends and recent com
panlOns had gone away, and the boys
we're left alone with the officers oi thc
court, il was touching TO note tho con-
flict Of fortitudc and weakness striving
for the ascendancy. But it was ielt by
the bvstanders that Justices administered
nov might save the boys = worse fate IN
some future day. 80 everybody chOked
down ms feeling while the officer led
the BOYS away. Fred Wennstra' 5 fine
was paid IN the evening, and he wa> r.
leased. Tie other three remained in
iall over night, and VIII remain 10
serve out their sentences, unless their
fines are paid.
How to make a dead sure thing stick
has been problem ever 30 long. VII
liam Chauuccy's convection tor Cnl-
bezzlcment was dead sure thing before
the trial, but the jury SAID not guilty.
Chaunccv pawned 4 clock which he had
purchased on the installment plan.
under a technical lease. Chaunccy
convinced the jury that hc never iu-
tended to defraud his creditor. and
presented facts sufficient To convince a
good many that the jury were correct.
With regard TO the published charge
tnat Cuauncey sold meal tickets for nls
restaurant and then sold 0ut the bus.-
ness and left the ticket holders m the
lurch. 1t appears that the fellow MAS
elected from the restaurant upon SD
short a notice that he had no time to
redeem these pledges. Cbaunccy's
troubles are more OF a peCunlary nature
than Of q criminal one. lie was found
not guilty and WAS discharged.
Police headquarters presented more
panedemonium 10 toe cubic yard, last
night, than the hotel has ku0wl Tor
many weeks 4 giant lull IF WHISKY is
whole camp-mcetnE. and ma .o the
0tncr guests discontentcd Gorge
Grady and John Ferrian had q d yht,
and mad TO be locked up, bus went ogt
on hal. William Grady. in ce.l }. wa>
inst little too drums to appreciate
+ hl- shame. An unknown inciTate n
No. cried p,teOusiy for some one go
give nm a chew of tobacco. Cr
~ have the mouth of the hsilelulah
giant stuffed With . bed tex. Catherine
Conatc was arrested ON q warrant
charging her with tho theft of a cloak.
ArH tho ffrrftz were frt all ru "a NON