Telegram-herald., 1891-01-15


The calendar Of police court y efc~-
sng 70 frightful proportions under the
delay occxklened ~ the zeke WEIGH
trial. Exoert few afunts ana minor
breaches Of ths peace. which aiwsys
have precedence, every thing yens
over, - foilows jain Cuthiert. John
klehen and Fred crewisy. larceny
mere than 60. l7ths Albert Walker
and william Goodyear. larceny mere
shan tes, slst. John o'Donnell, saloon
open after honrs. sist, Thomas Wostef-
house, larceny more than 80. the
morning. sam Cue. receiving stolen
eoods, 18th. John Walters, failure n
support, this afternoon; yefanlos Chap
man, Larceny more than SIS. lsth, Ter
renee W. kelley, oAioon open On sum
DAY. 2lsf: Lon Morfison and fnneey
Amss, violating the state liquor law
thie morning; Carl Bauer. bAr ohAiruo-
ton, 18th; Nellie Paxton and Chorlea
Aidrlch, receiving stolen goods. seth
Some brand new arrasgumsnts. and
some minor convictions sWelled the
already plethora calendar. 1nstAve
| Miller went 20 lail Tor Ii days Tor helng
drunk. and G. r. smith went over for
| 10 days for assault and battery.
| Lee Gardner. arraigned on the hih
| for larceny, wac discharged on noiie
pros, after paying the accrued COSTA.
Three of the young feilows who
ordered . livery TIE 10 he lett M 'front.'
of Don J. Ieathers' resldence on Sun
day night. were arraigned on the charge
of personatlng another. ihsy MeIs
Gleason. they ell pleaded not guilty
and the case was adjourned 70 the
morning Of the 2ist.
Hon Walker is about ~ ugly looking
| q Young negro as could be found IN AL
| Africa. When called for arraignment,
Hop was sitting in the pen, the admired
of all beholders When the haiiift
called out Hop Walker" the little
coon never stirred. but sat there with
an air of offended dignity. Hop
Walker.'' yelled the bailid In louder
tone of voice. Still the coon did not
move. .Nister Walker" emphasing
the frat word. Thus called upon,
Mister Walker took has position with
great aiarcity. His Honor Was con-
yulsed with laughter, and for once there
Was no attempt TO suppress the merrl-
ment of the crowd.
Hop Walker is the young coon who
slipped . hand-cuf and got away from
Gates and Cast when first arrested. lie
and James Lasher are charged with the
| robbery OF Hammerschmlcts bake
wagon. Their case was put over 70 thu
morning.
The Zeke WEIGH case consumed the
entire day, and the end 10 not yet. The
prosecution got in all its testimony,
which consisted Of . repetition OF the
story, by one policeman after another.
Of the manner OF breaking into the
/ ! gambling room, and OF the things that
, were found IN the Joint. supsrintend-
} ent Eastman also told of bis having
} given timely warning to Mr.. WEIGH OF
, the consequences of continuing the
gambling Joint after q certain data.
After the prosecution had rested. the
defendant was put upon the stand. He
denied positively that he had rented
the rooms for the purpose OF gambling
e as alleged. On the 10Th Of December
t he rented the room 10 Eugene sey
q bert. ostensibly for storage purposes
!. When Superintendent Eastman spoke
j. to him about the danger OF continuing
G the business Of gambling in that room
j. he then promised the Superintendent
{. that he would have nothing more n
/. do with the business. He had carried
r out that promise IN good faith. n
. closed out the gambling operations. an
n | rented the rooms to Seybert for wba
n he thought was legitimate purpose
J. He had never been IN the rooms while
l. gambling was going ION. and, &c a mat
|. ter Of fact, he did not know the plac'
= was being used for that purpose. 1h'
:. existence Of the speaking tube betweei
l. the ealoon below and the gamolini
!. rooms above was explained by sayin,
- | that the tube was there when he FIRE
I. rented the building. but was not ofte'
ID used.
70 Mr.. Taylor gave the witness . lonI
- and searchinc cross-cxamination, bn
not ANYTHING new was brought out
According to Mr.. Welch's story, he ha'
nothing to do with the husiness cor
= Quoted in the rooms above, and neve
y knew the use they were put TO.
= The same large crowd Jammed al
the spaces Of the court room oil ca
., long. and they who compose the crow
seem TO be the oniv ones who arc no
Y heartily tired of the case. The judS
=, bears up with great fortatude, but ID
81 foul AIR of the court room IL tellin
upon his strength. The jury seem
have lost that eager interest who
!. marked their appearance at the oper
{, ing of the case on Monday. The trls
~ will be resumed this morning ~ Ia
past q
u. When Maxim Fannef was locked n
~ at headquarters yesterday Afternoon
20 he yelled like . maniac. and shook n
=, iron doors 70 the great annoyance {
ga the sitting court above He Was crs'
lst dvnnk aud h,s team had 20 he care