Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-02-04


exhshst eommsndabls desire Il keep
the docket clear, and Mr.. Adsli So
pee.Ally shlaks that much expense can
he saved the county II tie adjourn
meats 81 cases are feancea - the very
MINIMUM. A case xAs tefore tue
court yesterday thai we'll illustrates
this particular feature 81 the mischief
81 rscmlscuoas Adlournmants,
tn The second day az December,
Aiexanaer Douglass was sfrAlgned en-
the charge Of selling iiauar after hours.
Ii MAS a. simple cast - the police
court ever had 10 deal with. and. - was
proved yesterday, would have required
only Elk minutes 10 dispess Of. There
were only three witnesses N the case
and no. al of them we're wanted ~
prove the whole case. bnt she court
fell IN with the washes OF sttornsss,
and adjourned the case 20 the goth.
But when the soih came. there Was
raft Of boys and Leander L. Deso, and
lot of other saloon cases, aud the
notorious ". 4. Rogers. aud thous-
and other cases, ana Mr.. Douglas and
his attorney were asked 10 call again on
January 3.
When January comes, the simple
matter OF alexander Douglass - buried
out al SIGHT 10y soofe al cascss ineiiid-
my the very boys that crowded oat Ar.
Douglass on the former occasion. -
Douglass must c0uae again 10 hear What
the states witnesses nave 10 SAY. Tie
states witnesses understand the whole
business. aud they take out Their
memoranda and put down the su.A of
a. cents for every tine they agpear.
Witnesses like aaJonrnnsenis Just az tbe
tree likes sap. 10 over went Mr.. Doug
lass 10 January ..
That day some bad women began 10
claim the attention OF the court. Loo
Morrlson had been selling liquor IN Aci
bagnl0, and 81 course men anusl stand
when women want 10 SIT 10 a.
douglass goes over again 10 anoll'f
date, VIZ: Monday, January J..
That January j. Is historic. u
brought into court the Kew boys,
whose examination has ciogged tae
police court during the past month
20 Mr.. Douglass must stand aside. and
lhe states witnesses put Il DIVA IN
their memoranda, with the item OF -
cents put INTO the estimates. The Eth
is . convenient adjournment day, aid
over 10 the i7th sLe goes.
But not so. The isth is the worst
possible day, IS Is proved 10y the fact
that the little case is actually adjourned
10 the 18th. A lot more OF boys have
slnned. Hop Walker has put himself
down on the record for the third case
now standing against him, John fosaner
Is demanding attention on the charge
OF fobblng the Palmer Shirt Company.
more of the Kew and Paxton crowd are
before the court, and Douglass IL put
over 10 the 10Th. The witnesses pat
into their side pockets their little
memoranda, while saying 10 one an
other: 1.-The county "a ali right for IL"
January 10 Judge Holmes was taken
SICK, and there was no session of the
court. Everybody but the witnesses
| came 20 court for nothing. but - cents
rewarded the three policemen VINO
came 20 convict Alex. Douglass OF
keeping open saloon after hours.
january 20 the court failed 10 show
up, and the witnesses again charged %
their fees.
The courts intermisslon Of the 18th
| and 20th had so damned the docket
with business that almost everybody
had 90 be adjourned, Alexancer
Douglass with the rest. The menl-
orandum book of thc witnesses was out,
all the same, and the examination WA
fixed this time for January 2l-
But January u WAS ihe fullest day
IN the history of the co1rt. and Tire
| Douglass case went over 10 January -.
When January - came round, il Was
found that four other saloon cases Hpd
| the kew-Paxion crowd, besides the
regular gTls., were on for that day, and
the witnesses entered the 4s cents ln
their memoranda before the court an
nounced the dayof the adjournment
| OF the Douglass case. The date was
liked al February 3.
By that providential dispensatson
! through which ell things earthly come
20 an end. the Alexander Douglass case
| reached a conclusion yesterday. No
body designed il. and It was wholly ac-
| clGental. The testimony of three po-
| iirenen had been relied upon % con
vict Mr.. Douglass Of selling liquor after
hours. Mr.. Adsit, the prosecutor. hello
the complaint in ms hand, and asked
the first witness when he saw the liquor
soio. The reply fixed the time day
ahead of the time charged IN the com
plain. Mr.. AdEt called the attention
OF the witness 20 the dIscrcp-
ancy, ard the discovery WAS
! made that the witnesses oil came
INTO court prepares 10 swear to things
/ occurring on the 18th OF November.
| whereas Mr. Douglass was charged IN
the complaint with having done these
things on November IS. Mr.. Adsd 81
once asked for q nollc pros., and.
being man of dignity, said nothing
about Js-ndyoc vs.. JarDdyce.
After the adjournment Of court, The
three witnesses stepped mp GO The clerk .
desk and took orders on The County
treasury OF about $50 each.
The most vlIsinops looking weapon
ever discovered IN the hands Of q des-
perado. was taken by the police from