Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-07
SUNDAY POLICE HEARINGS.


Several Heavy sentences-The Work.
| house Receives a Large Number of New
Occupants Quiet in the East End.
Magistrate McKenna, at the Twelfth
ward, had the largest hearing in the city
| yesterday. There were 81 eases.
James Anderson, arrested on Penn
avenue for vagrancv, was sentenced to ~
| days in the workhouse. James Maloney,
| another vagrant, got similar sentence.
John Dell, same offense, got 90 days. John
Henry, arrested in Mulberry alley for
drunkenness, got so davs Alex. Stewart,
arrested on Penn avenue at a late hour Sat
urday night for stopping ladies and girls on
the street, and insisting that they give him
a kiss, got 30 davs to the workhouse Kate
Really was sent to the workhouse for 90 days
for improper conduct. Walter Reed, col
Ored, will rusticate for 90 DAYS. He got
into row with William Stafford, on Jones
avenue, Saturday night, drew knife and
threatened to kill him. William Cunning
ham was given 80 days to the work
house for getting drunk and raising a
disturbance in Penn avenue saloon.
John Schultz, went into Cohen's jewelry
store, Saturday night, intoxicated, put
everybody ont, and went to sleep on the
floor. He was given 30 days. Andrew
Meyers got drunk Saturday night, went to
friends house at No. 2717 Penn avenue
and raised disturbance. He was SEN
fenced so days. Lee Johnston, arrested
for keeping gambling house Oh Jones ave-
nue., Saturday, was sentenced 90 days. An
ME Carter, serving beer TO the visitors was
given 80 days. Of the visitors, S. Adams
and Henry Hurley were each sentenced 80
days. A. II. Spencer and John Brown paid
$40 and costs
Magistrate Hvndman held court at Central
station and had 26 Prisoners to dispose of.
There were seven cases of "suspicious char
acter.' One of them, William Faust, was
held over until today, when, charge OF
larceny Will be made against him for steal
ing a bundle OF Curtain poles from. Jos
Horne IL Co. William Jones, claiming
Cincinnati as his home, was arrested by De-
teetlve Mc1lghe near the Union depot while
going in and out the hotels in the
Vicinity in mysterious manner. He
had lot of blank bank checks
in his pockets and was we'll dressed. He
would not give a very good account of him
self and was sent to the workhouse for 60
days. Officer Murphy followed Jerry
Cravner and John Bedford about the hill
Saturday night as they were visiting lot
of pawn shops and finally took them in. No
marketable goods were found on them, and
house for 80 days Joseph Joint, a boy of
II years, was following q drunken man
about Webster avenue, and meeting Officer
Lowery The drunken man told him he had
been robbed. The boy was arrested and
failing to tell q straight story of his home
and employment was sent to the work
house for 80 days. Charles Connor, having
been detected by Officer Lowery trying the
doors of several houses on Webster avenue,
! i 1~,,4 of
SO and was released. William Carr paid a
like fine for kicking Officer Gallagher in the
face.
AT the hearing before Magistrate Leslie
in the Seventeenth ward police station,
Andrew Patterson was given 80 days to the
and his partner, Frank Wilson,
was discharged. Both were arrested Satur-
day night as suspicious persons. They were
loafing at the entrance to the G.. A. r. fair |
at Forty-frst and Butler streets. Philip |
was arrested in Wright's restaur-
ant, on Butler street, Saturday evening. He !
was drunk and acting disorderly. He was |
sentenced 30 days to the workhouse.
Magistrate Hyndman had light hearings. |
At the Nineteenth ward station there was |
only one prisoner, John Donehue, charged |
with disorderly conduct, and was fined S. |
and costs There were two drunks at the |
Fourteenth ward station who were sent five |
days to Jail.
There were 12 cases at the hearing yester-
day morning at the Allegheny Central |
station. None of them were OF any special i
Magistrate Succop had 90 prisoners at the /
Twenty y-eighth ward station. c. Il. Shepp-
Ter, arrested for assaulting Thomas Smith,
was fined SIS and costs William Lewis,
accused of beating and abusing his
wife was fined SO and costs. Albert John
son, Mary johnson and Ellen Meyers, ac-
cused of disturbing the early Sunday peace
in drunken brawl, were fined So and costs
each. John Freund threatened to clean
put saloon and was assessed So and costs.