Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-07
The Central Station Docket.

OF the 10 people on trial at Central police
station Mag. Lang received the heaviest
sentence. She was only released from the
workhouse about q week ago, and on Satur-
day night she was drunk again. When ar
rested she was standing on Market street
catching hold of every man who passed and
sol1c1t1ng money, and, on being re1useu'
curs1ng and swearing fearfully. she mas
been given light sentences heretofore, Dne
this time she goes to the workhouse for W
days. James Baron had been caught steal
ing an umbrella from Fifth avenue store
Saturday night. He paid q fine of $25 in
Robert Armstead colored, was held for
court on a charge of keeping disorderly
house at No. 80 Bedford avenue. The house
is that of Daisy Moore colored, which has
been raided several times But Daisy has
not been running it for several months since
last raided. Armstead took possession dur
ing her absence and was taking chances by
running just such o joint rs Daisy had pre-
sided over. Alice Brown, one of the inmates,
was accused of robbing a man there. She
returned the money at the hearing and was
let OFF with q 80 day sentence. Daisy Moore
had been arrested in the house. but prov
ing she was not running it was discharged.
Dan Dougherty and William Thompson, ar
rested at Dougherty's house for disorderly
conduct, were each given 3O-day sentences.
John Bird and Charles Steiner, vags, and
John Ward, disorderly on Forbes street,
each got ao-day sentences.
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Succop Has His Hands Full.
Magistrate Succop disposed of 25 cases at
the Twenty-eighth Ward station. Joseph
Kunnell was arrested in Twelfth
street saloon for disorderly conduct. Kun
nell and and George Hopkins had an argu-
ment, during which Kunnell pulled a re-
TSlyer and to shoot Hopkins
t1on will be made against him. James Gal
vim mot the ball player) was arrested on
complaint of his boarding mistress who
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Calvin owed for six weeks boarding, and
when the lady suggested paying up he
got. mad and threatened to destroy the
days to the workhouse: John Man
ming, Pole, was charged with keeping
a gambling house. Lieutenant Johnston,
visited the house early yesterday morning
and found the prisoner and four other men
engaged in peculiar game of cards. There
was 81 so on the table. Manning was fined
S25 and costs and the others $40 and costs
each. Thomas Evans, arrested at the Lake
Erie depot for disorderly conduct, gave the
patrol wagon men some trouble Saturday
night by jumping over the side of the
wagon and running up Mt. Washington.
He was captured after a long chase At
the hearing he was sentenced 30 days to the
workhonse. Evans, it is said, is also wanted
by Squire King, who has two charges
against him, and he will be arrested at the
expiration of his term in the workhouse.
Twelfth Ward Sentences.
Magistrate McKenna had % cases at the
Twelfth ward. William F. Jones was fined
$25 and costs for profanity He was arrested
at Thirty first street and Penn avenue by
Officer Allen. Such a heavy fine was i'm
posed because the offense was his
second one. Thomas Borland and
Thomas Brannigan were fined respective
day evening on Twenty2fifth street.
John Plunkett, of Sixteenth street, was ac-
cused by his wife of coming home drunk
Saturday night and of turning her and the
children from the house, compelling them
to seek shelter under a neighbor's roof. He
was fined $40 and costs. The docket at the
Seventeenth ward station showed but three
cases, the charge being drunkenness.
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East End Disorderlies. ---
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of II cases
at the Fourteenth and nine at the Nine
teenth ward stations. At the latter Mrs.
Kate Lawrence was fined $25 and costs for
keeping q disorderly house on Mignonette
street, East End. Miss Lizzie Lawrence,
Nick Bayne, James Carr, William Brown
and William Allen were fined S5 and costs
each for visiting the house. Robert Clark
and David Christy were fined So and costs
each for fighting on Penn avenue. AT the
Fourteenth ward John Ormondy, James Nc
Cartney and George Yost were held over on
a charge of stealing s35 from John Parnisky.
The other cases were common drunks.
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The Only Moral City.
Mayor Wyman disposed of IA cases in Al
legheny. William Trimm, for unseemly con-
duct on the street, was fined $50 and COSTS J.
II. Smith, of Sarah street, was sent to Jail
for 4S hours for putting his wife and child
out of the house. The other cases were Of
the common order.