Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-04
Small Docket Mt Central.


At the Central station only 25 cases
were on hand and the majority of these
were not heavy offenders. William Nc.
Clusky had to answer for sliclng James Mul.
let's cheek with razor at q chicken fight The
| affair occurred on Our alley near Vine
| street Saturday night. The magistrate con.
cluded McCluskey had better 60 to Jail to
await trial st court. John Mclean, arrested at
tn. same time, was successful in showing he
had nothing to do with the affair and was dis.
charged William Fields was sentenced 80
days to the workhouse for persistently begin G
money on the streets. Pat MCGUIRE got 80
days for vagrancy- Pat Mcguire had attacked
Philip Newcomb down on Second avenue, and
also James Lewis who had been walking with
Newcomb. When Officer Pierce Bremen
came upon the scene McGuir fought him
also. Newcomb, Lewis and the officer testified
against the prisoner, but he got off with 80
day sentence. Thomas q. Lindsay and w. b.
Sullivan we're brought up for insulting Mrs.
Kate Stern on Fifth avenue. She testified
against them. They were fined s. and costs.
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Club Room Carousal.
At "A. NJ yesterday Lieutenant Johnston
and officers Haple and Boyd raided the rooms
of the Silver Dell Club at South Nineteenth
street and Merrimar's alley. Officer Habel
was attracted to the club room by noise and
profane language. The lieutenant was sent
for. On entering the club room they found
eight men there. The floor was covered with
beer and other liquids which, mixed with lot
of tobacco cuds. formed quite greasy sub
stance. Some of the men, It is said had taken
all their clothing off with the exception of
pantaloons and were having fun skating on
the floor barefooted and shelving each other
around on chairs. Two or three Of the men had
imOibed too much and had fallen asleep Those
awake took advantage of them and used lot
of SCOT extracted from an old stovepipe to
blacken the mems faces. This resulted in
fight. At the hearing yesterday morning be-
fore Alderman Succop they gave their names
as William Connors, Al Apples Jack Deyine,
Jams. Henry Hester and Frank McMann.
With the exception of Williams all were fined
SIS and costs. In addition to the club room
stra;e succop. Leo Gunkie ~ was fined SIS s and
costs for insulting women on Plus street Pat
rick Sullivan was fined SIS and costs for inter.
r1pting NEE ing of the Salvation Army at
the Mammoth Rink.
Across the River.
Mayor Wyman sat on IS cases yesterday
morning IN Allegheny. About 2 o'clock Sun
day morning Lieutenant Thornton and Officer
Renter raided poker room on Spring Garden
avenue and brought in four men together with
the tables, cards and chips. c. F. Harris and
George Wilson were each fined SIS and costs and
George Sellers and Harry Rogers each left S.
and costs with the city. Officer Smith had also
headed a raid on a disorderly house in the rear
taken. Each one was fined 81 and costs. Most
of the other cases were ordinary drunks.
Twelfth Ward Fighter Fined.
There were q cases at the Twelfth ward.
The heaviest fine imposed was on d. Badinsky,
charged with disorderly conduct He had to
pay $40 and costs for fighting on Third street.
He was badly cut about the head and face, and
each eye was considerably blackened.
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Emptied Three Revoivers.
At the Seventeenth ward hearing eight cases
were disposed of. One of these, John Tetley,
a plumber. and a well-known citizen of Law
rencevile, was held for court in the sum Of
$500 bail fer discharging firearms. He was ar
rested Saturday night for emptying three re-
volvers from the window of his home, Thirty
seventh and Butler streets.
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Small Dockets Out the Avenue.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed Of five com.
mon cases at the Nineteenth ward and seven at
the Fourteenth ward station. John Sexton
was fined SO and costs for running q speak
easy Bates street. John Bradshaw and
Walter Thomas were fined SIS and costs each for
visiting the 'speak-easy." The other cases
were common disorderlies and drunks and were