Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-10
A HOT DAY FOR OFFENDERS.

I How Saturdays Batch ofLawbreakers Were
Disposed of in Police Courts Yesterday
The Clouds iKisser Said She Would Not
Drink Again, and Was Discharged.
Despite thefact that Old Sol has been
pouring down withering stream of fire
that created an abnormal thirst, only mild
batch of SO cases, including drunks and wild
caprices, were tried at the Central station
hearings yesterday morning.
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The Cloud Kisser Goes Free.
Probably the most entertaining of the
hearings was the case of May Ballou the
balfoonist, who shocked the entire police
force on Saturday afternoon by her pro-
nounced "decolleteness." May started out
from her hotel to osculate the clouds above
the assembled multitude at Silver Lake
Grove She started down Smithfield street
with skates on both feet, attired in belt
diamond ring and other light articles of
summer comfort, as described in yesterdays g
DISPATCH. Her jag had entirely disappeared
when she emerged from the cool chambers
Of the station and was painfully, sober.
Magistrate Gripp took into consideration
that there was some excuse for thin
garments on Saturday afternoon. and
days incarceration and discharged her on
the promise that she would never get
drunk any more" John Quinn, Frank Gro
gan, Peter Ritter and Frank Timothy were
brought out and partially heard, but were
remanded for further hearing this morn
ing. Officer Mike Sullivan arrested Quinn
on Seventh avenue about12 o clcck Saturday
night while on dress parade. On the way to
the patrol box Grogan, Ritter and Timothy
came to their comrades rescue and the four
of them attacked the officer, and, besides re-
leasing Quinn, they abused Sullivan, accord,
badge away from him.
Edward and Sadie Thomas had been run
ming disorderly house in the rear of l67
Water street, about which there has been
considerable complaint. Lieutenant Denn-
iston raided the place at 2 o'clock yesterday
morning and found the Thomases with five
guests, ali drinking beer and whisky. A
sentence of thirty days to the work house
was imposed on each person found in the
place. William Cooper and another man
had been engaged in pugilistic encounter
in a vacant lot off Tannehin street Saturday
night. When the officers heard of it and
descended on the crowd they broke and ran,
the o1ncers only capturing Cooper and sol
Maybe, who claimed he was only disin, no
fine and Cooper was sent up for 30 days.
Michael Hine, arrested for carrying an
overload of whisky AID loaded revolver,
if, who, being drunk and disorderly on
Third avenue, threatened to have Officer
Connors discharged for arresting him, got
sentence of the same size.
Protection for the Negro.
Magistrate Hyndman, of the Second police
district, disposed of seven ca ses at the Nine
teenth ward station and IS cases at the
Fourteenth ward station yesterday morn
ing. At the Nineteenth ward station Bridget
McMorris and James Cahill were sent 80
days to the workhouse for committing an
assault on Willie Johnston, small colored
boy, by beating him with a club in brutal
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for disorderly conduct.
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At the Fourteenth ward station George
Kelly was fined SIS and costs for keeping
disorderly house. Margret McMum was
sent to the workhouse for 50 days.
There were six prisoners at the hearing
yesterday morning at the Twenty-eighth
ward station, all of them very common
cases, in which light fines were imposed.
The Party Grew Too Lively.
At the Seventeenth ward station house
yesterday morning 20 prisoners were given
hearings. Patrick OHalleron and his wife
Bridget gave a party at their house on
Forty-f1fth street, near Butler street. Mr..
and Mrs. O'Halleron and ten of the guests
were arrested. At the hearing Mr.. and Mrs.
O'Halleron were fined $40 and costs, and
each of the visitors paid So and costs
Steven Worth, who was arrested Saturday
night for assaulting boy named Mitchell,
was held for court.
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Didn't Like the Clothes.
Pat Mahon's was the only case of the Is be-
fore Mayor Wyman that was of any interest.
Pat is from Harrisburg and is 20 years old.
On Friday he was released from Claremont.
Yesterday morning he was stealing
his way to Allegheny on a freight train.
When Pine Creek was passed he threw away
all his >clothing.> He then came down to
the city line where he wandered about a la
ne fra raj
partially and then he got arrested. His
only reason for throwing his clothes away
was that the suit had been given him at the
workhouse and he did not like the smell of
it. The explanation did not suit the Mayor
and Mahon got ten days.