San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-29
RECORDERS COURT.

This morning the recorders docket
was considerably larger than it has
been for some time, there being
twenty nine cases on the docket
Saturday morning Detectives
OMesra and Van Ripper arrested and
lodged in Jail a young fellow by the
name OF Joe Danforth, alias
Strunce, for being 3 suspicious
character. He was tried this morn
ing and the testimony brought out
was as follows: The detectives stated
that he had q 800 confederate bill
aud had flashed it on some of the
FRANCISCAN Pedro people. One time he
had complained to them that he had
been robbed. Later on, when he
found out who did it, the parties hav-
ing confessed to him, he refused to
make an affidavit. A negro named
Scott said that he saw defendant with
q 500 bill, and wishing to get some
thing ont of him he asked him to
treat. About two weeks ago Scott
and some others were shaking dice at
one of the saloons and Danforth came
in and throwing Sl06 bill on the
table wanted to shake for 8 dollar q
shake. Another fellow commenced
shaking with him and won So Oat of
the bill, which defendant took OUT to
get changed. He never came back.
Kinney Anderson said he saw him
bet the bill and win some money on
it. One time defendant made q pro-
position to witness to rob q man that
was drinking in the saloon attached
to one Of the gambling rooms. Geo.
Lowther said ne had known defend-
ant for week or ten days. That he
had made several propositions to rob
| places. Last week he said that de.
| PENDANT told him that he had heard
that the Cinnamon, who lived and
| had an opium den Oh SOledad street,
had some money, and he wanted
L,wther to get the den raided and
during the excitement he would get
the money. Lowther said that defend
ant had laid in wait In camp yard
| for gambler at the Olympic intending
to rob him Danforth told him he
was an expert at cracking safes and
made proposition to him to crack
one. A man named Thompson said
that he had known of defendant
having roobed . saloon, Atkipson's
| saloon, and that he had gotten q sup@
per out of the pull. The defendant
| said that he come here about two
weeks ago from Sacramento, Cslifor-
mia. with $3.50; that he had met some
OF the boys and they told him he
| would make good "steerer" for
them. He said that In California he
had done that Kind of business. He
acknowledged having robbed Akin
sons saloon and said that Thompson
stood in with the "pull' and had
| gotten half of the dough" He
said be received. $50 not long ago,
and was robbed of 1t by q Mrs.
| Black, Kinney Anderson, and man
| named Clark. The reason why he
did not make an affidavit against
them was because they told him they
had plenty of friends here and that
the officers would believe them in
preference to him, and further they
threated to give him away If he re.
ported them. He got one hundred
days.
sunday morning about o'clock
officers Magner, Brown, Bennett and
Bovee made u raid on q negro gam
bling den, on Main avenue, about
halt block north of West Houston
street, and cleared the house. They
arrested the following: Henry Gala
way, for exhibiting gaming table
and for gaming; Beverly Johnson.
exhibiting gaming table G. 81.
Haywood, James Stsughton. A.
Ross, Charles Couoly, w. Wallace,
Geo. Washington, Geo. Spencer and
Lucien Carey, Migrants by reason of
gaming Galloway and Johnson were
each fined $25, and the other cases
were dismissed as there was no
proof against them. The officers said
-. 4 L. 4 4,
the negroes made rush out the
doors and windows and the way they
run was q cat ton:
J. H. Irwin. striking, dismissed.
r Oegas berri, drunk and disorder
ly, S..
j. q. Dale, drunk and. down, 81.
Pat Toyle. drunk and down, 81.
Chss. &. Buchner, fighting, 81.
Geo. Brooks, fighting, dismissed.
G. B. Johnson, fighting, dismissed.
John r. Shook, fighting, S..
James McGregor, drunk and dlsor-
derby. IS.
A. Bazie,. drunk ard disorderly, S..
Geo. Craig, disorderly conduct, SIS.
Mike Flanagan, drunk aud down,
Mamie Williams, drunk and disor-
de-lv, continued. Too drunk to be
tried.
Mabel Stafford, drunk and disor-
derby, SIS. Both got on spree at the
Clipper saloon this morning. and raised
big row.
Fred Pehwatch, q street car conduc-
tor on the Flores street line, was up
for overcharging street car fare. He
was fined SIS. The case was appealed
by Superintendent Greer.
Delayed the Lightning.