Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-01
PAYING THE PENALTY.

Little Jags of Justice Ground Out to Satur-
day sinners-Common Drunks in the
Majority-The Old Dodge OF Taking a
Fit Failed to Work
Magistrate Gripp had about 80 cases to
yesterday morning. William Walker was
arrested for throwing brick through the
window of Jennie Prosser's house on Mar
ket street, for which he was fined $50 and
costs. w. F. Fredlein and H. L. Gardner
were arrested for using insulting language
to Officer Kennedy, and were fined S. and
costs each. Joseph Ray, tramp, for at
tempting to steal d coat owned by
Max Green. was sent to the workhouse for
60 days. William Mellon was accused of
being disorderly in a Fulton street saloon.
1t was alleged that the prisoner tried to
work the old dodge of taking fit in order
to get a drink. He was sent to the work.
house for go days. William Aren't was ar
rested on complaint of his mother, who al
legged that he beat and choked her, and that
he was in the habit of doing such things.
He was given 80 days to the workhouse.
Magistrate Succop had IA cases to dispose
disorderly cases. H. Graham went to his
boarding house, on Carson and Eighth
streets, and made an attempt to assault the
landlady with q pair of heavy shoes. He
was sent to Jail for 10 days. John Boyle
and Barney McGinty indulged in street
fight and were arrested. McGinty was the
aggressor and was given 10 days in jail.
Daniel Thomas was found running the
streets with several bottles of beer in his
possession and refused to state where he got
them. His sentence was 10 days.
Magistrate McKenna disposed of IA cases
at the Twelfth ward station. Andrew
Andstrain raised disturbance in Penn
avenue saloon Saturday night. He was
given 80 days to Claremont. James Wal
ter came to the station house Saturday
night and asked to be sent to the workhouse.
He was given 80 days. James Rowan was
fined S. and costs for acting disorderly on
Third avenue early Sunday morning.
John Scott was fined $40 and costs for
acting disorderly on Second avenue Satur-
day night. James Wilson, vagrant, was
given 80 days to the workhouse
Magistrate Leslie had four cases to settle.
Patrick Riley was arrested by Officer Hutch
ison on Forty-eighth street on a charge of
disorderly conduct Saturday night. He
fought the officer and called on his friends
to stone him, which they did. In conse-
quence he was given $50 and costs or 60 days
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released he will have hearing on a charge
of mayhem preferred by Mary Honan, who
interfered between Riley and her brother,
whom he was endeavoring to assault and
who was bitten on the hand. William Bar
rett and Mike Flacerty were fighting at
Thirty fourth street Saturday night. They
were assessed SIS and costs each. John Phil
lips, vsg, got ten days to Jail.
Magistrate Hyndman disposed of ten
cases at the Nineteenth ward station. Syl-
vester Calhoun and his wife, with James
McCarroll, were sent 80 days to the work
house for keeping a disorderly house at
Homewood. There were seven common
drunks, who were fined 81 and costs EACH
Mayor Wyman disposed of eighteen cases.
Among these were the three men charged
with obstructing travel on the Manchester
line, referred to in another column, and the
balance were of the ordinary sort, with one
exception. That was the case of Cummins
Ward, young man from Pump alley, who
represented himself as a detective and
placed two colored men under arrest. He
could not show that the colored men were
guilty of any violation of the law, and the
Mayor, after pointing out to him where he
had himself been violator, fined him S5
and costs.