Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-03
THIRTY-sEvEN PRISONERS.
Quite . Good-sized Crowd Appear Before
Judge Kimball.


Judge Kimball.
Thirty seven prisoners answered roll call at
the Police Court this morning, and there was
the usual procession formed and marched up
stairs to Judge Kimballs court
The first case called was that Of young man
and woman who we're charged with vagrancy.
The man answered to the name George Wilson.
alias Jesse Wilson, alias Miller, and the woman
was charged Us Annie Wilson, alias oliver.
Policeman Dyer appeared as prosecuting wit
ness and complained that the prisoners had
been spending most Of their time on Maryland
avenue about houses Of i'll fame.
II don't live there" said the woman. "My
nome is near 14th and Boundary streets and
only go down there to visit friends
And am no vagrant" the man said my
mother is clerk in the War Department, where
she gets $3.50 month
1T would make no difference II she we're
millionaire" said the judge. ''That would
each"
Charles Wills and Richard Burgess. young
men who were arrested on the Bowen road yes
teruay Tor being drunk and disorderiy. plead
guilty and went down for fifteen days because
they did not have the necessary funds to settle
the claim held against them by the government.
COULD NOT REMEMBER.
Muscoit Garrett, colored, violated District
ordinance when he was intoxicated and he did
not have a clear recollection Of what occurred.
His plea was guilty and fine Of $40 was i'm
posed.
Gabe Walker told the Judge that he had not
been arrested since the Sd Of last July. Since
that time, he said, he had been working until
recently and he was to have gone to work
again today.
Il can't let you 60 entirely. free" said the
M On hay Is,,p - hat
go to work Monday"
Bernard o Brien plead guilty to a charge of
being disorderly and the judge trusted him
until next week to pay the fine.
Joseph Miller plead guilty to similar charge,
but as he did not ask for credit he was sent
down for two weeks
Oscar Willis case was next called, and there
were two charges against him. They were pre-
ferred by Policeman Laurenson. II was in
evidence that Oscar had not been out o. prison
arrested him.
Judge Kimball thought that Oscar should be
given some show and discharged him.
Guilty" answered Toney Anderson, who
was arrested for being disorderly on 9th street
extended, and the judge said Five dollars or
fifteen days"
THE GEORGETOWN CONTINGENT.
When the Georgetown contingent was called
five persons responded and three of them we're
SAoi6 So Win NoSfdHCy. 1ney were Amelia
Johnson, James Moody and Wra Granderson.
The first two were given twenty days each and
Granderson was released on his own recoRui-
Zance.
Lucy Rivers and Richard Cantee were
charged with disorderly conduct They plead
guilty and were fined IS each.
thomas Delaneys plea to charge of
vagrancy was guilty and the sentence Of the
court was sixty days.
Wllilam Conner, q good-looking old man,
VINO Is better known as Uncle Billy" denied
that he was vagrant and said that he always
has money In his pocket He denied that he
had ever begged. but admitted that he had
spent time in the work house and also that he
had been drinking for q week. Thirty days
Three more prisoners from Georgetown then
appeared. They were Robert Fl. King, George
Butler and Mary Harris and they plead guilty
to the charges against them Mary was given
twenty days as a vagrant and tho others were
fined S5 each.
Mamie Harris and Sarah Minor plead guilty
to charge of disorderly conduct on Pennsyi-
vania avenue and were given fifteen days each
Mary McMahon, old offender, was rather
undecided as to how she would plead to a
charge OF vagrancy, but after several explana-
nons she decided to say guilty. Policeman
Rhodes told the court of her character and
said she was half drunk yesterday. Sixty
days.
Mary was the last one in the first procession
and the judge sent for another batch of pris-
oners OF the same kind as those who had been
disposed Of.