Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-11
SUFFERING FOR THEIR FUN.

| A West End Man Brutally Beats His Par
ents-Refused to Buy Any Coal for His
Home-A Number of Offenders Pay
I Fines or Go Up.
Magistrate Succop had only about dozen
cases to dispose Of at the Twenty.eighth
| ward station hearing yesterday morning.
Among the prisoners was John Billinger, q
West End resident who was arrested for
disorderly conduct. The testimony
| showed that the prisoner, who is about 40
years old, went home in an intoxicated
condition and was acting in very
disorderly manner, and when his father
and mother, an aged couple, attempted
to pacffy him the prisoner picked up club
the officer interfered. On hearing the testi.
mony Judge 4Succop was very indignant and
proceeded TO impose fine OF s25 and costs or
80 days to the workhouse. The prisoner
could not pay the fine and went to the work
house. Another case that tempted the
temper of the Court was that OF Harry
Mcdonald, vino was arrested for disorderly
conduct and abusing hfs wife. Mrs. Nc
Donald testified that her husband worked In
the mill and made g,,od wages, but spent 1t
all for liquor. Saturday was pay day in the
evening drunk and without cent When
Mrs. Mcdonald asked him for money. tell
ing him there was no food nor fuel In
and an officer had to be called. The wife
further testified that her husband never
contributed cent to her support ana she
was compelled to do washing in order to
support her family. fine of 500 or four
months in the workhouse was inflicted.
Magistrate McKenna disposed OF ls cases
at the Twelfth ward station. David Ferry
boarded Penn avenue car Saturday night.
He etused to pay his fare abused the con-
ductor and attempted to strike him. He was
fined $40 and costs. Thomas Reagen went
into the Albion Hotel Saturday night and
attempted to raise fight with the night
clerk. He was fined S. and costs.
Zen Mullen was arrested on Thirty-flrst
street by Officer Dodson as suspicious
character. He had basket with two
chickens and several dozens of eggs In it.
He could not account satisfactorily as to
how he came by them aud was given 80 days
to Claremont. James 3 King and Robert
Herbrock were arrested at an early hour
Sunday morning ON Third avenue for acting
disorderly. They had their pockets full OF
beer glasses which they had stolen. They
were each given 80 days to the workhouse.
There were "A cases before Mayor Voegtly
at the Allegheny police hearing yesterday
morning. John German was sent to the
workhouse for 80 days for insulting women
at the corner of Ohio and Federal streets.
Hanson Edgen, charged with a similar Of
tense. was arrested on Preble avenue and
was fined S. and costs.
There were IS cases before Magistrate
Gripp at Central station. The ma jority were
common cases. The most serious was that
of Tony Patton and William Mccoy, who en-
gagged in n i:ht in house in "Yellow Row"
on Second avenue Saturday night. Mccoy
was cut on the head in u half dozen places
with poker, and Patton had his jawbone
broken by blow with q chair. They were
fined $40 and costs each.
Magistrate Leslie disposed of four common
cases at the Seventeenth ward station.
Magistrate Gripp disposed of four COM
mon drunks at the Nineteenth ward police
station Yesterday morning They all paid
fines of A 40