Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-04
JUDGE KIMBALL'S CELEBRATION.
Those Who Observed the Fourth in the
Police Court.

Police Court.
Today was not holiday for the Police Court
officials generally. although Judge Miller took
the day off to go on an outing with his family.
Judge Kimball handled the reigns of justice
and he had forty-seven candidates behind the
bar in addition to number who we're out on
collateral. Among the names on the collateral
list were many old offenders who seldom fail to
have their names recorded on the records on
such an eventful day. There was a noticeable
absence Of the regular loungers ard their abb
sence at the morning session was attributed to
the early hour at which the court convened
The noise made by the explosions in the vi
cinity Of the court interrupted the trials, which
were for similar noises made the streets
previous to the session of the court.
FIREcRAcKER CASES.
One of the persons tried for setting off fire.
crackers was young man named Chas. Precht,
who plead guilty.
Policeman Fields arrested him and he ex-
planned that he was on d street early this morn
ing, and large irecracker thrown on a cornice
of building on the other side Of the street ex-
ploded and broke q window.
WAS it a large Window
''was the house set on fire?'
"No, sir"
But" added the court, sit might have re-
suited much worse"
A fine Of IS Was imposed.
lr the next firecracker case a small colored
boy named JohnCoghill was defendant. Johnnie
was lame last week, and Saturday he went on a
vacant lot to begin his celebration with some
small firecrackers. He was having good time
with the little explosives when Policeman
Clarke came along. The little boy was too
lame to run, and so the policeman added an
nth 70 10 n,,% T,1p foxb
was in the neighborhood, and he thought
that Johnnie was being hustled along too
roughly for u lame boy aud he demonstrated
with the officer in a manner that caused the
officer to arrest him. The consequence was
that both father and son were called upon to
plead to charges
Johnnie thought he could not be convicted,
because he said the policeman did not see him
set off a firecracker, but only saw him light q
match.
Judge Kimbal was satisfied with the proof
and made the boy pay 90, while his father
officer.
DOLLAR FOR EVERY CENT.
George Deane, another little colored boy
who was willing to be setting off frecrsckers,
was charged with disorderly conduct in the
county. He and Dan Bird had dispute about
debt Of 8 cents and it was claimed that he
was loud and profane. George denied that he
used the language attributed to him and he
also denied that he was going to keep Birds
hat for the debt. Judge Kimball in imposing
sentence made George pay 81 for each cent in
nine days.
John Goodrich, Ida Stillyard. James Moses
and Sandy Bell we're called and they plead
guilty to charges of disorderly. They took fl
teen days each in default of fine.
colOred man named Wesley Jackson was
IN or M hare Of ri Ha
plead guilty and was fined $50 or ninety days
the maximum penalty.
A HOKy-PoKY MANS CASE.
There was ''hoky -poky" push cart on Penn
sylvania avenue Saturday night, and Sylvester
Laconte, the italian in charge, used no better
discretion than to stop in front of an ice cream
saloon, and the result was that the rival frozen
food sellers could not agree. Complaint was
made to the police. and as the police had
warned Sylvester before, he was arrested and
his ''hoky -poky'' was taken with him to the
police station.
charge of obstructing the street WAS pre-
ferred against the proprietor Of the push cart
ice cream saloon. He was released on collateral
and given an opportunity to dispose Of his per-
ishable merchandise, but was warned against
stopping i'll front of a. rival ice cream saloon
He appeared for trial and Judge Kimball taxed
him S5, telling him he had better heed the warm
ing given him by the police in the future.
MAN AND WIFE BOTH UP.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lumkins were in the procession
for being disorderly in Stones row late Satur-
day night. Policemen Heller and Hayhurst
told the trouble at the house of the prisoners,
and Mr.. Pony, neighbor. who Was called. had
no recollection to having taken '.peny" that
evening. He was not asked about ''stovepipes"
policeman's club had landed or Lumkins'
head and his shirt was blood-stained He had
no complaint to make in that regard.
Use member of the Enon Baptist Church"
said Mr.. Lumkins, land so is l." added his wife.
But Lumkins said he had crushed the GROWER"
SO he said, and the court thought that had
caused all the trouble.
Lumkins was fined $40. and sentence was
suspended in the case of his wife on account of
her condition.
A colored girl named Susie Young was
charged with them. but as her mental condition
was questioned the court released her.
Dick Murray appeared after an absence of
several months, and his condition was evidence
of the manner of his living during recent
weeks. His face was Scared and his nerves
was SO badly shattered that he fell to the floor
and had to be sent of to the hospital.
This closed the first procession and the work
OF selecting jurors was commenced.
The Death Record.
During the forty-eight hours ending at noon
today burial permits were issued from the
health Office for the following: