Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12
ONLY FOURTEEN PRISONERS.
A Light Reception in Judge Kimball's Cour,
This Morning.

| This Morning.
The snow was so deep this morning that tn.
horses attached to the BLACK Maria had Il
exert themselves to draw the public vehicle
through the streets. Fortunately the polics
had had but little occasion to make arrests dur
ing the night, and there were only fourteen
prisoners In all to be hauled, less than an aver
age Of two prisoners for each precinct Sew
eral Of the victims were glad of an opportunity
to keep in out of the snow while there vert
others who would willingly have shoveled snow
all day for their liberty.
There was one intoxicated prisoner in the
| Maria" and when he appeared in Judge Kim
balls court at 3 o clock he thought he was per
| fectly sober and had been so all night. John
| Gleason was his name and tho charge agains,
him was disorderly conduct.
II amt guilty" he muttered. and after Po-
liceman Dyer had given testimony Gleason
stepped forward and made denial such as any
intoxicated man could make. He added: ''Thai
policeman didn't arrest me anyhow
"Who did?' asked the judge.
| 1.-TWO colored men,"
"How is that?'' asked the court of the off,
| Ger.
"Oficer Mcnamara and myself arrested
him
THAT only shows how drunk he was" said
| the judge. and he imposed an 50 fine.
John Walker said he was guilty of a charge
of disorderly conduct, and not having IS be
stepped back.
TIE FIRST TIME IN SEVEN YEARS.
Me and the sergeant arrested this man,
said Policeman Brennan when Mike Broderick
appeared for trial. Mike was drunk last night
and the officer charged him with vagrancy. All
| the policeman could saw was that complaints Of
| the mans begging on Pennsylvania avenue had
been made to him and he arrested him.
Does he belong here?'
81 believe not"
ave been here since September" inte--
| rupted the prisoner ~ get pension Of sl2 q
month and when earn nothing more manage
| TO live on that"
But you were drunk last night" queried the
court.
"Yes, your honor. very little beer gets the
better of me and | took little beer last night.
1t was the first time in seven years that was
intoxicated and am thoroughly ashamed of my
| self. 1 suppose / did something that l would
not have done had been sober"
when & man gets drunk" said the judge,
| ''he will often do things that he would not do
when sober. Being as this is the first time you
have been here 1 will take your personal
bonds"
Thanks, your honor very much" said the
prisoner. as be walked out Of court.
Arion Horsman, the Virginian who was re-
leased two days ago on charge of vagrancy
upon a promise to return to the old dominion
came in again this morning. He had been
drunk as usual and when he went in house in
South Washington and was ordered out because
he was drunk he became troublesome and was
arrested by Policeman Geghan.
Il plead guilty and ask the mercy Of the
court. That is all can say, was the prisoner 4
response when arraigned.
Il can saw nothing else" he added.
Judge Kimball reminded him Of his broken
promise and gave him sixty days on the farm
An able-bodied colored woman whose name
was given as Ellenora Jones, was in the dock
for yagrancy. Testimony was given to show
that the woman had been in the habit of getting
intoxicated and talking to men on the street,
and the officers had had occasion to warn her
several times.
Il have been living in the Division for thir-
teen years. said tbs woman. land this is the
first time have ever been arrested and brought
to court in life.
I'm consideration of this being your first
offense, said the judge, Il will make short
term Of imprisonment for you. Bonds or
thirty days"
Next came Enoch Baker, a young colored
man. who would rather live in the work house
than at his parents home. The reason he OBJ
lects to living with his parents is because they
live in the country, where the work is too hard
for him. He was given home on the farm for
sixty DAYS.
The last one in the procession was n little
woman who answered the name Kate Reagan,
alias Maroney and she said guilty" The
charge against her was disorderly conduct, and
she went down in default of fine.