Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-10
TwENTY-ONE PRISONERS.

Inc charges Mostly Nagrancy and Drunk
| enness.
There was q snow storm last night and no
class Of persons knew it better than the petty
lawbreakers. For that reason not many of them
were on the street and the police were not
troubled with them. The scarcity OF
lawbreakers proved good thing for
the patrol wagon horses, as the animals
were given comfortable quarters in the stable
instead OF having TO run through the snow.
There was not the usual crowd of drunken and
| boisterous prisoners in the stations, and this
morning in the Police Court twenty-one pris-
| oners answered roll call and fully two-thirds of
| them were marched into Judge Kimbal e court
Tor trial on charges OF violating the municipal
ordinances.
BOTH WE'RE GUILTY.
Some Of them appeared in couples. Hattie
Hill. colored girl, and William Burns, an old
soldier. were In the line and they we're charged
with disorderly conduct. Hattie smiled when
/ Deputy Clerk Harper looked at her and asked,
''Are you guilty or not guilty."
| Guilty she replied. with an air of modesty
not often exhibited by persons of her class.
| I'm guilty. too, responded the old veteran.
whose face appeared az though he was familiar
| with some establishments in the one-mile limit
I'm an inmate of the home" he said. land
If your honor will give me chance Ill fetch
| tD6 nne III. step DaCk, SAID the Dalll0,
"you have been fined S5'
HIS NAME WAS NOT SMITH.
One of the innumerable John Smiths" came
next and he was arraigned for vagrsncy. He
acted as though he could no. tell exactly how
| he got where he and ne expressed some
doubt rs to his being guilty OF the charge
against HIM.
what about this man?" the Judge inquired
He came into the station at I:3o o'clock this
morning" said Policeman Riley, land asked to
be sent down.
81 drunk. your honor" said the pris-
oner. '.and l went to the station because
couldn't get in the house
Thirty days"
"Thst's not his name," said Sergt. Jordan.
| "His name is Kelly"
| "He's known as Bum Kelly" added Bailiff
Kendig, land he's done time in the peniten-
| tiary"
''Change his name on the records" said the
| judge. II don't intend to have fictitious names
| on the records when their right names are
known"
| WENT TO SEE UNCLE WASH.
Kate Bright and Maria Braxton. young col
ored women were charged on the oath of Po-
liceman Garrawsy with vagrancy. They were
found in a stable where they had no business
and there were also some men there, but they
| were not arrested.
"What were you doing in the stable?'' they
| were asked.
'we went there to see Uncle WASH" was the
response.
| "For what?'
"To get his clothes''
''Do you wash for him?"
| "Yes. SIR"
| "Uncle Wash" was not in court, and Judge
kimball sent the girls down until tomorrow.
when the old man will be called upon to tell
| bis side Of the story.
| Mamma Hall attended cour& ,,os4orJor
was not held on any charge. She could have
gone home free woman had she behaved her
self. but before getting out of the court build
ing she abused the woman, Maria Dennis VIII }
had complained against her, and again ar
rested.
Diced. judge, didn't say nothing to her"
was Nannies plea but the judge believed the
other side of the story and sent her down.
THE WOMAN GIVEN SIX MONTHS.
Daniel Myers and Maggie Lancaster, a young
colored couple from jackson Hall alley, ap-
peared on charge Of vagrancy.
Thomas Leiner. an innocent-appearing COL
ored man, told the court how he WAS lured to
the house where the prisoners were by young
colored woman. He ignorant of the
woman's intentions at the time. but after being
robbed he understood the game
| The womans character not very good
according to the proof and Judge Kmball said
that all such persons ought to be locked up.
|
gave Maggie six months in default of bonds
The man WAS released on his own bonds
| Guilty, answered young man from
| Georgetown who had been arrested for disturb
| ing the peace and happiness of tine residents of
| that section. John Dugan was the name given
| by the prisoner and the condition of his eue
gave him the appearance of having come in
contact with something harder than another
| mans fist
He WAS given two weeks in default of fine.
JUTIcE TEMPERED WITH MERCY.
! Justice was tempered with mercy in the case
Of Herman Horseman, and the leniency of the
court was partly due to the fact that the pris-
oner was able to take care Of his own case
''He WAS going from bar room to bar room
! begging" said Policeman Ciscle, ''and ar
rested him."
The prisoner exhibited bottle of medicine
and an injured finger, and he said he went in
| the saloons to ask for q rag with which to bind
the sore finger, which had been dressed at the
dspensary.
~ live in Virginia" he said. "where own
| horses and land and have a wife and six chill
dren. II you will let me go 1 will return home
| at once"
"How soon will you get out of the city?"
God bless you If you will"
AT how many saloons will you stop before
you get across the river?"
"None."
lou can go THIS time.
HE MADE THINGS LIVELY
| VIM. T. Hopkins, a colored man, had lots of
fun in Willow Tree alley last night and today
he paid for it. In addition to making things
lively in the alley ''Uncle Bill broke q window
| in the house of friend.
Ten dollars"
LEFT HIM ONE DOLLAR.
Frank Smith, o countryman who has been
chopping wood near Boyd's station, was ar
rested last night for being disorderly and
Bailif Kendig said that he had been in the
| asylum.
my wife and children are up in the coun-
| try" he said, land would like to return. 1
only have 81 and I'm willing to give up that"
| Judge Kimball let him pay 81 and keep the
| other dollar for car fare.
| Frank then picked up his bundles and started
for the early train.
| There were two charges Of disorderly against
Thomas vass and he was fined e5 in each case
| Daniel johnson said that he lived ct Soldiers
Home. where he had money, and the Judge
gave him an opportunity to 20 to the home and
return with the amount Of the fine imposed
| A Mission b in progress at st. Dominic's
Church, being conducted BY Rev. Father C.
A. Splinter, J. A. Dayly and J. Z. Herman The
meeting last might WAS of unusual interest.
Services will be held ct 7:SO each evening this