Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-07
SEvENN-FNE PRISONERS
March Forlornly Past the Police Court
Judges Today.
Some Were Guilty and Some Were
Others Ffned-An Unhappy.

Seventy-hve prisoners who were unable
to secure their liberty Saturday night or
yesterday were in the Police Court cells
this morning, to answer charges. and but
few OF them were released in time to at
tend the opening session Of the extra SEES
sion.
Douglass Tascoe, a colored man, who was
the leader Of the procession In Judge Tay-
lors court. denied that he was disorderly
or that he in any manner disturbed the
quiet Of Dingman place Saturday night.
John H Hughes, a young colored man,
appeared in court for the second time in
his life Disorderly conduct was the charge
against him. He was given until Monday
to pay.
It's my first time In court" said a resi-
dent OF Northeast Washington, named
William Nestle. He was charged with
having been SO ooisterous In the house
that he could be heard on the sidewalk.
HIS personal bonds were taken.
John Brooks was arraigned for being
disorderfy In Willow Tree alley Saturday
night Policeman Hughes told Of the
nature of the disorder. and the court i'm
posed fine Of IS or twenty-four days.
S1sPicious character vas the charge on
and he plead guilty. Il found him selling
q pair OF shoes for IS cents said Police
There has been Freai 10 Of
ing about the neighborhood.' said the
onicer. land the prisoner was unable to
give any any, account s. Of himself You can
On Delaware avenue southwest. Satur-
gay night a party Of small colored boys
assembled and were engaged In a discus
sion about their work when Oficer Knup-
fer appeared and arrested three of them.
lateral
In consideration of its being the first
oI iss OF the boys the court released them
Had Two Dollars.
I'm guilty" responded John W. Sullivan
to charge OF disorderly conduct. have
u IN my pocket and II your honor will
credit me until later In the week IN settle
one-price establishment the Judge reduced
the fine to - and the man squared the ac-
Edward johnson, a young negro. was
thrown out of saloon on nth street south.
east Saturday night and be made use Of
Policeman Auguste was near by at the
time and he escorted Edward to the sta
ton; Five dollars or fifteen DAYS
on the sth day of August was the charge
AGAINST John Daniels. He will wear a
friend comes forward with w.
william wilkins. young colored man,
s a for Of
I took no part in the game
pee to SAID i5s9 judge Is
or fifteen days"
Robert sutsr and Bette suter. colored
q row Saturday night There was a
fight" said policeman. land the prison.
70 have sured in the AFFAIR. but tSs sI ra saq
disappeared" The story Of the defendants
V1 rlh H0<i NJ har 7frcr md he lob
they said. resulted from their attempt to
recover the money:
to use a knife" The woman's face was dis
figured Policeman Evans insisted that
there there was ,, greet amount OF profanity
knew but little of the colored couple
Judge Taylor thought 1t natural that the
them on their personal bonds.
you tak iaa my personal o 6onds and
Her fne was IS and she went down for
twenty-four days
Before Judge Mills.
In Judge Mills court George ". Maggie
was charged with malicious trespass. He
lives at 70 K street and Policeman Dennis
LOTUS u his next door neighbor. In the
officers yard was q grape vine, planted
there to beautity the park. Some Of the
growing vine hung over the fence, which
seemed to displease Mr.. Maggie to the extent
ana dsssroysd IL Ths poce@ S o obs s1ei
to such treatment at the hands Of a neigh
Dor and procured a warrant for his arrest.
Judge Mills said that when the parks in
front of houses were provided by the Dis
trict government the people were permitted
or expected to improve them. In so doing
IT was their pleasure to plant vines other
shrubbery. but Of course such plants are
not to interfere with other persons. The
Judge told Mr.. Maggie that II he had cut of
the overhanging vines 1t would have been
all right. but that he had no business to
put his hand through the fence and ruin
the vine as he did The court held Mr.. Ma
gle guilty. but said that the payment of a
fne would not restore the vine. His person.
al bonds were taken.
Policeman Matthew Malloy was in the
right place at the right time last night. lie
was in the vicinity Of Albert Corners drug
store, corner OF 4th and N streets, when a
negro thief named Edward Henderson ran
from the store. The negro had stolen the
money drawer, which contained about S4,
and DR.. Corners had pursued him a short
distance. He returned to the store and was
formed that the thief was in custody. Most
OF the money was recovered The case vas
heard this morning. Henderson made TO
defense and the officer said that this was
days in jail.
James Poindexter. a colored man. is con-
fined In Freedmans Hospital suffering
from the effects Of a serious blow received
lice charge Jim lives at II Mccullough
street and II was there that he had some
trouble with Brewer Saturday night. A fe-
male is said to have caused the trouble. A
brick thrown by Brewer landed against
Poindexter's mouth and broke both his
lower jaws, cut his lips and loosened
number OF teeth Policemen Gordon and
Brady arrested Brewer. but the case could
not be heard today owing to the condition
Of the injured man.