The herald., 1893-08-15
All CHING FOO's RECKLESS ACT.
He Sold a Lottery Ticket to
Constable Richardson.
Other Criminal Cases Before the JUS
tices' Courts Yesterday.
Men Who Plesded Guilty to Too Much
Booze-Three High-Rollers Who
Were Their Own Attorneys.
Minor Cases on Trial.

The war on the Chinese lottery agents
still drags slowly along with the police,
those watchful guardians of public
morals. The lynx-eyed officials only
had two cases to their credit in the
police court yesterday before Justice
Seaman. They were Ching Foo and
Mat Kim. Ching had either become
reckless or was opium soaked when a
few days ago he nonchalantly sold
ticket to Constable Richards, and he
did not lave the temerity to deny the
act. He was fined 500, which he paid.
Kim protested his innocence, and
said he could prove it if given time, and
be will be afforded the opportunity on
August 18th.
TOO MUCH BOOZE.
Martin Gentry, John Griffin and
Charles Nelson, three young men, all
charged with being ''paralyzed" drunk,
pleaded guilty to the mellow impeach,
ment, and each was fined So, in default
of which they will sober up in Jail.
THEY PLEADED WE'LL.
William Merriwether, N. Lytle, Ed.
Gamer and r. Frolieh, four young men
who were charged with filling up en-
kquor and going driving during Satur-
day night, and driving at break
neck speed, yelling like Comanches,
through the aristocratic suburbs as late
as am. Sunday, we're before Judge
Seaman for disturbing the peace. The
young men acted as their own counsel,
and they successfully out-talked the
prosecution and were discharged,
TWO MULES INSTEAD OF HORSE.
J. W. Gillingham, a neatly dressed
young fellow, whose honest face beamed
with intelligence, was prisoner in the
police court yesterday for leaving horse
unhitched on the sidewalk. He pleaded
guilty, bat said the officers eyesight
was evidently bad as 1t was two mules
instead of horse hitched to wagon,
for which he was arrested. He was
hauling freight with the team and going
into a Wholesale house for orders
he WAS detained somewhat longer
than he expected and while in
there policeman came along and i'm
pounded the team. Young Gillingham
said that when he reached the street
that he was very much surprised and
humiliated to be arrested; it, was his
first ofense, and he hated for his parents
out in the country to hear of it. For
several years he had been student at
Pomona university, working during the
summer vacation and on Saturday to
pay his way. Two dollars was much to
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be lenient, but the ambitious young
student had no friend In court and he
was fined 81, which he paid.
ARE THE RABBITS ALIVE?
There will be a pretty interesting
cruelty before Judge
Seaman in the police court this morn
ing. Ths defendant ia L. Al. Clark, the
bird and pet fancicr at 116 East Fifth
street, who was arrested Saturday by
Humane Officer Wright. The charge
against Clark is exposing and tortHring
two white rabbits, and the principal
Witnesses against him are Mesdames
Woodward and Howard.
Several times these ladies had passed
by Clark's place and noticed the white
rabbits exposed to the sultry sun, and
nothing substantial in the way of cover
Ing to shield them. They demonstrated
with Clark about his treatment of the
rabbite, and on last Saturday when
Mrs. Woodwar passed by the place
she noticed that the white pets were
missing from their accustomed cage. She
asked whore they were, and Clark is
said to have replied, "Why, madam, the
sun killed them, just as you said it
would"
Mrs. Woodward then lost but little
time in swearing cut a warrant for
Clark's arrest.
1t 10 claimed now, however, that the
rabbits instead of having been tortured
to death are still alive; that Clark had
them concealed, jokingly made the re-
mark to Mrs. Woodward and will pro-
duce the pets alive and fat in court to-
day.
KENNBDY's CASE.
The ease of Fl. G. Kennedy, who was
arrested on July 9th on the charge OF
robbing VIM. Johnson, while in q
drunken eleep in room at the Voss
house, was called before Justice Seaman
yesterday afternoon, but the prosecution
asked for continuance on the absence
OF the victim johnson. The defense
strenuously objected to further delay,
and declared that they would prove by
Clerk Mann, OF the house, who ewere
out the warrant, that johnson was not
in the room when he discovered Ken
nedy there.
Mann admits this is true, but says
that silver dollar had fallen out of
Johnson's pocket as he left the room
and that Kennedy appropriated it. The
case will be heard by jury in Justice
Seaman's court this forenoon.
PETER TIGG's JAG.
One OF the most insolent prisoners
seen in the police court for many day
was Peter Tigr, big, burly, thick
Tipped Senegambian, who ask ed for a
continuance yesterday, when arraigned
for attempting to sever Policeman Evans
jugular in the Sixth-street park Sunday
night.
Tigg had purchased jug OF barrel
house liquor and several malodorous
cigars, which he took to the park to
enjoy. He had ensconced himself on
bench for the night, and frequently took
potions from the jug. When Policeman
Redfern undertook to disturb him, Tigg
drew out long-bladed knife and defied