Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-24
THE PANORAMA REVOLVED
And Disclosed Many Sad Gases in the
Police Court Today.
Familiar Faces I'm the Procession
Hard Times Felt and the
Court Cuts Rates.


An elderly man who had the appearance
OF a ward politician was in the lead when
Judge Taylors procession started this
morning. and he guessed he was guilty Of
whatever was charged against him. The
name under which he was charged was
Eleventh Ward.
The clerk doubted the correctness of the
name Of the man as given on the informa-
ton. but upon this question the old man
remained silent
He was out In the wet last evening. and
OF course. he INDUCED in the contents Of
the flowing bowl In order to make the in
side and the outside correspond
Then he fell upon the sidewalk and would
have remained on the couch. which was
not downy. until morning had not Police
man Darlington heard his snoring.
Get up there and 90 home" was what
the officer told the old man. but he only
aroused and asked to tell where he lived
In Soldiers Home" was his response,
but before he got to the police station re
President Following this he abused the
otacer and young man who had assisted
ne only had a In his pocket This satisfied
the court and the old man paid the money
and went home.
Arthur Vincent. young colored man.
said he was guilty Of charge of disorderly
conduct and went down in default Of the
usual fine.
After the Walt. Was Over.
A neatly dressed man named John H.
Stevens was next called to answer a charge
of vagrancy and suspicion.
The case was brought in from the "divis-
lon, where man was robbed OF more
than No0 but the man failed to appear.
A waltz In Holmes saloon seemed to have
nm. Il
waltz was over" said Policeman Sutton
the man discovered that he had been rob-
bed"
Maggie Elmore figured as a witness lin
the case and she said that Stevens and the
man who had so much money waltzed to-
gether.
Stevens told a straightforward story of
his dolngs in the saloon and denied the
charge made against him. BLACK haired
Mag. as he styled the witness. waltzed
with the man. SO he said. and she was
tables.
Judge Taylor heard proof to show that
stevens was hard-working man and dis
missed the case.
There were two charges against a color
ed man named Peter Robinson. The charges
were dfsorderly conduct and vagrancy.
m guilty Of being disorderly," was his
plea, but l am not a vagrant." Victoria
against him and told of I his eonsaet a ssa
said that he waited at a back door to see
her and wanted her to give him some
She owes me the money" was the mans
plea. but the evidence was against him
and he will not need any funds for ninety
days.
Not Patient.
Job Harris got his name from The Bible
but his failure to follow the example Of the
one after whom he was named got him
into trouble. He was disorderly twice be-
fore he could get arrested. but he was ready
to admit his guilt. and fine of 50 was tn
posed In each case.
II have known this woman for three
years. said Policeman Judge. She has
not done any work for some time. Most OF
her time Is spent about the alleys driaking
causing disturbances and watching for
crap shooters"
Where does she hve?'
sometimes she lives at home with her
mother and sometimes she lives in the bot
tom with Chick Carter"
Poneeman Carson gave similar testimony.
For the girl 1t was stated that she was in
court two days ago as witness for u man
whom one of the officers lad arrested
Gussie Price was the name given The pris-
oner. and II was shown that she work ed
three days a week for Mrs. Carter. That's
remark of counsel. Gussie was DISCHARGED
made about a colored woman namei Kate
she's an old-timer." was the remark
Ackers. who was charged with vagrancy
She was sent down for sixty days.
The familiar name Spicer Dennis was call
ed and the familiar face Of the colored man
Guilty, he answered when charge OF
plain disorderly conduct was read to him,
usual fine" but Spicer preferred to go
down.
Minnie Smith was In need Of a rest, and
so the judge gave her two months vaca-
Frank Harvey said guilty to charge of
disorderly conduct. and went down for fif-
teen days In default Of fine.
Throwing Stones.
a hOy hn had
Joying a stone-throwing contest in North
east Washington, was given a lecture by
the court
This sort of fun" said the Judge. 'is
dangerous and the court cannot tolerate it,
In the future yog, had better indulge in
sentence was suspended
In Judge Mills court small colored boy.
appeared on a charge Of assauIting small
white girl few days ago he was SEN
fenced to the reform school and the case was
reopened, Today's hearing was the second
trial OF the case and the judge changed the
sentence from the reform school to a fine
of so or ninety days IN Jail.
For reasons which / do not care to
make public" said Mr.. Mullowney Il will
ask the court to accept the personal bonds
OF Alexander Hamilton, who Is charged
with larceny.
Alexanders personal bonds were taken
and the case continued.
John Ennis for an assault on Gilbert
Mitchell. forfeited his collateral.
Thomas E. Jupiter appeared against Ar
thur Vincent in an assault case and fine
of s. was imposed.
Its nothing but a case of jealousy"
said Lawyer Siiiers. when his client COL
ored man named James Luckett was ac-
cused Of having assaulted Kate King.
"She saw him with another girl said
counsel: and that's why she had him
rested"
II had him arrested to get satisfaction"
she told the court
Five dollars"
James Rawlins, who ill-treated his Wife
was called upon for an explanation, but he
plead guilty and avoided trial. He was
fined SO. but not having the money he
went down for a month.
Food for the Unemployed.
AT q meeting In Denver Tuesday night to
consider means to help the needy unem-
ployed OF New York 1t was resolved to offer
from Colorado two car loads of -four and