The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-24
lights AND Shadows
Pitilul Phases Of Life Brought 10 View in
Sunday Morning Police Court
TWENTY-FIVE PRISONERS HEARD
Five of Them We're Women Arrested
in Disorderly Houses-Alderman
Fitzsimmons Imposes Heavy Fines
on Them-Owen Walsh, of the South
Side, Prosecuted by His Son.
Trouble in the MCGUIRE Homestead.

By strange paradox Saturday night
is always the busiest in police circles.
The approach Of the Sabbath Is with
some men time to give unbridled
license to their passions and therefore
before the shadows of the night have
been dispellsd by the light of the
dawning Sabbath many Of them find
themselves in the custody of the police
for infractions Of the law.
Saturday night was an unusually
busy one for the police of the central
city.
They gathered in twenty-one pris.
oners and before Alderman Fitzsim-
mons in police court Yesterday fines to
the amount Of $251 were imposed.
During the course of the night the
police invaded the disorderly house Of
Lillian Henry, of Raymond court, and
Emma Ray, of Franklin avenue, and
arrested five women and seven men.
They were all given hearing yester.
day morning
Miss Henry was the first person to
feel the weight Of the judicial frown
of the chief justice of the Eighth ward
He did not chide her about the disso-
Lutte life she leads, but. what was
worse, compelled her to tell her age.
She said 2S, but neglected to add that
this was her second trip. When she
said she was born in PittstoD the
alderman east glance at her that was
full Of pity. and marked down fine OF
Gfn fa hav.
THE OTHER UNFORTUNATELY
May Reilly, Of Wilkss-Bar a
boarder at Miss Heury's house, was
fined $l5. She says she is 90 but looks
much older. Her face was surrounded
by halo Of haxen strands Of hair that
bore traces Of repeated bleaching and
she gazsd out of her eyes in way that
she supposed was very fetching.
After Miss Henry and her boarder
were led away three more women filed
into the court room and stood before
the magistrate. They were Emma
Ray, aged 26, the buxom propriesress
Of place over Babeock's feed store;
Lizzie Wilson, aged 81. and Lillian
Corrigan, aged 90. her boarders. Miss
Ray owned New York as her home and
the other two Wilkes Barre. Miss Cor.
riRan is o tall stately beauty who
treated the whole matter as a joke by
way of showing that she was real
tough. Miss Wilson was quiet and de-
mure and Mics Ray displayed a coy
ness and innocence that was delight
full. All showed the ravages of time
far in excess Of what the ages they
gave call for. The proprietress was
fined $50 and the other two women $15
each.
The men arrested In the houses were
fined as follows: James Mahou, rail.
roader. city. $40; John Roe, Moosic,
SO; John Mildren, Moosic. $40; Mike
Gest, city, So; James Callahan, Dun
more, 50; Philip Ensley. Dunmore, 50
James Culkin. Wyoming, So.
SON AGAINST FATHER.
Owen Welsh, of the South Side. was
arraigned charged with being drunk
and disorderly, resisting an officer and
abusing his wife. His 17-year-old son
appeared as prosecutor Welsh said
that he became intoxicated while cele-
brating meeting with an old friend
named Delaney. He held that he was
justified in beating his wife because she
mad been disobedient The alderman
could not see it that way and imposed
a fine Of $40.
Stephen Klsmen, johnson patch
Hungarian with fondness for a red
necktie, was arrested in Keller's black
smith shop Saturday night. He en-
tered through a broken window and
then removed his shoes. He urged in
his defense that he was drunk. He
was given the alternative of paying S.
or spending ten days in the county
Jail.
Joseph Boone. Of Providence, was
charged with being drunk, but de-
clarsd that he had only two drinks OF
cider and three of corn beer.
"Corn beer is made very strong just
now, you want to look out for it," de-
clared the alderman as he marked "$9
or five days" after Boone's name.
Charles Manning.a a tall, bewhiskered
farmer of Lennox, Susquehanna county,
was charged withlattempting to drive
his horses and wagon over cliff at
Providence while intoxicated. He de-
MED being drunk and said his condition
ives due to medicine he took by order
of his physician. He made no objection
to the $40 fine passed upon him, how
ever.
MRS. SCHooNovER DIDN'T CARE,
John Schoonover. Of Green Ridge,
was charged with smashing his furni.
ture and abusing his wife. The latter
said that some time ago her husband
used to smash the dishes every time he
became intoxicated, but now he takes
turn at the furniture and afterwards
at her. When he comes home drunk
she has to lock herself in a room or flee
to the neighbors for protection. Al
one time she had him under bonds
for year to keep the peace.
What do you want done with your
husband9" asksd the alderman. 'He
says that he does not want TO live with
YOU"
II don't care what you do with him.
/ have had enough of him He has
called me names that no woman would
endure, and am perfectly satisfied tc
have him leave me" emphstically de-
clared Mrs. Sohoonovsr.
Five dollars fine and 5000 bail to
keep the'pesce towards Mrs. Schoon-
over and all other good citizens Of the
commonwealth. said the alderman,
and Schoonover was led away.
Johl German, John Gilbride and
Anthony Nallin were charged with
stealing two kegs of beer from house
at Washington avenue and River stree,
where Polish wedding was in pro.
gress Saturday night. One of the Kegs
was offered In evidence in conrt. The
defendants denied the theft. They
said they attended the wedding al
guests. drank the beer that was offered
to them and then left. The aharRe