The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-20
DON,T LIE WEALERS.
Tramps Who Hate WeaIers and Love
White Horse in Conr. today.


White Horse in Court Today.
Unless you have seen an exhibition Of
it you have no idea Of the unapprOach-
able contempt with which a genuine
tramp contemplates a COxeyite. There
was lots OF it IN police court this morn
ing
Three innocent little commonwealers,
who are on the retreat, were sleeping IN
a palace horse car in the Rock Island
yards last night when five resubmissiOn
tramps came IN At one end Of the car
with a bottle Of white line' aud
proceeded to take possession to
the exclusion of the represe natives of
the s.higher grade' OF tourist society.
But the latter got even by sending the
city carriage and battalion Of police to
the car with an invitation to come up
aud sleep in more comfortable quarters
which they accepted after an unsuccess-
full offer of their egrets.
The first one called in court this morn
ing was Frank Clifford who swore be
never did it After a crowd Of eight or
ten witnesses had been examined and
each swore that he did, the judge looked
pleasant and said "hve dollars" The
prisoner had no doubt Of it and is now
breaking rock.
Triplets, Joe Wallace, Tom Hanley
and George Smart were next in line aud
OF course they pleaded innocent After
a spirited discussion between the COxey-
ite witnesses and the defendants it was
proven to the satisfaction of the court
and the spectators that they had been
under the ''intoxication OF white line"
and as there was very little left in the
bottle anyway. which Was exhibited, il
was decided that at least two Of the NUM-
Der was not without sin and the remnants
of the jag, and they were accordingly
assessed the sum Of s. each. George
Smart was released on the strength Of
his very straight story and took his smile
OF content out W It'll him.
John Hannibal, who has been there be-
fore, was in court, too. he had been
mixing his Hiberuian brogae with Kan
sas alcohol also. He had been ia the car
with the others and had Let his Wholesale
hatred for cOmmOnweaIers. that would
take the bread out Of the mouth of a re-
spectacle tramp, crop out in mammoth
proportions. John had just been re-
leased from the county jail last Friday,
and his Gel e bratlOn of the event had ex-
tended to the time the police discovered
him. lie made gallant defense and
talked with his entire face and body, He
got his evidence mixed not a little at
times, and if the judge had let him talk
all he wanted to lie W uld soon have
talked himself into the penitentiary. John
had upon his arrest demonstrated with tho
police in his gentle way, and they had
almost been compelled 10 use their cluDs.
lie had bad habit Of forgetting during
the trial whether he was a miner or a
be BOTH and in that instance would
thoroughly understand rock breaking,
aud as he did not de, ire to turn him loose
to hunt job in cold, unfeeling world,
without a trade, he gave him twenty
days TO get used to the work and threat
ened to make it a hundred the next time.
Hockey im's'' little case came next
He was charged with having disturbed
the peace of \ brother merchant, but as
there was no one present TO prosecute him
he was discharged
George Klein, who had been arrested
on the request or Uncle" Harvey Mich
OILS for sitting in his stairway and using
dlsrespectful lang uage TO him, WAS next
called. George admitted that he had
not talked just as he might to the ladies,
but that the aggravatiOn had been great.
He had q right in the stairway and
proved it He also proved to
the satisfaction Of the court that
the plaintiff had used unseemly
language to him. The judge held
that in that case there had been no peace
to disturb and discharged the defendant
much to the disgust of Uncle Nick"
The case Of q. O. Miles who ID charged
with having extracted jewelry from the
room Of Misses Wilson aud Keller, was
continued till tomorrow morning.
Judge Ensminger then reached for his
hat