Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-02
EIGN AND LOCAL
Tramps of Both Glasses Prominent in the
Police Court Line
Remarkable Number of Travelling
mond-All on Their Way Home.

ocation in Others and several of the prison.
ers were young men who said they We're in
search of work. Two of them men of the
latter class. who looked enough alike to be
twin brothers. had assumed the road names
Nelson Hanson and Hanson Nelson. When
Deputy Clerk Harper called the names, he
told the judge that there was evidently a
mistake somewhere but the prisoners said
the names were correct, and so the court
proceeded to hear the case. Charles john
son was also with them, and they were all
willing to take a short trip to the farm IN
order to recuperate.
Last night they went to a police station
and asked for lodgings, saying they were
tired of the road and wanted a place to
stop for a few days.
The court sent them down for ten days.
William Saxton and James Gill came next
in line. They. too had been on the road
some weeks and had become weary.
Il came from Cumberland" said one of
them, when questioned by the court.
But where is your home?'
"Oh. live in Richmond, and am on my
way home now"
Its a remarkable thing" said the judge.
that so many of your class come from
Richmond"
They were given ten days.
Thomas McNally, Michael Riley and Jo-
seph vimm, three more knights of the road.
appeared.
They came to the station last night and
asked for a place to Sleep" said Policeman
Carson, saying they had no place they
could call home
The men wanted the court to release
them, but the Judge thought five days would
give them an idea of Washington Justice
and gave them that length OF time on the
farm.
Two more strangers. Cornelius Meany and
William Smith. known to the police as
members of the college gang"
They were seen in the vicinity Of George
town College and one of their number went
in to get food for them. The college people
hor- Iyyo hos a thew
being imposed upon so much that the police
have endeavored to protect them from i'm
posters.
Like the other strangers they were sent
down for ten days.
: These were the last of the city's guests
and then came those who reside here.
Local Talent.
Charles Lewis was the first Of this lot
called. Although we'll dressed he was in
the procession of tramps. disorderly per-
sons and other victims of the police.
He had been arrested once before because
he was suspected of having passed some
thing to represent money and sent to the
workhouse. Since his release he has been
seen about the streets acting suspiciously,
so the officers charge, and that was why
they arrested him last night.
The prisoner had nothing to say. and the
Judge sent him back to the farm for a
month in default of bonds.
Samuel Coleman.a young colored man who
dances
when he has the necessary amount of cash.
tripped the light flntastIc in Nash's Hall
on street last night. During the course
Of the evening the warm atmosphere made
him uncomfortable, and he concluded that
he would get cool before the next dance.
But ice water vas too weak for him. and
the stronger fluid robbed him of his senses.
Leaving the ball room he went across the
street to the front OF Ruppert's saloon.
where he stood on the sidewalk and shouted
at the top of his voice: Jim -, l want
more whisky" This was repeated several
times, and Policeman Flynn arrested him.
Lawyer Peyton enlightened the court on
the subject of these social gatherings and,
made an earnest plea for Sam.
He went to the ball., said the attorney,
and. like many others, he got on what the
drinking men call a booze At these
dances they generally have a jug in the
back room. and the liquor is handed around
until somebody gets drunk"
Judge kimball said that the liquor was
not forced into such persons; that they
acted as free agents in the matter and, of
course. they must expect to stand the con-
sequences
Sam, who was not Thoroughly over what
his counsel termed booze, was fined 81.
but he did not have that amount of cash in
his good clothes.
Knows the Ropes.
Lottie May, young woman of uncertain
age. was the only white female in the pro-
cession today. She exists in South Washing
ton when not in custody and during the
past few years she has been something of
fixture in court and on the farm Last
night she had attended a mixed gathering in
an alley. where there was r.usic and dane
ing, and where liquid refreshments were
passed to the guests. Lottie had her full
share of the good things, but they put her
in bad humor.
IT was nearly midnight when the couple
reached Az street and Maryland avenue,
and then there was bad case of tongue
flashing.
And Policeman Father declares that her
language was so bad that it stopped Belt
line car
Not guilty" was what the woman said
when arraigned, and the policeman made his
statement.
You say she used bad language?"
Yes. SIR" was the officers response; land
1t was so bad that can't repeat it."
What have you to say?"
Nothing" was her reply.
Bonds in the sum of $50 or sixty days"
a Regulation.
Fred Kline was also a prisoner, and al
though he declared he had not touched a
drop yesterday. Il policeman told the court
that he was half drunk"
''He had put his wife out in the street"
said the officer, land threatened what he
would do if she returned
Fred told the judge that his wife had a
boarder and he complained that the trouble
he had with his wife was the result of
rushing the growler."
when 1 went home" he said, land COM
planned of the drinking in the house, my
wife told me 1 had no business there
Judge Kimball told him that he had a
right to regulate affairs in his home.
but he had better keep sober A fine of
IS or twenty-four days was imposed.
Alice Baker brought up the rear of the
procession. She is a colored woman in i'll
health and when arraigned she plead her
Illness in support of a request that the
court release her. She produced a bottle
of medicine and a box of pills. but the court
was satisfied from her appearance that the
work house is not the place for her and
released her on her own bonds, advising
her not to whisky in the future and
keep out of trouble.
New Company.
A charter of Incorporation was yesterday