Evening journal., 1894-09-24
He HAD THREE RAZOR $
And Costa Will Have to Ex-
plain Why He Carried Them.
THREE ooLoRED GARD aHARPs

Landed with Their ParaphernalIa In ma
nlcipaI Court james Cammomile sold
Liquor without a Lscense-PoIes who
Are at Loggerheads Other Gases Dia-
posed or
Ia Municipal Court yesterday morning
George Mercer, colored fsh peddler vas
arraigned for threatening some boys with
gun He left his cart standing on the
street Saturday night and when he re-
turned he found the wheels tied with
wire. The boys guysd him. whereupon
he went and got his gun aud threatened
them. Ho was held for the grand Jury
In 5000 bail
John Kennedy, Henry Munson, William
H Saddler and Harry MeGonigal were
fined III and costa for drunkenness
Thomas Sweeney 93 aud John Connell
81 Tor being not only drunk but dis
orderly
Ohicer Ralston was passing along
West Fourth street between the hours
OF 3 and o'clock yesterday afternoon.
when his attention was attracted to a
group OF boys who were gathered around
| three colored men He went to them
aud told them to 60 over In the lots II
they wanted to make noise As they
| we're going the officer noticed package
carried by one Of the msn, and on exam
inatIon found II TO contain several pieces
o. apparatus such as are used by fakirs
TO perform card and dice tricks Hethen
searched the trio and found three razors
In the breast pocket Of one OF the trio,
wherenpon he locked the entire party
up This morning in the Municipal
court they gave the names OF Sylvester
and John Costa aud William j. Brown.
The two OoBtas claimed to belong In
Philedelphia where they were BARRIERS,
and were on their way TO Baltimore where
their people reside John, on whose
person tho razors were found. said he in
tended TO work at his trade In the monu-
mental city, aud that the rtzors were to
be used for that purpose. The dice and
card tricks we're intended as presents to
his brothers. Brown claimed to have
been working at Long Branch aud
on his way to Washington.
Jonathan M. Abrams, colored, Frank
Gamble, and Alexis H. Hsggerty, white,
bDys about fourteen years OF age, tssti
tisd that they were sitting uuder tree
on Fourth street, when the three o0lored
men came up. and, after asklng where
they could buy some cigarettes, tried to
sell them q razor They had no use for
the article and 80 told them Brown
then exhibited the cards and dice aud
offered to teach the boys some wild West
tricks for a quarter. There being no
J quarter In sight, Brown returned the ap.
paratus to tbs package, aud then the
officer came up
Judge Ball held John Costa under e1OO
ball for ths grand Jury on the charge Of
carrying concealed deadly weapon, and
] discharged the others, there being nc
charge against them The paraphernalis
J consisted OF dice about three inchea IL
sizs, card box, resem bling faro dealing
+ box, and trick deck OF cards
, James Cammomile, colored, was ar
raignsd on charge Of selling liquor on
} Water street. without a license Hs
was represented by William O. Spruance
4 Jr, who entered a plea OF guilty
: and asked for the leniency OF th,
court as this was a first otfens,
a aud the beer had been sold with othel
b refreshments The judge imposed fn'
4 OF $50 and costs.
, Ernest Henderer. who lives on Eighth
r avenue near Broome street, pleades
{ guilty to firing gun within the cit'
8 limits. He explained that he had beeI
. much troubled by chickens, which dc
s stroyed his garden, and he had shot a
them to drive them away. He paid s
8 and costs.
8 A row Saturday night, in the house o
i Alexander Sl9goski. Ia which Micbae
/ SacosH was hit with lamp, brought
. crowd Of Poles 10 the court-room fhi
8 morning. and FOR over half an hour th
0 air was full Of iawbresklng words an,
angry voclferations. Alexander wa
d accused Of hitting Michael and Fell.
{ Sacoski said that the charge was true
2 Felix Vandaloski and several othe
IS iskis ard oskis we're present to swear 70
4 one side or the other II appearing tina
8 a woman, Mrs. Slagoski, good desl 0
y jealousy and considerable beer were a
the bottom Of the case. Judge Ball dis
s poaed OF 1t by requiring Alexander {
Il pay the costs incurred aud sent th
} crowd away with a warning that the
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