Evening journal., 1894-11-24
NOT AN ARK OF SAFETY.
Noah Narrowly Escaped Ship
wreck in Municipal Court.
HE WAS BEATING HIS WAY SOUTH

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Babitual Gets Term In the Castle.
A Trio OF DIsorderiies Punished.
They stole From Merchants on the
Coast.
Joseph Noah, an intelligent looking
| young colored man. was found In car In
the p, w & yard by Special Officer
| Cannon, who ordered him out and then
arrested him. He was arralgned ia
Municipal Court and told a very straight
story OF trying to get to his home In
Greenviile, ) O and not having the
money, he was going there as best he
could. he had credentials with him and
was allowed to 60 on payment Of costs
William Ziegler was arrested by 0Hioer
Davidson ior drunkenness on the coast
He just got out OF jail Thursday. Judge
Bali stated that this was one OF the cases
of habitual drunkenness, and endeavored
TO find out who sold him liquor but was
unable to do 80. He will 60 to jail la lieu
OF s8 ine and costs Frank Furski was
more fortunate and was fined 81 and
costs.
Thomas Burke, John Cochran and
| Ben amin Hodges were arrested by officer
White for intoxication and fighting
Hodges asked the officer II he was fight
ing ard received the reply You couldn't
do much as you we're at the bottom OF
the heap They were fined 81 and costs
each
Eugene Baldwin was arrested by officer
Shields on a telephone message from City
Councilman Ratledge, for assault on
his wife, Rebecca, The wife said she
didn't want to prosecute her husband but
merely wanted to be let alone He
promised to leave her alone and was put
under slo0 bail to keep the peace, and
was allowed to 60 on his own nreoognlzanee
Henry Trusty, eix foot colored man,
was arraigned on a charge Of stealing a
coat and vesS from Frank Proboskl at
No. East Front street Officer Lyons
was told that there WAS trouble Ia the
place, shoe cobbling shop, and went
there about o'clock this morning The
witnesses were Poles aud understood but
little English. and the city solicitor had
hard work getting at the root Of the
trouble. AS near as could be learned
Trusty went into the shop and took the
coat and vest and went out. Another
Pole, with a name about a foot long
ending in ski, saw Trusty coming
from the shop with the coat on and the
vest In his hand and inveigled him into
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claimed he bought the articles for 81.
Two more Skis were examined through
an interpreter who knew but little more
English than the Poles The interpreter
and witnesses had several arguments,
which seemed to be without end, and
city solicitor and officers looked relieved
when Judge Ball held Trusty under 5000
bail for the upper court A charge for
carrying concealed deadly weapon was
dismissed, as the razor was claimed by
! one Of the witnesses
Samuel j. Stanley, who charged Edward
Mcconnell with assaulting him, was In
court and said that the name he gave to
Clerk Adams as his asssulter Was Daniel
0'Oonnell, not Edward Mcconnell Clerk
adams stated that Stanley had given
him the name Of Edward Mcconnell and
showed the warrant signed by Stanley
Stanley said IN reply TO this that the
warrant was not filed out In his presenca
! ard that he was dismissed from the room
after signing the blank warrant. He
! said he had Witnesses to prove that the
name he gave In was Daniel 0'Connell
The charge against Edward Mcconnell
was dismissed Stanley is the colored
man who WAS used as the stool pigeon in
the Lee tax receipt deal just prior to last
election.
Robert Cassidy was charged with
stealing pair Of boots valued At $l25
from Herbert Goldstein, who keeps a
second hand store on East Front street.
He attempted to make the court believe
that the boots had been given TO him by
man named Anderson, who doesn't live
here, but Judge Ball didn't take any
stock in the chestnut and held him in
$500 bail for the upper court. City
solicitor Elliott told Goldstein that If
the habit Of hanging goods out doors
wasn't discontinued the cases Of larceny
Of them would not be prosecuted.
Judge Ball asked what warrant was
there for such statement ia view Of
the fact that the ordinance allowed
merchants to expose their goods within
four feet Of their stores
Mr. Elliott said that the attorney
. general had spoken Of the way these
second hand storekeepers exposed goods
az a temptation to persons whose moral
! character was not strong enough to
resist The temptation.
Judge Ball-"I fall to see how the
attor y-general or any one else can
! discriminate between these merchants
and any other dealer no matter whether
on Market street or Front street. Lar.
csny is larceny in either case"
The case OF assault brought against
) Maggie Pennington by Mary Potter was
dismissed. Several witnesses testified to
! Mary using flame language" to Mrs.
Pennington. all parties were colored.
James Lyons was charged by William
Purcell with assault. Purcell had his
I eye with him. 1t was a splendid speci
men OF pugilistic handiwork and as one
: Of the '.-officers expressed It "a genuine
daisy. Lyons WAS not ready for trial
t and was put under $500 bail for trial
Monday.
3 | Consocration of st. Joseph's Il. c. Church
The conservation Of st. Joseph's Roman
, Catholic Church at DuPonts Banks and
the blessing Of the statues will occur
q TO morrow. Rt Rev Alfred Curtis
: bishop OF the Catholic Diocese of Della
4 ware, will conduct the services. Mon
signor Satolll viii celebrate solemn
pontifcal mass at 10 80 o'clock. and Rev
s Father Mccarthy, the Jesuit father from
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