Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-08
S INN Frs AND VICTIMS
All Glasses Represented in the Police
Court Procession.
Young and Old, Black and White,
March by the Judge and Re-
ceiye Their Sentences,


| out in large numbers, but they were not
! like the females who came from South
Washington. They had money to deposit
as collateral, and in that way they man
aged to keep out of the procession.
| Loretta Brown and her two female com
panions were charged with having disturb
ed the peace of the alley. Loretta was
walking with man named Gleason when
Bertha Bond came along and said: Hello,
| Gleason, are you sober"
! Don't you see I'm sober?" returned the
| colored man with the Irish name.
! Then Loretta took hand in the discus
sion and exhibited feeling of jealousy
| which was followed by profane words, so il
| was charged.
/ six of one and half a dozen of the
| other" remarked the court. IF there was
/ an officer in the case to tell of the language
/ used / would fine the whole crowd"
The failure of an officer to appear as
| witness resulted in Loretta and her COM
panions getting back their money and es-
Gaping a possible term on the farm.
Michael Dorsey, little man attred In a
! blue suit and blue satin tie by which he
| could be singled out of crowd of any
size appeared in the motley crowd and had
an excuse to offer.
1t was suspected that he had squandered
all his pension money in sport" and his
| appearance this morning was decidedly
| that of an old sport in tough luck.
His face was as red as a beet and there
were numerous scars about his eyes and
forehead for which he could not account.
We'll, Mike" said Bailif Kendig after
the court had heard testimony against him,
The judge says he will hear what you
have to say.
I'm troubled with my head" said the
victim of strong drink. Yesterday /
drank two or three beers and the stuff
affected my head"
That's what it usually does" remarked
the court, and sometimes it also affects
the feet"
NIichaePs offense was not an ordinary
one, but in consideration of his condition
the penalty imposed was only $40 or thirty
days.
Yes. 1 am guilty." said Clara Wallace,
a colored girl but ii wasn't a square deal
to let the other girl go and arrest me-"
She will pay fine of s. or go down.
A Familiar Face.
If there Is a familiar face in court it is the
face of Josephine Birch. After short abb
sence this female appeared in line. She
was out about pension day and last night
she was found in Seaton Park. where many
of the old soldiers stroll during the after
Moons and enjoy smoke.
She had been treated to the extent that
she was sadly in need of a dose of the
ipecac about which Judge Kimball told
prisoner a few days ago.
But she didn't get the dose in time, and
when Park Waterman Martin kenney
came along Josie thought she was sleeping
the sleep Of the innocent
Get up there, now, or I'll run you in" he
said to her, but Josie thought that the
Waterman was another old soldier, and was
waiting for him to propose glass of
blackberry and gin. her favorite drink, but
instead of that the guardian of the public
park exhibited his badge, and the woman
then realized that she was prisoner.
Asleep in the park was the only charge
against her. and she gladly said. I'm
glad 1t was not vagrancy.
! The usual fine was imposed.
Going to Walk.
Whats the charger" asked two strang-
ers. who gave their names as Thomas
E~vle and George Johnson.
Fagrancy," replied Deputy Clerk Lum
Harper. Are you guilty or not guilty?"
"Of what?"
'Vagrancy; found without visible means
of support and unable to give a good &c
| count of yourselves
"Oh, not guilty of that" was the re-
Spouse of one of the men. I'VE are work
| ingmen."
I'm take your bonds" the court conclud-
ed. with the understanding that you will
leave within twenty-four hours
Dennis Nolan, who was disorderly on /
| street. said he was guilty. but, owing to
the hard times, he did not have aV
He was given time.
Louisa Mergent and Ada Shepherd. who
seldom stay OF the farm more than a
month at time, were next in line Louisa
was very loud and profane. and the penal
| ty in her case was SO or thirty days, while
| Ada was given half that amount
Jane Josephine Cannon made bold
| charge against the policeman who arrested
her. She was released from the farm YES
| terday and this morning she staggered to
the rail and made a drunken, rambling
statement
. You are drunk now" said the judge
DO you think SO, your honor?'
| Il certainly do"
self" sun jun
| She was sent down
Then came Me Too" Ellen Smith She
and Jane had been together before their ar
resi-. and she was in no better condition
/ than was Jane
Guilty" she responded
| Three months"
Back Again.
Robert Beebe. bald-headed citizen, who
returned to this city after an absence of a
number of years was accused of being a
| drunkard.
he thought he had the right of a trial nv
! Jury, but the court informed him to the
| contrary, and then he made a long state
| charge. I'll"
Il don't dress up in good clothes mart
my nair In the middle and walk the ave
| nue. he said. Neither do / bum Irinl<s
O NJ roco aa I'm subject to epilepsy and the
you're too old bird to fool me-" SAID
| the judge. You have been here too
G1ten Whisky is the cause of Your trou-
| bic and not epilepsy"
But, your honor. you've been misin
| formed. I've only been in six of the ala
saloons in the city and I've got bullet
holes in my head that / received before
some of these policemen were thought OF"
Bullet holes have nothing to do with
drinking liquor and you will have to go
down few days. When you get out YOU
had better leave the city, and the sooner
you leave The better il will be for both
yourself and the police"
Two Curious Arrests.
A Woodworking little colored boy named
Clifton Fauntleroy. who drives a cart to
help support his mother, was in line with
the old and hardened criminals He had
committed what Policeman Narrower
thought was serious offense. He had
driven his cart nearer another vehicle
than the law allows
Has this little boy been locked up all
niSht?" asked the judge who did not intend
to prevent the boys earning his own liv-
ing.
Yes, sir" was the boys response.
Then take his personal bonds"
Before court adjourned the bailif called
the name John II. Cook. The defendant
was on cola teral and the charge against
him was walking on the grass in the
Smithsonian grounds.
Cook is employed bv the gas company
to pump water out of the pipes and ha
was walking to one of the plugs in the
grounds when Park Watchman Dillon
arrested him.
MIR. Pugh nolle pressed the case