Evening journal., 1895-08-06
THERE WERE BUT SEVEN
And They Were Told BY
Judge Ball to Burn the Road.
SOLVING THE TRAMP PROBLEM

They Will Not BE Kept at the Expense
of Delaware's Taxpayers Just Now Any
way-Coast Blackberry Brandy bad for
Cramps-Cannon Has a Narrow Escape
other Municipal Court Cases.
The tramp problem was again taken
up In Municipal Court this morning, and
Judge Ball sndeavored TO solve It by
dlscharglng the seven who faced him ln
company with the other tax payers OF
the county he recognizes the attempts
Of the neighboring states to fosst their
Wandering Willies and Hungry Harries
on the Diamond State as a rather good
thing" and has determined to push L.
along, SO when the hungry mariners
extended him glad hand, in place OF
showing a marble heart, he returned the
gift and bade them burn the road and
that without delay
The seven who faced him were William
Ford and Charles Williams, colored, who
claimed to have been working for the
n. Y. p q N at Cape Charles and have
been taking vacation here until the
sweet potato season opened; Edward
Jones. colored, OF Virginia, en- route
to the peach country with 7S cents In his
posket; John Meaney, aged CO. a Phila-
delphia bricklRyer en- route for Baltimore
ia search Of work; John Clark. Of
Buffalo, who has been In a Chicago
hospital for a year or so; James McCann
Of Philadelphia, going TO New Castle 10
work In the pipe works, and David
Murray, who formerly worked on a
Boston boat and who wears overalls as 3
bluff
They we're captured by Officer Lane
and squtd, Ia response TO complaints
made by people living Ia the vicinity Of
Sixth avenue and Duncan street They
seemed glad to escape the stone pile and
took the nearest route out Of the city.
William Bullock Is blacksmith,
living near East lake. About o'clock
this morning Officer Edwards saw him
driving over King street, near Eleventh,
in rather a dilapidsted condition and
lying half out of his wagon He didn't
know anything and the officer sent him
In
To Judge Ball Bullock stated that he
never drank q drink In his life before.
That during the night he had been taken
with cramps and falling to get any
remedy hitched up AMI drove 70 Will
mingtOn He found no place opsn
until he resched the coast where he got
drink Of bla ,kberry brandy He knew
no mCrs until he woke up In the hall
Chief Dolsn ndorsed his stated ent as 10
sobriety and Judge Ball at once dis
missed the case, at the same time warn.
ing him against coast brandy, which
hiteth like a serpent and kicketh like g
mule. The next time William has
cramps he will tackle an electric wire
before he tries the brandy and soda on
tap in BArbary.
Edward Reddon was arrested on com
plant OF his father. He ig q working
man, but sometimes allows John Barley.
corn to get the best Of him and is then very
abusive and wants to fight. He promised
Judge Ball to take a reef Ia his sail and
was allowed to 60
Charles Cannon and Andrew CramliIh
we're charged by John ForWood OF
Twenty seventh and Market streets with
assaultinz him at Third and Pine streets,
at Q a m yesterday morning John was
too drunk to remember much about it,
bat Special Oficer Can ing and Yard
master King of the P. w & B., saw him In
company with crowd OF fellows, OF
which Cannon was a member, aud saw
Forwood fall as though he WAS hit
Afterwards Canning took the man to the
stables Of the Wilmington Transfer Com
pany where he was attended TO-
When asked by Judge Ball why he
didn't go to Forwood's rescue when he
saw him fall, Canning said that the
crowd was too big for him to tackle and
volunteered the statement that there
wasn't an officer on the force who would
whersst Captain Bob Chambers and the
officers in attendance In court smiled
There was not suihoitnt evidence TO
convict either Of the men aud they were
discharged Judge Ball remarked tc
Cannon that he had had very narrow
escape, whoreupon Cannon replied, Il
did. your honor"
Frank Brank, an understood and rathe;
surly looking Italian, was charged with
asssuiting Mrs Frank Frank. be wal
arrested by Officer Manion. There wal
no evidence and he was discharged.