Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-06-17
M CLOSkEY'S TROUBLES
Halls From Nowhere, Went to
Sleep in a Car and Wokein jail
ADDRESS Is NOW AT NEW CASTLE

ADDhhSS IL NOW All NEW CASTLE
o'Day Attempted to Rescue Two Prison
ers From onieer Aiken and wm miss
Several Days In Consequence An Axe
Causes sarah's Downfaii-othsr munio-
ipaI Court Cases.
The police officers were busy sending
In victims OF the excessive heat aud
thirst combined. Nineteen victims were
landed In the ealsboose and Judge Ball
spent the choicest hour OF yesterday
handling the scales The majority got
away with light sentences. but
one or two paid for their folly
James Mcoloskey. residence nowhere,
was arrested in q r. w. &B car He
was visiting In Phlladelphia and crawled
into freight car a. the depot there. and
while asleep was locked ia. When the
train reached Chester James awoke and
/ feeling Thirsty started out to get drink.
/ He found The door fastened and began to
kick II out He was still Kicking when
he reached Wilmington and kicked still
harder when Judge Ball fined him 50 and
costs.
Charles H Roblnette was at Front
and Justlaon streets when be imagined
that some colored man had hit him. He
began a TRADE against bis supposed
assaulter, and was In the middle Of 1t
when Oficer Ford arrived on the scene
and suggested that study OF the
commandments might be advantageous.
but Chsrlss didn't see 1t In that light.
so the officer sent him in TO Operator
Kane, who has the decalogue rs pat as
Moses had before be smashed the tables
OF stone when be came down from
Sinai kohinette was allowed 10 20 on
his good behavior
There Is a bad crowd Of young nsn
around Second and Tatnall streets, and
the officers are trying TO break it up
Passers-by have complained to the
police about it's members and unless
they mend their ways they will hear
something drop. James CHM lives on
Tatnall street and on several occasions
he has been assailed as hs passed
Yesterday he complained to Officer
Ford and was told to 90 back aud get the
names Of some OF his tormentors. de
misunderstood the officer, thinking he
said capture some OF them" and going
back, grabbed the FIRST lad he saw. This
proved to be John Joyce stranger in
4
ers. Officer Ford who saw them tusslipp
arrested both. Ia view or the facts IA
the case Judge Ball dismissed the case
Robert Williams was arrested Satur-
day morning for being drunk but was
held as patient until evening aud then
discharged. He went and laid in a stock
Of liquor aud Sunday, when OEicer Shell
found him at Fourth and Spruce streets,
was on the high road to the tremens
he was arrested and fined 81 and costs
Last evening Officer Aiken was notified
that about twenty five men and one
woman were rehearaing the riot set or
the oyster wharf AZ the foot OF Front
street, He went there and found a man
down on the ground, a man on TOP ol
him and woman trying TO separat,
them On his appearance the crowd
fled and the man on top got away too
The woman stayed and the officer took
the victim Of the assault, Robert Cloud
and the woman, Mile Douglas, ia Gus
tody.
While he WAS escorting them to ths
patrol box John ODay attacked him Tn,
oiheer let his prisoners 60 and turned hil
attention to O'DRy. After a short ant
exciting seance he lodged the fellow ii
the box, turned in a wagon call and wen
back for his original capture. He foun,
them several blocks away and sent then
In Cloud and the woman were fined 81
and costs or three months, and O'Day 20
six months straight The course taker
by Officer Aiken was a creditabie one ang
he was commended for 10
Two cases Of assault brought BY wIve
who have found marriage a failure weri
brought up and wi hdrawn Oae brought
against Samuel Silver by his wife wal
continued until tonight
Sarah Lewis, coiored, was charge,
with stealing an axe from James Kelley
colored, and selling 1t to Solomon Pindh
She claimed that Jemsss father, Weslel
segars, had given It TO her to sell and th
case was continued until tomorrow, 4
allow of hiH being summoned.
Thomas + Halpin was sent in from
Front and Madison streets by Office
Quinn on Saturday night. He had
beautiful black eye and claimed that b
was quietly standing on the corner whel
Quinn came down and hit him with hi
club he was fnsd IS and costs, an
paid It, but intends to bring complain
against the officer before the police com
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