The evening times., 1895-12-21
Yl6RAN1's FAMILIAR Tlct
Judge kimba|l Knew Him After
an Absence Of Feur Years.
H0Ga GIVES lip THE rIaHT
HoGG GIVES UP THE FIGHT
He Begged to Be Sent Down, AS He
Feared He Would Starve-Lawrence
COnnOlly's BrORue Was Thick, but
1t Awaited Nothing in HIS Defense.
Warren's Trip Was Limited.

In these days OF preparation for holiday
dmesnearly everybody is too busy to getinto
trouble OF any kind. and were 1t not for the
tlirong OF hobos who wander up and do wn,
the streets. holding up pedestrians. Judge
klnibaifs dock would have few occupants.
The vagrants. though. can always be de.
pended upon to fill up.
About dozen OF this class ate breakfast
in the police court cells this morning and
marched into the dock to be arratgned. Most
OF them were typicaltramps.a and only needed
| tomato can to complete q picture for q
comic paper. Their hands and faces were
grimy. and their tattered clothes and worn
out shoes told or long and weary marches.
william j. Hogg. a dried and shriveled
specimen, walked do wn the hall OF the court
just after IL opened, this morning. and going
up to Policeman Flynn asked to be sent TO
the wOrkhOuse.
..Dey amt no way fer me ter live on de
outside. pardner.' he said. "Ef yer don't
send me down I'll starve."
The accommodating policeman put him
In the dock, and an Information was filed
against him, charging him with vagrancy.
When he pleaded guilty Judge Kimban
thought he recognized an old-time Wis.,
"How long has it been since you were
here before?" he asked.
Its been about four years, your hon.
or" said the self-made prisoner.
have you?"
''0h, no; I've been working some.''
What have you been working at?"
| it tramping.''
~ thought So" said the Judge.
HIS PROPERTY IN CHANCERY.
Yer see, judge, it's dis way. I've got
some property back out home in chancery.
| an. I've got ter wait until some people
| sign de papers before ] kin git IL. So
have ter exc out a livin' de best kin. Now
| If you'll send me down fer a short time
| may hear from my brother. an go back
Sq N rTI fIfh for sl1
| Lawrence Connolly, with a rich Irish
| brogue and very dirty face. pleaded not
guilty to a charge OF vagrancy preferred
This man was sitting on a carriage
stone on Four-and-a-half street last night.
Judge, asking every one who passed for
money. He was only about twenty feet
| from the patrol box
what do you want to say about it?''
"Judge. your honor. OF hovn't been be.
was on me way home lasht night. to 20 to
| bed, whin Oh was arrested"
| w hat were you begging for?'
"Oi wasn't beggin'. your honor: OF how
Thirty days"
WANTED TO LEAVE TOWN.
John Warren called the clerk. and
dilapidated and very dirty hobo stood
| up and was arraigned as a vagrant.
Gimme two hours an IN git out of
town" he said when the charge was read.
what do you plead?"
Guilty, of course"
You've been here once before this
month. haven't you?' inquired Judge Kim
ball.
They brought me In ter identify some
men, Judge. an ! didn't identity them
He lost his pen sion money. your honor"
said Baifr kend z. and he had couple
OF men arrested"
+ That's right / want TO go out of town
now. Gimme two hours, Judge"
ri give you ten days. but not to leave
town."
John Reeder, colored. was charged with
disorderiy conduct and pleaded not guilty.
HE was walking down Fourteenth street
last night. said the officer. very drunk.
and as he passed couple OF colOred girls he
caught one OF them around the waist and
hugged her. She screamed and l arrested
him. Neither of the girls knew him." =.
SAID THE LADIES KNOW HIM.
Don't know me? Oh co'se dey know
me. Dey bin KNOWN me fo' yeahs. 1t
was in de night time dat dis happened.
though. an dey didn't reckonize me. an
Where do those girls live?'
"Dey Ibis on Nineteenth street"
"And you know them well, do you?'
well, l can't say / knows 'em 50 well.
but I've met 'em at pahties, Judge"
The officer was recalled and testified
that neither OF the girls had ever lived on
Nineteenth street, and both of them had
declared that they did not know John.
He was too drunk to know what he
was doing, Judge"
well. If that's the case I'll only fine
him So.
And as John didn't have So he wandered
discoDso!ately back into the celroom, and
will spend the next fifteen days in the
workhouse-