Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-05-17
PROTECTING THE PARKS
City's Breathing Places Must
Be Free From Annoyances.
JUDGE BALL SETS AN EXAMPLE

which the Hoodlums who Make These
Spots Untensble Would Do Well 20
Take to Heart-DoYIs Cursed the
Janitor aud Suffers for It-other nIu-
nicipal Court Cases.
The people who reside in the vicInlty
of Kirkwood Park are very much
annoyed on account VI the crowd Of
hoodlums, principally eolored, who fre
quent that spot, and make night hideous
with their profane and vulgar talk, and
their bosterous actions.
They filed complaint after complaint
with the police authoritlt1 during last
Summer. and 1t was only By constant
attention and frequent arrests that any.
thing like order conld be maintained there
This year the nuisance has begun early
ani already 1t has become impossible for
the residents OF houses fronting this
bathing place to sit on their front porches
or at their windows. The police Ahave
determined to adopt more drastic rene
dies and the first application was made
| this morning
Last evening Officers Solomon and
Edwards surprised a crowd OF disturbers.
/ The latter went around to the back OF
| the park, and together they made a
| descent on q lot of colored roystert RS
| who were raising a disturbance there.
| Samuel Hayes, a colored lad about IL
years Of age, and Sarah R Postles, q
colored girl, were the victims. They
| protested that they were not cursing oil
making any disturbance, but admitted
that they we're In the crowd
Judge Ball said that this park wat
intended for the use of the people IL
that vicinity and be proposed TO make 1
safe and pleasant for women, men anG
children to enjoy the park wlthou
annoyance or molestation. Both th
prisoners had heretofore had good repu
| tations. but an example must be mad
and he fined the pair $5 and costs each
He suggested that IL would be wise fo
others who are accustomed TO make thi
park their loahng grounds to take hesC
and keep away or act in decent man
ner
John Mcclure was arrested by Sergean
Black for being drunk. He talked pIett
severely to the officer, bat as it was hi
first offsnss he was not taken int
court, but allowed to 60 on pay
ment of costs.
John 0Rourke used TO be 3 familis
attendant at court. He has been out {
town lately and has thus escaped th
law. Officer White captured him las
night, but as he made strong plea I,
leniency, and promised to leave the cit.
be was given chance
While Captain Chambers was on b
way home last night, he saw crowd {
, | Front street, between Jefferson an
| Madison streets, gathered around q ms
| who was lying in drunken stupor {
the pavement. He rang up the patr
| wagon and sent him in. This morni
he gave his name IS Joseph Woods
!, owned mp to having hesn drunk and In
mournful tone remarked; II had son
' money, but don't know where it b
! gone" He didn't have any wh'
searched and his load explained IL. II
, fine was 81 and costs
= Charles L. Doyle belongs in Mass
chusets. but has been working
q Bridgeville. He came to iWilmingt,
a and got full and shortly before o'clo
/ this morning went to the p, w. d
3 depot and treated the janitor to q show
a bath OF profanity. He was elected, b
n came back to repeat the applicatio
! when he was loaded into the pat
d wagon By Officer Sherry He made
eloquent plea for mercy this mornin
but Judge Ball decided that there W
altogether too much of this kind
" work in public places and taxed him
10 and costs for his act.