St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-04
POLICE COURT PICNINGs.
Raft of Petty Criminals OF All
Kinds and Descriptions.

In the police court yesterday Frank
Gillettsk was discharged. He had
been arrested on the charge of abduct-
ing Hannah Hale, a girl aged fifteen.
He is only twenty-one years old, en-
ployed as clerk in the Office of r. c.
Dun & Co. The girls father explained
yesterday that his daughter had left
her family and gone to West Superior,
and that he was anxious that the
charge might be withdrawn.
Jennie Ryder was sent to the House
of the Good Shepherd for sixty days,a
Jacob Jackson went to Como for ten
of theGood Shepherd for sixty days,and
days. Both had been drunk. When taken
in charge by Capt. Schweitzer and Of
ffcer Perro. Mrs. Ryder and Mr.. jack
son were wandering along Eighth
street and induIging In vociferous
guesses as to the possible location of
Ninth street. Mrs. Ryder's hair, al
though by no means golden" was
hanging down her back, while, worse
than all, her hat was not ON straight.
Abbie Thompson, handsome girl of
sixteen, who, as already mentioned,
was arrested for incorrigibiliry, will be
tried today. Abbie's parents are dead,
and she is under the care of her un-
Gle, William Thompson, of 426 South
Wabasha street She has some prop
erty Of her own, but is earning her liv-
ing as nurse girl. Nevertheless, her
uncle insists that she is in need of legal
restraint.
Morris Self was placed under bonds
to keep the peace. He was accused by
his wife, Nellie Self, of assault and bat
terry. The testimony indicated that the
couple had not yet mastered the prob
lem How to be happy, though mar
ried," and that four infantile bonds of
affection had utterly failed to unite
Nellie and her Morris
Pertel Smith, 1.-THE Black Diamond"
was trembling under the weight of
three distinct charges. He was accused
of dfsorderly conduct, and ca that
count was given a suspended sentence
of ninety days. He was further al
legged to be guilty of using abusive
language to his wife and of having
failed to support her. OF these charges,
Pertel was declared guiltless. 1t has
already been stated that Mr.. Smiths
disorderliness consisted in cultivating
the friendship of a Miss Mary Watson.
But Mrs. Smith fell into his arms be-
fore Judge Orr yesterday. They ceased
their rapid interchange Of tropical
Afro-American kisses only when out
of breath, and Pertel was released to
revel in his reconstructed joy.
Emil Constans, the proprietor of the
! Globe hotel the scene Of Clara Bergh's
death, was charged with enforcing an
argument with a boarder by shutting
a door on the latter's foot Mr.. Con-
STAINS will explain his unprofessional
| mode Of pulling" a boarder's leg,
to use the Tennysonian expression, be-
| fore Judge Orr this morning.
| A. Fitzgerald will also listen to the
| DEGREES of justice today. 1t is alleged
| that he stole a time check, valued at
| $3.50, from Michael Mccarthy.
While Jennie Ryder and Abbie
! Thompson, the females referred to
! above, were in the prisoners room of
| the municipal court yesterday, re-
quest was made by Mrs. Edholm, the
| purity evangelist, that she and Mrs.
Irvine, of this city, might be allowed
to pray with the prisoners. The re-
quest was granted by Judge Orr. Jen-
! ME Ryder however. did not seem to
appreciate the spirit of the act, for,
after the ladies had departed, she call
! ed them vile names and insisted that
she had no need of their mtercesslon.