Evening star., 1895-08-20
THE NEITHER SIDE
~ SO
Glimpses of Lo~a.iss +. Caught in the
Police Court.
SUNDRY SIHNE%a OF BOTH SEXES
A Woman's SnHe Does Not Pre-
.eSF
vent afsentence.
MOTHER AGAINST son

guests The free public vehicle hauled
thirty-two guests this morning, and most
of them preferred to call on Judge Scott,
where the average penalty is lighter than
that imposed in the upstairs court, and
then, too, there are no absolute imprison-
| ment sentences imposed in the District
cases. The imposition of fines allows many
of the victims of the police an opportunity
| to buy their liberty, while, on the other
| hand, the imposition Of the smallest fine
| is equivalent to a sentence of absolute i'm
| prisonment.
| Those who were without funds enough to
| put up collateral made up the early morn
| ing procession, and Charles Hall, small
colored boy. was the first one introduced.
Throwing missiles on C street south
| west was the charge On which he had
been brought in
HE was engaged in a real stone riot
| with some other boys last night" said Po-
| liceman Owens
II wasn't throwing stones" the boy said;
| some other boys were throwing them, and
| the policeman arrested me because
wouldn't tell their names"
Us there any mistake about this?"
mo, sir"
Boy" said the court. you will have to
| pay a fine of 81 or go down three days."
She Smiled mt the Judge.
| Hattie Minor. a colored woman. smiled at
| the Judge as Policeman Kelly told Of the
class of vagrants to which he charged she
| belongs.
| 'It was about 1 O'clock this morning."
| said the officer, when found this woman
on vacant lot near 9th and A streets
southeast"
"Was she alone?"
mo, sir. she was with two other people,
and they got away
do you want to say anything, Hattie ?"
the court asked.
NO SIR
Lemuel Gibbs and Charles Street. coIored,
| said mot guilty. when arraigned on a
charge of being disorderly in Madison
street alley.
"When 1 heard them in The alley last
| night" said Policeman Auldridgs, cit was
nearly II o'clock. There were three other
men and woman in the crowd, and they
seemed to be having trouble about the wo-
man."
Judge Scott heard, denials, and dis
| charged the prisoners
A young man. who, was locketed as
Philip Colbach. apswefed a charge CT va
grancy. -
A Mother Testiffes against Her Son.
When a policeman had given evidence in
| the case, the prisoner's mother got on the
stand and had her say.
For the past twoomonths," she said
and Sunday he came home drunk, threat
ened me. frightened the children, was gen.
orally abusive and broke the windows
Philip made a statement in his own be-
half and was committed for thirty days in
default of security.
Nellie Parker, a colorsd girl charged with
vagrancy. thought she would gain her lib
erty by making a serious accusation against
| the policeman who arrested her, but Judge
Scott believed not q word che said and sent
her down.
Richard Smiths trouble seems to have
res ulted from his desire to get drunk.
Last night he was in railroad watch
box said Officer Riley. land refused to
leave when 1 ordered him to do so."
do you know him.?
Yes, SIR" the officer answered. He
gets drunk frequently and sleeps on the
grass and under sheds, and Eve sent him
home number of times"
Ten days, 1 think. will do him good"
said the judge, land he may go down to
get sober
Three Women ms Migrants.
Mary Tinse1. F1ossie Jones and Sarah
Williams, colored girls from Louise alley
were in the procession as vagrants.
Mary Tinsel has been in court at least
fifty times, but the judge did not know
Sarah Williams. She has been in court
three times.
II keep a store and rent rooms,- she said
'She may keep a store said Sergt. Daley,
but there's hardly more than 15 cents
worth of stock in the place..
Il have gentlemen boarders." added
Sarah, land haven't had any women BOARD
ers for two years."
"And when you come to me-" said Mary,
I'm working for my living. OF course,
there isn't much work now, but I'm doing
the best 1 can"
There were two white men in the house
when these women were arrested. and
Lawyer Smith, in arguing the case, said he
thought the men should have been brought
In
Judge Scott thought there was no reason
to draw the color line, and pointed 20 the
record of cases tried earlier IN the day.
Counsel dfsclaimed any idea of rejecting
on the court and said his remarks applied
to the police.
The women were held, FIossie Jones being
given ten days and the others thirty days
each.
A coIored man named George Washing
ton, from Jackson alley. was next called,
and Virginia Washington was present as
a witness.
'Is this your boy"' Mr. Pugh asked.
HE amt my boy" Virginia answered.
Hes my husband"
George admitted that liquor drinking had
caused him considerable trouble, and his
personal bonds were taken
Fighting Alley Party.
Mason Morris and Archie WEIGH, colored,
congregated with others near the entrance