The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-06
C0LORS GOT MIXED.
II was Black, Green, White
and Brown in the III
Dock.
HORSE THIEF CLEvERLY CAUGHT
At,cmp, to oat an Omeer-stscis 10 the
Toll. Aaain-rapy Rogers Goes


The Colors got badly mixed In the Court
this morning. When Clerk Adams call.
cd the name of Arthur Green young
white man stood up In the dock. Officer
KeiIeher stated that the prisoner was a
binck man. The youth sat down and
Arthur stood up but claimed his name was
not Green but White. After the rainbow
combination had been arranged properly
Judge Bali fined Arthur Sl aud costs being
unable to take caro- OF himself yesterday
morning by having taken an overdose OF
liquor.
Edward Brown. colored, looked rather
b.ue'as the red showing charge OF indie
cent exposure was read to him. The City
Solicitor asked that the case be dismissed
on the grounds that his wife was very Ill.
He left the dook wited by the shame of
tho case and the courts reprlmand.
Officer Kelleher found james Bucher at
Front and Shipiey. He ordered him away
and when he mad gone half block he
turned around and curs4d the officer. He
was fined S5 and costs and in default Will
spend 40 days on the stone pile.
The charge OF assault and battery pre-
ferred against John Howard was dismlss.
ed. as the prosecuting witness failed to
appear.
Horace Munday, colored, was charged
with the larceny OF pair Of SHOES valued
at %, the property OF John Benson. 104
solomon Silverman for 80 cents. After
the shoes were identified Silverman sold
them.
The court considered that such action
will bring the Front street dealers some
day to get their just deserts. They en-
courage crime by buying stolen goods.
There is always an open market in which
the thief can lind sale for the ill-gotten
goods. Munday was held In s200 ball for
the upper court.
Wilmington has developed q strange
case under the age of consent law. On
Wednesday Angelo Rogers was COM
mitted TO jail in default OF ball to appear
at the upper court on onarge nder the
age OF consent law. This morning the
case was reopened. and Joseph Branea
deDosed that his daughter was is years of
age on April IA last. He produced o
prayer book with the entries Of the birth
OF his children.
Mary La Fazla could not tell the reason
she swore on Wednesday that she was
only II years OF age whom she filled out
the application for her marriage certitt.
cate one year ago stating she was n years
OF age. Mary is a young married woman.
Officer Ford yesterday afternoon saw
man going into the stores on Market
street between second and Third begging
while under the influence of liquor When
he got to Fifth and Market he pulled q
knife and attempted to cut the officer. He
gave his name as Samuel johnson and
eaid he had no home. He will have
home for 90 days at Hotel Glllis II he does
not pay fineOf $40 and coBts
Inc encouragement 70 cftmo Dy Ll6
dealers along Front street was again dem
onstrated last evening. Detectives WitsiI
and MoVey about 1880 o'clock last night
were informed that horse and dearborn
valued at $3.50 had been stolen from man
named Chllies residing about two miles
from Newark. At IL o'clock they arrested
Robert Wright on the charge OF letting
the horse take him to this city.
He had sold tue team to Relsmau on
Front street for S15. Wright was in the
dnnlr hiat ha suiit ha MI "A han ri hot ra
Magistrate Daley as soon as the witness
comes to town. 1t was quick work by the
detectives for Wright was about to take
the train for New York. He will not be
obliged to pay any fare when he goes TO
New Casile and siiI get ride In the
county van.
John Steele was held in 5000 ball to ap.
pear tomorrow " morning on the charge Of
larceny OF cup and saucer and lady's
basque. The attorneys. reporters and
officers baskad in smiles over the basque.
as the Clerk and City Solicitor had othsr
names for IL.