Evening journal., 1895-07-06
NOT A RED HOT STOVE
That One of Agent Stout's
Wards Got Away With.
A OOLORgD YOUTH IN TROUBLE

Boyer Held for the Upper Court on
Serious oharge-A Cherry nm Farmer
who May Not Participate in the Har-
vest-otheI Gases DIsp o sedof In HIuniO-
jph court.
Among the celebrRtors Of Independence
Day, who we're the recipients Of favors at
tho hands OF Judge Ball yesterday morn
ing WAS John O'Rourke. OF Cherry Hill,
Md. who was allowed to go home on
condition that he would sin no more
He stopped in q Front street saloon to
get something to eat, drank few coast
tonics and fell by the wAyside Then he
was gathered to bis fathers, or rather
the city fathers, by Officer Kelleher, who
kindly vouched for his still being on
earth this morning. Judge Bali was
Indignant at the breach OF confidence
and assessed him s3 and costs. II John
wishes TO assist Ia the harvest he will
have to dig out the money or retire from
the sunshine tor thirty days.
Michael YonkeTs was sent TO Sheriff
Gillls's country seat about two months
ago for using his wife as a punching bag.
He completed his training about month
ago and was again permitted to return
to civilization Yesterday he got drunk
and when Officer Shields discovered him
be WAS holding up the bank at Third and
Market streets He was sent to jail for
twenty days In default Of 81 and costs.
Officer Shields had another victim on
his list In the shape OF Henry Loper, who
WAS captured as he was vending bis
winding way over Third street to Join
Yonkers. He got similar sentence
John FlRmer, eolored, has been married
thirty yeRrs, and has, until lately, had a
good name, has accumulated considerable
property and has been highly respected
He was arrested by Officer White for
acting disorderly at his home No. Al6
East Eleventh street. He claimed that
the trouble WAS due TO his wife. Hattie.
but Judge Ball thought that didn't
costs
William D. Lewis was charged by
John NJ Floyd, Of No. coz Madison
street with disorderly conduct on the
night Of July 4 Floyd claimed that
William went to his house and used loud
and bad language he was given a
lesson in grammar aud etiquette which
cost him So and costa
4
Welsh, Theodore Cornelius, who was
! found by Officer Sarcoski using the
railroad tracKs at the foot Of Liberty
street for couch Thomas Mullen,
better known as Weasel" q victim OF
the same officer, and John MoOloskey
who was sent in.by Special officer Johr
Hllliard for disorder around the w. 4 NJ
depot, were each tined 81 aud COSTS
George Alter, a mllkman who wal
arrested for violating the ordinances
regarding licenses. had paid his fees Rns
was discharged
Walter Brown, cOlored, and Georg,
Bevin, white, two boys who have faced
his honor before, were srraigned on q
charge Of stealing a box Of chewing gun
from the store OF Mary A. Bell, No. [
East Front, street The evidence was
not sufficient TO hold them and theJ
were allowed to 60. One OF the witnesses
q IS year-old boy, when asked II h
knew what book the Bible was, pointed
knowingly at the volume used for the
indlscrlminate oaculRtory performances IL
the court. For fear he might have mRdi
a mistake Clerk Adams surreptitiouaiy
opened the book The look on his fac,
showed eonclusively that the boy was
right.
Charles Brooks. 3 diminutiye son o.
Africa, with rather intelligent face
was charged several days ago with petit
larceny. Special Agent Stout intereodeC
for him and the lad Was placed In hil
charge. This morning be was sgalr
arraigned on a charge Of stealing 1
cook stove. Judge Ball called
the attention Of Agent Stout TO this ao
OF Brooks The genial representative o
the society with the long name anS
multitudinous objects protested thai
sir ce the care of the CANNES had beer
given into his care he hsd been busy. anS
that the stove wsEn't red hot anyway
Charles WAS held until Monday ss th
prosecuting witness WAS suffering from
Hevsre attack Of dlpsomsnia Bail wa
Fixed 40 $500
john Lemon. a son OF sunny Italy VIII
keeps a cRbeen st Fourth and Scot
streets, was arrested on q charge o
selling liquor without q license, but ol
investigation this charge WAS changed b
selling on Sunday The case was con
tinuei until Tuesday, bail being fixed a
5000
William Boyer, colored, was charge
with using Bertha Anderson, also colored
aged II years, for immoral purposes Sh
lives over Third street bridge aud wa
IA years old last February 9. On las
Monday evening at o'clock she me
, Boyer at B and Townsend streets Il
remarked that he had been reading ia th
pspers about this Is .yeRrs-old law an
. asked Bertha II she wouldn't be Is bsfor
he was. She WAS in doubt. The tw
: then walked up Buttonwood street and 4
a yBFd attached to vacant house th
assault was committed Officer DonRho
witnessed the assault and made th
: arrest
The first charge was OF rape but thi
, was modified later. The girls mothe
testified to her daughters age and prstt
well fixed It. Chief DolRn stated tha
Boyer had made statement 10 him cor
5 Tossing the act but pleading willingness
, on the part of the girl
] Counsellor Josiah Marvel, who repre-
ssDted Boyer. had nothing to say an
: Judge Ball held Boyer in 81 600 for tril
in the upper court