The evening times., 1895-10-18
Right MUST SHINE
Another Lampless Bicycle Rider
Feels the Law.
CASE OF FAST DRIVING
II Took His Honor IA Long Time to
Unravel 1t, But Fine wns Finally
Imposed-Cutting Affray Landed
Brown for Four rMonths-And There
Were Others.

We're Others.
"Stand UP when your name is called,
said the bailiff when the first prisaDe
/ was called in the police court this morn
ing.
solomon Mccoy slowly rose from thu
bench and taking his time iH coming for
ward pleaded guilty to the charge o.
being drunk and disorderly.
The court fines you So
Step back through that door," ortiere,
Mr.. KeDdig, and Solomon marched bacl
over the bridge of signs" for fifteei
4 days.
..williap, Washington" called the clerk
Not guilty." said Lawyer Moss, jump
ing up as If awakened from quiet nap
i This is n case of having no light ol
| n bicycle, but l think we can prove t.
your honor that there was no intent 4
! disobey the law. The light had gone Ou
and my client had ridden about twenty-fiv,
feet when the officer caught him."
The officer said he caught the man oI
| New Jersey avenue without a light, lanil
cold and no oil in it.
QUESTION OF DISTANCE.
For how long u distance did you sc,
| him?" asked the court.
About twice as far as from here acros.
the street." said the officer.
That's what l said, your honor" pu,
In Moss.
| ION, no, Mr.. Moss. you said twenty-five
feet" said Judge Kimball.
Il may have meant twenty-five yards
your honor"
Washington took the stand, and explained
| that he had wheeled over a brick OF stone
and the light, which was turned low, wen,
| out.
why didn't you stop and relight it?'
inquired the court
II didn't have time to do so. The Off
Ger grabbed me before l had hardly time
to make up my mind what to do"
Washington, the Judge thought, was not
like his namesake, and he fined him 81.
The next man in the dock was a white
man, and he said he was guilty when he
heard the charge read of being drunk and
obstructing the sidewalk. John Mcnamara
was his name, and John seemed to feel the
disgrace and attempted to hide behind the
iron pillar at the gate entrance.
The officer said he found Mac on street
southwest on the pavement, and he was
dead drunk with his eyes propped wide
open. 1t took four men TO put him In the
patrol wagon
John accepted the five-dollar fine with
OuI d anu away WIN
head.
FOR FAST DRIVING.
A long wrangle then occurred In a case Of
reckless driving against Thomas Small
wood, a colored man, who was arrested
on a warrant sworn out by Noah Ports,
q white man.
Noah said he was driving down Sixth
street, and as he turned into Pennsylvania
avenue a buggy came along at a very
rapid rate of speed on the left side of the
street, and he turned into the curb, and got
as far out of the way as lie could.
Noah's wagon and the buggy which was
being driven by Smallwood came together,
and both lost front wheel.
"Why did you pull out to the left?"
asked the court of Mr. Ports.
II did it to convert the cOllusion, sir, :"
replied the countryDlan.
Isn't 1t a fact inquired Peyton, the
counsel for Smallwood, that you were
driving so fast that you could not stop
your horse In time to get out Of Small
woods way?"
mo, stf: was going at a very slow rate
Of speed but the colored man was driving
fast"
His bonor summed up the evidence on
both sides, and said he thought the testi-
mony showed that the collision was en-
tirely the fault of smallwood, and fined
him $40.
MSCHIEvOUS YOUNGSTER.
Another case OF jumping on street cars
and ringing up fares was brought in by
an officer of the Eighth precinct. This boy,
whose name is Walter Banks, mad long
stick with a hook On 1t. Walter would
jump On a car, grab the register strap with
the hook and ring up as many fares as be
could before the conductor got near
enough to him to catch him. Just before
that Banks would jump off the car and
escape, as the conductor, of course, could
not leave his train to follow him.
Walter played his game 'once too often.
however. and the officer caught him and
Judge Kimball fined him So.
In Judge Miller's court this morning
Defrees street fight took up the best
part of the morning.
Richard l.. Brown, a waiter, and James
Bell, a colored man, got into an alterca-
ton. Bell got badly cut with a knife in
Browns hand, and Officer Gordon came
on the scene a few moments later and ar
rested both the combatants.
One witness told how he saw Bell come
out of his house at the request of Brown
and how the two began fussing. The
next thing he saw was Brown and Bell
wrestling, and Bell called out:
Take his knife away-he is cutting me-"
"Wbat did you do them" asked Judge
Miller.
NOT HIS QUARREL.
II didn't do anything said the witness.
''Well, why didn't you take the knife
away"
II didn't want to get mixed up in it,"
said Bells friend.
''Yes, that's always the way; stand
around and see a man get carved up and
enjoy It," said his honor.
One or two other witnesses told of the
fight.
Brown told his part of the story. He
claimed that Bell wife said something a bout
his wife, and Bell called Brown q liar,
and hit him at the same time.
what were you doing with the knife?"
''Well, took it out of my pocket while
he had me down."
what for?'
ITO protect myself"
You are big enough to eat him up"
. said Judge Miller.
.He had me down, judge"
II am going to stop this business.
have two or three cases of this every day.
You won't have another chance for four
months, and that settles It,"