Evening journal., 1895-02-13
TOOK HIM FORAHAYSEED
A Colored Youth Who Visited
Violet Gibbs and Was Loser.
he LIFTED HIS POoKET-BooK

And WIN Explain 1T In the Upper Court.
MRS. Amanda Young in the Role Of
Beggar-Three Dredgers who Had =
Narrow Escape From Fine = other
Gases IN Municipal Court.
There was full dock this morning
when Municipal Court opened There
were two representatives OF the eentler
sex, one colored maiden whose bulk OF
some 200 pounds was tightly squeezed
between two burly dtedgers who after
surviving the storms Of tine Chesapeaka
bay fell by the wayslde at the hands Of
John Barleycorn.
Mrs. Amanda Young failed to appreciate
the lesson administered when her
children were taken away from
her recently, and yesterday started out
on begging tour beering letter to the
effect that she was much heart broken
owing TO her husband not being able to
get work, as he has been suffering from
sprained back, and both are near starva-
tion. She had secured So, when com
plants were lodged at police station
that she was annoying residents In the
vicinity Of Tenth and Walnut streets.
Sergeant Welsh gathered her in and this
morning che was fined SO and costs.
SergeantWelah had another prisoner in
court In the person Of William Cook. who
was found In helplessly drunken con.
dition on Front between Walnut and
Poplar streets He had nothing to say.
and something like smile seemed to
meander through his stubby whiskers
as the judge fined him 81 aud costs. He
will enjoy the hospitality of Sheriff ellis.
Patrick Kennedy, an old offender was
arrested by Officer Finn, lying In q
drunken state on Lombard street. He
was convicted several times recently and
bis wife paid the fine. JudgeyBall, tired
Of being imposed on. and having ex.
hausted all patience, fined him as. in
default Of which Patrick will go to jail
for 40 days.
Violet Gibbs, the dusky maiden of 300
pounds, was charged by Andrew TuggIes
also colored, with the larceny OF a
pocket-book containing $8 25 from his
pocket andrew Is North Carolinian
but has been working with a dairyman
just outside the city. Yesterday he left
his employer and started for Camden, N.
j., where he has friends Ne
met colored man on the
coast and at his invitation
went TO the house OF Violet. No. 501
Lafayette street. After sending out for
rum, he allowed Violet to sit on his knee
and lost his money. He caught
her in the act and tried to
recover the wad but didn't ana then
swore out warrant To the court he
said he was stranger and they evidently
took him for hayseed When asked to
play cards ia the house he said he only
n1axtad v,bar htrt nyrInf,.l a.. Al -. ......t
that 10 was only gag, as he
didn't know how to play any game. but
didn't want TO be taken for a hayseed.
Violet had two witnesses, Louisa Elsie.
who said she came from Bristol, Bucks
county, Delaware county, Pa, and
James Brogden, colored. who lives with
Violet, but they didn't help her case
much, and che was held In 5000 bail for
the upper court.
William Fleming. charged with being
drunk, negiecting and abusing his family,
WAS arraigned He pleaded that his
only crime was being poor. The case was
continued until tomorrow morning,
while Agent Frank Stout investigates.
Bsil was fixed at $500
Officer d. Massey, while on his beat
noticed mRn III clad and frow zy looking
playing the Jack the Hr gger act The
fellow would Insult passing woman,
grab her by the arm and speak 10 her
He arrested the man. When arraigned
the prisoner gave his name as Michael
Yonkers and pleaded that be had been
sick several days. Judge Ball said that
such sickness had brought Michael before
the court before he fined him $5 or
forty days which he will serve.
Frank Boyle was introduced by Officer
Howgate who found him helplesaly
drunk on the coast. Frank had a badly
barked nose aud looked as though he had
been through an ice breaker He said he
had come from Oxford to shovel snow,
and hadn't been arrested for year. He
got 81 fine and costs.
Frank Mssterson, dredger, WAS
arrested BY Officer Maloney at the foot
OF Market street, very drunk. He wore
an oil coat and bore the ear marks Of his
occupation. Judge Ball said that he had
suffered enough during the storm and
could 90, providing he went to his home
In Philadelphia and didn't let it occur
again.
John Dwyer and Michael Hanley, also
stated that they were dredgers The
Judge didn't take much stock in their
statement but they answered his ques-
tions very straight, and he let them both
20 with a warning. They were both
arrested by Officer Msloney.
Robert Levi, colored, charged with
cutting girl named Robinson with q
razor, WAS srraigned. but as the girl Ia
still in the Homeopathic Hospital, unable
to get out, the case was continued until