Evening journal., 1895-07-27
HOBOES IN THE TOLLS.
Twenty-three of the Knights of
the Road Capture a Train.
ARB CAUGHT BY THE LOCAL FORCE
And All But Four VIII Break Stone !for
the countY-J ohm O'Day Gets Rehear-
ing aud His Ecntence Reduced-A Bad
Lookout for Thomas Hinsley-Other
Municipal Court Gases.

Baltimore freight, meds up of empty |
cars, was in the possession Of q gang OF |
about thirty FIVE tramps. and asking that /
the intruders be arrested
The hoboes boarded the train at /
the Philadelphia yard at dray's Ferry I
they were ordered off but refused, and /
when one Of the trsinmen spoke Of run
ming the train back the trRmps, armed |
with coupling pins aud clubs, drove the
brakemsn to the caboose At Moors's
the engineer made stop as II for water,
and one Of the brakemen slipped away
and ssnt word here.
Captain Kane. Sergeants Massey,
Bayley and Welsh, aud Detectives
McVey and Witsil, with a squad of
officers, met the train ct Vandevsr and
Railroad avenues and succeeded In
capturing twenty three of them. Chief
Dolan and Commissioner Lawson wit
messed the arrest The trainmen could
not identify any of the men as the ones
who assaulted them, SO the charge was
simply trespass
TneY gave their names as Thomas
Nolan, John Snyder, William Ford,
Charles Stewart, Charles Walters,
William Irwin, Peter McCann, James
Courtney, Joseph Smith, Michael
Manduski, William Wales, William
Reed, Richard Bates. John Boomer.
Fred Lawrence William f Realey,
Andrew Mullin, Edward DeLand,
Anthony Shellinger white, aud John
W. Farrel, John Boley, Joseph Nolan
and George Davis. colored The last
named has red hair which contracts
strangely with his dark skin, and
caused him TO be dubbed the mascot.
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their way to the peach country aud said
that Delaware WAS the only place where
there was work They claimed the
hreakmRn had told them that they could
ride DsLand made mistake when be
called attention to the fact that he had
/ S16 80 in the hands of the sergeant, as
he was fined 81 and costs, and, despite
his declaration that he would take ten
days rather than pay, House Sergeant
Dnrney was directed to take the amount
ont Judge Ball said there we're men
enough in the state to pick all the
| peaches and the class Of msn before him
we're not wanted even in jail Where
| the prisoners had any money thev would
not be kept at the expense Of the county.
Bates, Mullen and Reed had sufficient
to pay and were discharged after liqui
dating The entire twenty three were
hned 81 and costs
Thomas Bernish was srsaigned on
charge of drunkenness by Officer Ford.
After the officer had given his testimony
the witness IN ans ser to Judge Balls
question, said he hadn't heard word
the officer said, and his honor remarked
that all officer should speak in tone Of
voice so that they eau be heard. The
reporters uttered audible amens to this
The arrest was made in response to a
message that a man was living drunk In
an alley IN the rear Of No. 2lS West
Fous th street he found Bufnish. The
fne was 81 and costs
Officer Ginlng found Daniel Hall
begging from stores at Seventh aud
Poplar streets. he lives st No. 9lI
Church street and claimed that he had
been hurt about a month ago and b ad
been laid up for long time and had T.
do something to live He was fned s
and Is.
About 3 o'clock yesterday Afternoon
Sergeant Shields was notified that
. drunken woman was wandering aroun'
the railroad and might get killed. II
went in search and found Lizzie Welsl
, asleep on a step on TRtnall street nea
, Front BE woke her up and she abusec
! him r5undly, spit all over him and CAV
him a lively tussle The patrol wago
Z was called and she was sent in. cursinl
: aud Fighting The pstrolmen escaped th
; expsctoration racket as she haI run on
of material Whe arraigned she said Z
Judge Ball: i live in the country an
s every time | come TO town | get ran Il
sure She was advised to stay in tn
country where she would have NOR
room. but will have to pay 81 and cos,
!, before she can get there
K John Hearn was one Of party Of fv
. who we're enjoying themselves by bein
r dlsorderly aJ the p, w. & B depC
Yesterday afternoon Sergeant Howgst
: warned them away. Later he saw Hear
bit the italian who keeps the stand I
: Front and French,in the face, and the
he pulled him in. He was fined 50 an
: costs.
. Herman Frederick was charged b
j. Agent Stout with cruelty treating shil'
Is The case was continued until mel
y Thursday
" Last night between z and o'cio
Eden Z Mccall aud John Dutcher wei
1 to LsngePs brewery and tried to get
u drink. Special officer John j. Ma
i ordered them out but they persisted
St entering, and butcher struck Mast in Il
nose with stone They were boi
al elected, butcher getting cut head
e, the melee. Mccall was arrested +
~ interfering with an officer aud Dutch
l. for assault. The former was plac'
= under $500 and the latter 500 bail
A. appear on Tuesday morning.
40 The case OF John O'Day was re open
~ ~ as the result OF an examination made
b. Judge Ball Several witnesses for {
defense and several in rebuttai We
E. examined 1t was proved that The
was a fight and that oDay and anots
st man buckled into Officer Aiken, and th
ng be hit O'Day twice, but there was or
1d one witness who saw o Dav hit b
M 6rst They all agreed that O'Day W
aii very drunk. Judge Ball decided II
e, O'Doy was too drunk TO make any d
,st a.tt eided assault on the officer The que
e. tion was simply whether the senter
OF should bs made less or cleared FRI
on further imprisonment The evidence
him to believe that the imprisonne
all was too severe, and he ordered or
discharged at u o'clock O'Day
all served one month and eleven days Juc
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