Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-03
.SIXTY-ONE SINNERS
A Big Procession Passes in the Po-
lice Court.
DOSES OF JUSTICE DEALT OUT
Wy Faces Mark the Majority Of
the Patients.
DETAILS OF THE DAY.
DETAILS OF THE DAY.

The day after the big labor demonstra-
ton witnessed a big procession in the Po-
lice Court, but this procession was not
| composed of the men who figured in the
creditable display yesterday. There were
In the tolls at an early hour this morning
| sixty-one victims of the police. but before
| the starting of the procession friends of
seven of them furnished cola teral for their
appearance and they were released. The
| procession was made UP almost exclusively
| of colored people, and not many of them
| appeared to belong to the laboring class.
| although a number of them said so iE Or
| der to have the court act leniently in their
cases. In the female cell there were thir-
teen women, and all of them were colored.
| They were principally of the kind that
| rival CT some friend who has motley
! enough with which to rush the erowler,"
! and then when they get well under the in
fluence of liquor they imagine the world
| of their conduct. resulting from their i'm
agirations, made so vivid by the liquid re-
| freshments.
Tomorrow Will be pension day. and these
women, some of whom live for the day
when the old soldiers get their quarterly
allowance, were in sore distress because
they will not get out until the pension mon
ey Is gone. but there was no way out of
their trouble, and SO they went down.
Judge Kimball and Joe Potts.
Judge Kimball. who has been away for
six weeks. returned home yesterday. but
as he was not on hand when court opened,
the procession of District offenders faced
Judge Mills.
Clerk POTTS. who returned home from his
vacation yesterday. was on hand to arraign
the offenders, the first of whom was a col
ored man named Edward Colson. He was
arrested by Policeman Auldridge. who has
So many cases this summer, and the charge
| against him was profanity.
I'm not guilty" was his plea.
He was drunk and profane last night"
he became very troublesome. On the way
to the box he tore off my badge and gave
me all the trouble he could"
Il was full said the man, but didn't
cuss."
Five dollars"
Jim Boston had frog in his throat"
this morning, the natural consequence of
his intox icated condition last night.
He was drunk and disorderly on AZ
street. said Policeman Greer. land I ar
rested him.
ored man. but I had only been in the
saloon to get bowl of soup"
Judge Mills has heard many names Tor
strong drink, but he did not say whether
or not he had ever heard 1t called soup.
Jim was fined IS, and he went down.
Hotel Beds Would Have Cost Less.
William Reed and Charles Walker, young
men, who felt tired last night stopped on
7th street to rest themselves, and they
found front porch so comfortable that
they fell asleep and were snoring when
Policeman Greer came along. He arrested
them and charged them with obstructlng
the sidewalk.
I'VE were there on the porch said one
of the defendants. "but we did not obstruct
the pavement"
'"They were apparently under the infiu-
eDce Of liquor" the officer told the court.
Five dollars or fifteen days each"
on charge of disorderly. heard the court
say Five dollars and stepped back.
II don't know whether I'm guilty or no"
responded a colored man named James
Kicks II had been having fun last night
and can't recollect."
Policeman Greer recollected for him, and
the usual fine was imposed.
Benjamin West was arrafgned for dis
orderly conduct on c street southeast, and
he was unable to pay the usual fine.
Andrew Hillman, colored man, was in
the procession on a charge Of cruelty to
animals. it being alleged that he failed to
properly feed or care for horse.
Humane Agent Riplinger wanted the
court to try the case on hearsay testi-
mony, to which Lawyer Peyton objected.
Agent Riplinger found the animal in
condition which he thought Justified him
in ending it's life, which he did.
He 1alled, however, TO snow tnat Hill
man had not properly cared for the ami
NAL and the case was dismissed.
A Mans Right to the Pavement.
There's always a crowd of men stand
ing on the pavement" said Policeman
Reith. land last night I arrested William
Parker whom I found there"
WAS he in a crowd?" asked Judge KIM
ball. who had relieved Judge Mills.
mo, SIR" the policeman answered.
"Then I can't hold him. the judge said.
"A man has a right to stand on the pave
ment. Case dismissed"
Robert Jenks young man whom Police