Evening star., 1895-08-20
THE NEITHER ! ! SIDE
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e.. hid:
elimpses of Ioraifs i. Caught in the
Polieeeourt.
SUBDRY SINNER$gs OF BofH SEXES
A Woman's SnHe Does Not Pre-.
,pSE
vent afSentence.
MOTHER AGAINST SON

Judge Scott was on hand this morning
as usual. and he had plenty of involuntary
guests. The free public vehicle hauled
thirty-two guests this morning, and most
of them preferred to call on Judge Scott,
where the average penalty is lighter than
that imposed in the upstairs court, and
then, too, there are no absolute imprison-
ment sentences imposed in the District
cases. The imposition of fines allows many
of the victims of the police an opportunity
to buy their liberty, while, on the other
hand, the imposition of the smallest fine
Is equivalent to a sentence of absolute I'm
prisonment.
Those who were without funds enough to
put up collateral made up the early morn
ing procession. and Charles Hall, a small
colored boy, was the first one introduced.
Throwing missiles on C street south
west was the charge on which he had
been brought in.
He was engaged in a real stone riot
with some other boys last night" said Po-
iceman Owens.
Il wasn't throwing stones." the boy said;
''some other boys were throwing them, and
the policeman arrested me because I
wouldn't tell their names"
rs there any mistake about this?"
mo, sir"
Boy" said the court. you will have to
pay fine of 81 or go down three days"
She Smiled mt the Judge.
Hattie Minor. colored woman, smiled at
the judge as Policeman Kelly told Of the
class of yasrants to which he charged she
belongs.
TT was about 1 o'clock this morning."
said the officer, when I found this woman
on a vacant lot near 9TH and A streets
southeast
"Was she alone?"
mo, sir. she was with two other people.
and they got away"
DO you want to say anything, Hattie?"
the court asked.
NO SIR
Lemuel Gibbs and Charles Street. coIored,
said mot guilty" when arraigned on a
charge of being disorderly in Madison
street alley.
night" said Policeman Auldridge. "it was
nearly II o'clock. There were three other
men and woman in the crowd, and they
seemed to be having trouble about the wo-
man."
Judge Scott heard denials, and dis
charged the prisoners;
A young man, who. was docketed as
Philip Colbach. answered a charge cf va
grancy. :, -
4 Mother Testiffes against Her Son.
When policeman had given evidence in
the case, the prisonerss mother got on the
STAND ana naQ her say.
For the past two omonths," she said,
my son has been on drunk. Saturday
and Sunday he came home drunk. threat
ened me. frightened the children, was gen.
orally abusive and broke the Windows"
Philip made a statement in his own be-
half and was committed for thirty days in
default of security.
Nellie Parker. a Solored girl charged with
vagrancy, thought she would gain her lib
erty by making a serious accusation against
the policeman who arrested her, but Judge
Scott believed not word che said and sent
her down. lin ,-f
Richard Smiths trouble seems to have
resulted from his desire to get drunk.
Last night he was in railroad watch
box" said Officer Riley. "and refused to
leave when 1 ordered him to do so.
DO you know him.
Yes, SIR" the officer answered. He
gets drunk frequently and sleeps On the
grass and under sheds, and Eve sent him
home number Of times"
Ten days. think, will do him good"
said the Judge. land he may go down to
get sober"
Three Women as Migrants.
Mary Tinsel. F1ossie Jones and Sarah
Williams, colored girls from Louise alley,
were in the procession as vagrants.
Mary Tinsel has been in court at least
fifty times, but the judge did not know
Sarah Williams. She has been in court
three times.
'I keep a store and rent roems,~ she said.
''She may keep a store said Sergt. Daley
but there's hardly more than is cents
worth of stock in the place"
II have gentlemen boarders," added
Sarah, land haven't had any women BOARD
ers for two years.
And when you come to me-" said Mary,
I'm working for my living. OF course,
there isn't much work now, but I'm doing
the best can"
There were two white men in the house
when these women were arrested, and
Lawyer Smith, in arguing the case, said he
thought the men should have been brought
In.
Judge Scott thought there was no reason
to draw the color line, and pointed 20 the
record of cases tried earlier IN the day.
Counsel disclaimed any idea of rejecting
on the court, and said his remarks applied
to the police.
The women were held, Flossie Jones being
given ten days and the others thirty days
each.
colored man named George Washing
ton, from Jackson alley, was next called,
and Virginia Washington was present as
witness.
rs this your boy?' Mr.. Pugh asked.
HE amt my boy" Virginia answered
Hes my husband"
George admitted that liquor drinking had
caused him considerable trouble, and his
personal bonds were taken.
A Fighting Alley Party.
Mason Morris and Archie Welch, colored,
0%~1 IL.