Evening journal., 1895-11-25
THE ROASTERS ROASTED
A Party Of Tramps Assault
and Rob a Colored Sailor.
TWO ARE CAPTURED BY THE POLICE


Aud Judge Emmons Gives 1hem = Dose
Of Delaware LAVA Neat solution OF
PerplexlnR Question-A Negro Dive
RaIded and Three women Hsid-sAndsrs
HAD stolen Goods on uim-other
Municipal Court Gases.
Deputy Judge Harry Fmmons occu
pied the wool sack In the Municipal
Court this morning, owing 20 the ab
sence Of Judge dali, aud the session was
naked by new departure from the
| usual run
Saturday night about II O'Clock. Henry
Rose, colored sal or. was pasaiuR
through West Yard on his way TO this
city when be was seen by gang Of
some thirty tramps who were gathered
around a camp FIRE. They called 10 him
to come and take warm but as he
/ didn't like the looks Of the hoboes he
declined Several OF them then caught
him, robbed him OF his hat and s. In
money, beat aud abused him and threat
ened to TOAST him over their FIRE.
The terrified coon pleaded for bis life
| aud finally broke away, running Into the
| city where ho met Officer Flynn 20 whom
be told his story. That officer, with
Odlcers Sarcoskl and Mcguire. msd
descent on the camp aud succeeded Ia
| capturing Joseph Richmond aud John
Clark, two hard looking specimens Of the
genus tramp. Henry idontihed them a.
part Of his aBsalnntn.
he WAS perfect wreck when be
reached police headquarters about 3
/ o'clock Sunday morning Hls nlothts
we're cat and torn from his body, two
teeth were knocked out aud be was
bleeding aud bruised The two men
denied ever having seen him before. but
he positively swore that they we're the
ones who did most OF the maltrsating
This morning In Mouicipal Court they
wero arralgned on = charge OF Highway
robbery
Rose is a nonresident, has no money
or friends here aud n the case we're seat
TO the upper conrt lt would necef 81 ats
his being hold ~ witness. 40 q cost 10
tue county, and meaning loss OF
liberty 70 him until February. Chief
Dolan, City solicitor Harmsn and Judge
Emmona held consultation, as n result
u which Il was decided 20 change the
Charge 70 one Of assault and battery.
Then Judge Emmons sentenced zach "a
pay fine Of 500 and costs. and b.
confined at hard labor for one year
Captain Kane got ths sailor new clothe'
and hat
Two colored men we're arrested Satur
} day night for disorderly conduct When
they we're ranged In front OF House Ser
gent Durney's desk. to be recorded, thl
; usual question as to name vas asked
One Of them answered This isn't Q, b'
, put In the papers, Is it Captain ?" q
which that ufil ser replied. mot necessa
rily for publication, but aa a guarantee o
! good faith Tue prisoner, whose nam
, WAS Ezekiel Abrams colorsd. WAS thol
, | recorded III got of With a slight hne
Annie Perkins. lored, was arrested
Saturday night by Officers Mslnney ant
, Shields on a charge Of corner uuglng a
} | Front and Market streets She was al
, lowed 20 20 with a warning.
; Officer Solomon while covering his bea
Saturday night. Just before midnight
: heard cries OF murder coming from th
, | vicinity OF Eleventh aud Wilson atres's
He arrested Richard Rider, colored
charged With assault on his wife. Thl
; morning he was dismissed 40 the faul
/ seemed to be with the w0msn
Abraham Massey and Adelaide Hami
q ton, bath colored, and lovers at that, ha
O spat at Front aud King, when Alb
struck aud knocked AddIe down
Officers Malouey and Shields sent both q
aud this morning Abe was hued % an
costs
Richard Tierney vas charged BY hl
father, Michael. with dlsordery conduct
The father relented however and on hi
! | REQ lest the case WAS dismissed
saturday evening one of the hand me
, down merchants on the coast reported a
the patrol station that Charles SANDER
/, colored. was trying to sell piece o
Seiss dress goods. Officer Harkin
arrested hlm, when he said he got th
goods among some papers at william
sharp & Co. 5 store. and that clerk ha
told him he might have It, This wa
, proved to be untrue and Charles wa
. held Ia $500 bail for upper court.
Henry Uloue. charged with disorder
conduct, was Coed 81 aud costs
+ The police made a raii shortly att'
. midnlEht iSaturday might on th
dive No. 105 East Water street
Officers Malonoy, Shields. Scot
and Welsh drew the ct and caught for
u men aud seven women. They were Aunl
Z. Oastnor alias VenTus. Ella Csmm0mil
"a and Mary Moore, all colored, and keeper
\ OF the house. and ROxie Ctunomiii
a Martina A Williams, Ida Sipple and Mi
d Barrett. coloIei inmates Isaac Andersen
n slsb Carpenter snd William q Swigget
70 colored, aud James Kelley, while, vi
,. we're Ia the house The w0msn speI
b the balance OF the night ia singing an
,, sll yesterday In tears The drst tho
Z were arraigned this morning on a chars
q Of keeping q disordsrly house. but tl
u case was postponed until 10 night.
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