Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-26
CHRISTMAS RESULTS
Long Procession in the Police Court
This Morning.
THEY had TOO MUCH CELEBRATION
Plenty Of Temperance Lectures
Were on Hand.
MANY WERE EGdIN

Today's record of the Police Court, show
ing the payment of several hundred dol
lars on account of fines, indicates to the
minds of the court officials a decided
change in the financial condition of the
city. Last year, as well as the year be-
fore, the amount Of money paid in fines
was very small, and money was so scarce
that there were not even many arrests for
drunkenness and disorderly conduct. This
year. however, there has been more drunk
enAess than there has been for several
years, and the disorderly persons arrested
number many in excess of one hundred.
Those who had money were able to get
out of the lookup and renew their Christ
mas celebration, or return home and get
sober, while about one hundred of them,
unable to raise the required amount or give
bond, had to remain behind the bars. In
most instances those who had sobered up
had frightful examples of rum victims be-
fore them. for they were taken in at all
hours, and some of them were very noisy
and profane, and rendered sleep impossible.
One poor unfortunate who was behind
the bars complained to the stationkeeper
this morning about o'clock of the fright
full noises, and suggested that the man
making the noise should be put in the
dungeon.
For raising all that h. was his re-
Spouse. Its enough to give a man the
horrors to stay behind the bars and hear
all this racket
You should have thought of this" the
stationkeeper told him, when you were
making all the noise
when 1 made the noise?" asked the man
in astonishment.
IF 1 thought had made any such noise
as that" said the man with shattered
nerves and a headache, I'D swear off for
life"
.'Then you had better swear off, for you
were making more noise than this poor
fellow is making
Then here it goes" said the prisoner.
mo more rum for me-
And this morning when he was released
he declared that he would not even take
cocktail to relieve him of his nervousness,
but would go home perfectly sober to his
wife and children.
arrested, for some of them got arrested 4
second time after being released, and others
could not pass the nearest saloon without
stopping to get an "eye-opener.
Ninety-seven victims of the police remain
ed in the stations for court this morning,
and the Black Maria had to start out long
before daybreak in order to get them in
court in time for trial.
the dock being unable to hold all the pris-
cners, and a number of them We're still I'M
der the influence of liquor to the extent that
they were unable to tell whether they were
in court or a bar room, and the fumes of bad
liquor filled the room to the extent that a
lighted match would probably have caused
an explosion which would have unroofed the
building with as much ease as cyclone.
The Procession Starts.
Policeman Flynn was on hand to see that
the caterer did not neglect to furnish the
coffee cocktails to all corners. Samuel God
frey, an old soldier, was one of Officer
Flynn's victims. and although he had been
locked up over night he was far from sober.
II was walking along Pennsylvania ave-
nue. last night with my wife" said the Of
fcer, when this man accosted me, and when
ordered him off he used the most obscene
and abusive language ever heard
Judge, your honor" said the man in the
tolls, II had a little Christmas in me, but
I'm the most peaceable man you ever saw"
Every peaceable, l suppose" was the
courts remark. Ten dollars or thirty
days"
Levi Jackson, colored, was in the process
sion as a suspicious person, because Pre-
cinct Detective Barnes thought he wanted
to get overcoat or umbrella from the
hallway of his house last night.
He came to my house" said the officer,
land when found at the door he asked for
something to eat. That's an old game of
his. He enters Railways to see what he
can take. and if detected he pretends he is
hungry"
do you know anything more about
him?"
Hes been to the penitentiary."
Sixty days
Edward Richardson claimed that the
"other fellow" did the swearing. but the
policeman knew better and the court i'm
posed the usual penalty.
''rhos. O'Day's parents have asked that
their son be vagged, and have written let
tiers to Lieut. Boyle to this effect said Po-
liceman Colbert land last night Thomas
came up to my partner and myself and
asked us if we were going to vag him.
The result was that We did arrest him and
lock him up"
What do you know about his habits?'
Hes either half or three-quarters full
all the time
O'Day made a statement in his own be-
half, and the court gave him one month
in default of security.
Had Game.
Thomas Cooper and Hartley Hebron,
colored couple, appeared in the dock sus-
picious characters, and Policeman Elliott's
evidence showed that they had tried to fig
ure as mysterious people.