The evening times., 1895-11-01
|OAlI ONE was WHITE
Color Of TWenty-seven Prisoners
in the Police Court.
JAMES, STARVING FAMILY
Tenrs Rolled Down tue Cheeks of the
White Prisoner as He Admitted
Having Taken Few Biscuits-Hls
Personal Bonds Taken-Judge KIM
bulls Fircside whipping Post.

Twcnty-seven weary stragglers partool
| of the police court breakfast served bl
| Policeman r lynn, the heavyweight member
| OF the furce, this morning, and afterward:
| formed procession Il nj marched into Judg,
| Kjmbairs dock. All were males, and
| twenty-siX OF them were black.
Gin was responsible ior the downfall ol
| most of them although Il disnciinatiui
/ To do anything cdrcuiatcd to disturb theli
| physical caliii nl,,de several amenaDle tC
| the charge OF vasrancy.
| James johnson, Cnarics Williams, and
| Jonn brown, ranging III years from twcivt
| to sixteen, pieadt'u not guilty Ia the sweep
| ing charges contained IN the vagrancy IN
iorination. The officer IN the case tcsliiie,l
| that the boys broke into Il stable anu after
! building lire, settled themselves for q
| co.nI"i,aU.e snvoEe, wniic the ram urops
| pattcrcu ON III. ruuI.
WHAT were you uoing in that stable
Johiison' asked Judge hiniDalr
Il Jes cum here, yu honor, an went LII
there VII uosc boys 10 sleep.
"Wnere ulu yoG come irolu.
"ArXaildria."
wen, sy,i /, y back 10 Alexandria. We've
got more ~. mere no W tn:,n can md work.
HOW'S THIS, ,ALEXANDRlA?
That's worse tnau workhousc SEN
tencc, your honor" said Mr.. Pugh.
wiiiIaiiis WIS also b stra aiger in the
city, having come from fhiia.,ipn!a, ana
Juun brown, tnc smallest one o. me trio,
stated tnat Savan nnaI, ia, was ms home.
"wnen you boys get out oil The work
house, 1 want you 10 go 10 your homes, =
sa,d ssSi, the judge III give you ten days
ro,iccman Muhl, of the Fourth precinct
came up smiling this morning with case
or PROFANITY. henry Washington was the
Defendant and ne pieaded mol guilty.
Il was urnnK, JuuSe, yo' honor, but
as 70. swearin', 1 ieucr swore an oath III
my life. OATS dc truf.''
AIR. Robey OF the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
u-hnnt WaShlnVl,.l
some time, testified la the old mans good
character, and as ii was his first offcnse
the court took his personal Donus.
! Walter James, the oiiy white man in the
dock, was then arraigned to answer the
charge of vagrancy. His was the most
pathetic case or the morning. A colored
steal some biscuits cut OF bread box
about O'Clock in the morning.
what have you 10 say about this?'
asked the court.
Judge, I'm guilty. ] have n wife and
four cniidrcn, ana haven't had work all
summer. 1 was gon' out on East Cap
from Mr. SaNtoD, on the raiiroad.'
STOLE BREAD FOR HIS FAMILY.
"What did you steal that bread for?"
Il was hungry, luugr, and ihat'll make
man do most anything" replied ;he
prisoner, rs tue tears started uown his
chccFS.
baiiiff Sam KendIg stated that he had
known James FOR number OF years ami
had known him as nard-working man.
The court took his personal bonds.
Abel Sohl," c:inCd Clerk Harper, and
an Old, white haired Diuiatto stcpped up 10
the rail.
WHAT'S your right name inquired the
clerk, suspiciouSly.
That's my rignt name" declared the
prisoner. Il never went back on my name,
never had to-
That wasn't the IA HE you gave the last
time You We're here"
Il was crazy drunk that time, your honor,
bat I've been married since then. mar
ried Il woman down in Virginia M med Nan
ME Tuck"
when did you get out or the workhouse?"
about three months ago, judge, and We
kept out OF the city To keep out of trouble
And came back tn get into trouble again.
I'll only give you ten days this time.
Oswald White, shiny black Kid, about
six years Old was arrested for proniiscu-
ously shooting a bcan-shooter on the street.
His mother appeared in court, and to her
Judge KimbaiI directed his remarks.
PROMISED \ WHIPPING.
This boy had bean-shoot ter, and was
him. What have you got to say about it,
well. Judge, you lei me lake HIM home,
an I'll give him the worst whippin' he
ever had
IF you'll scorrcct him I'll let him GO
said the Judge. THAT will do more good
than 10 make you pay a fine
Oswald was informed by the court that
he was going home to get licked. and he
accumpanie his mother out OF the Court
room blubbering.
Samuel BLACKSTONE was arrested by Po
liccman Mcdonnell while engaged in that
game dear To the heart OF all darkies,
crap.
HE never seen me dcre, judge. yo'
honor" declared the namesa ke of the great
jurist. HE seen some other boy"
The officer was positive in his fden-
tification, however, aud Samuel was
ava rlcd thirty days.
Fillmore sullivan, Richard Davis. Mack
Adams, Arthur Meade, Frank Williams,
and Samuel Martin failed 10 answer 10
their names when the collateral list was
called, and their securities were forfeited.