Evening journal., 1895-12-16


OF Robblug saIoon-1wo Young Men
who Are Accused OF DIsorderly Con
duct-One Fined and One HeId-othsr
s. Municipal Court Cases.
On the evening Of December z. William
~ Conner wus shot by an unknown
colored man on West street, bstwesn
Front aud sscond streets, the shooter
getting away In slaughter house allsy.
TIE officers have been busy since, and
Saturday evening Oficers Scott and
Welsh arrested Frank Brown, colored
as the man who did the act This
morning be Was erraigned but the state
wasn't ready, and an adjournment was
taken until Wednesday morning. bail
bslng fixed at 81 600
While the court was In session Officer
Welsh noticed anoih sr colored man named
Joseph Pennington, In the conrt room,
aud az he WAS suspested 10 be implicated
be was arrested. and held until the same
time bell being Fixed at $500 Conner
was ln court and 10 an EVENING JoUR-
NAL reporter stated that be was getting
along all right The bullet has been
located 10 his neck but 40 It viii do no
harm there, It will be allowed to re.
main.
Last Friday morning about 2o'clook
Officer GilllnR saw four men standing at
Second and Market streets talking Later
they started of together AS the officer
could not see why II they were all going
the same way, they should spend several
minutes on q cold corner, be watched
them, az did Officer Lucas Later tho
same four men we're seen at Second aud
preached them they ran up King. Lucas
tried TO stop them bat succeeded In
merely capturing = hat dropped by one
OF them After che men had gotten away
the officers discovered that an attempt
had been made 10 break into a saloon on
Second street and connected the quartet
with it
Friday afternoon Odicer Ralston was
in an up town barber shop when a
Young man named Edward Johnson
entered he didn't see Rslston and the
conversation drifted on the attempt on
the saloon Johnson told OF losing his
hat. and hs was arrested. 10 the
chiefs ofice he ntated that he
was with man named Charles
Denn. and that Dsnn broke the glass
Then Dean was arrested, and both were
arraigned for dlsoiderly conduct Denn
denied being there at tho time and he
was held In 500 bail until Wednesday
morning pending further investigation.
Johnson WAS fined $40 and coats.
Held for Two Onenses.
About 30 o'clock yesterday morning
Waichmsn Richard Heritage discovered
light 10 the saloon Of Edward J.
Newell on East Seventh street, aud sus.
psotiug burglars. notified Sergeant
/ Welsh, who with Sergeant Shields and
Ohser Massey surrounded the
place Sergeant Shields caught
a young c9lored man named
Wiliem Ford trying TO escape by the
alley, into which be had dropped from q
second story window. He confessed TO
havine been In the place bat said be bad
only taken drink OF whlskey. He had
artzjr on bin. Mr. Newell said that
| Fora had worked for him but was dis
charged sbout four weeks ago TOT
stealing. He had lost some $35 worth OF
liquors, cigars. etc Ford pleaded hrst
oh-nss. and said he had O wife and i've
chlidfon. He wRs held in $500 bail on
the charge OF burglary ana $50 bail for
carving concealed a deadly weapon
Mary Scannel sporting black eve, was
charged with being drunk and dlsorderly.
She has Eve children and Agent Stout
asked that her case be continued until
this evening, bail being tx d In 500
George w. Kay was arrested by OHcer
I Scott at Front aud Market streets, drunk.
I Ha WIS taxed s and costs
Jamss Gil, colored, was charged With
assaulting q white man named Teddy
| Armstrong Armstrong said 10 wasn't
| GIN. but other witnesses who saw the
occurrence said II was, and James was
6nsd 50 and costs
Joseph Murray, drunk ard disorderiy,
was arreatsd by Officer Welsh. II cost
him 50 and trimmings for his escapads.