Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-05-24
MAY HAVE TAKEN WINGS.
SOLUTION GIVEN BY AN AGED
DARKEY FOR HIS DOGS ABSENCE.


He is Charged with Maintaining =
Nuisance In the Shape OF a bowling
Dog-A coIored Man Paya for His Aots
Two Saloon Men in Troubled Other
Municipal Court Cases
Yesterday afternoon Officer Manion
WAS notified by Laura Chamberlain,
colored, who lives at No. 2307 West
Seventh street, that George Freeman,
colored, had been exposing his person In
that vicinity. He denied the charge but
the evidence set too strongly against
him and Judge Ball fined him $40 and
cokts
William Lockman, an old colcred man,
was arrAigned for maintaining a
nuisance in keeping bowling dog ct
No 412 Searles street. He said Your
honor, the dog ran away Monday, and
God who knows all things, only knows
where he lie, whether he took wings or
not
City Solicitor Elliott suggested that
the case be dismissed and Judge Ball
added 1T seems that the nuisance has
been abated by an act Of special and
divine providence. He dismissed the
charge, cautioning Lockmsn that II any
svil spirit should by any chance bring the
dog back be should get rid of 1t.
George w. Griffith WAS arrsignsd on q
charge OF contempt of couIt in not
appearing in answer TO q summons in the
LAWN assault case. He claimed that the
summons WAS not read to him. Ofacer
Rhelnholiz y ore that he read the war
rant 10 Wingsts aud then found that
Griffith was wanted as a witness He
consulted with Officer Massey and he put
Griffith's name on the warrant and then
he read 1t to Griffith. Judge Ball de
cided that technically the warrant was
imperfect and di missed the case. He
said however, that witnesses who dis
obeyed an order OF the court, would be
punished and that severely.
Norman Blackwell and John McCrea,
the two boys charged with larceny OF
goods from the house of John H. Potter,
No 1907 Reed street, were srraigned
again. Roy Hopkins, q companion OF the
boys, said McCres told him that bis
mother had some Of the stolen articles
rhe case was continued until to- morrow
morning, bail being fixed at 800 each
The case of John Farragher.of No Si1
West Second street, charged with selling
liquor on Sunday, was taken up E R.
Cochran represented the defendant.
officer Scott said he had been told by a
MRS. Mcconnell that her son was in the
habit Of visiting the place Sundays, and
that last Sunday she saw two men
one of them drunk, 60 in the
alley gate aud stay In some twenty
minutes George Scheiver said he was
one Of the parties. He was trying to
take companion home aud went TO tn
place to get pair of shoes fer his come
panion. He saw beer purchased and
paid for 1t was lager and although he
hadn't tasted it, be had a glass Ia his
had and knew the stuff Mr.. Cochran
tried to get the case dismissed on alleged
imperfections in the warrant, but failed
and then waived further examination
and gave bail in 5000 for the upper
court
Neal Kennedy. of No 40 Spruce street,
vas arraigned on a similar charge John
Dougherty was the principal witness
against the place and swore that every
Sunday from twenty 10 twenty Ave men
went there, raped three times on the
alley gate aud were admitted. When
they came out they showed that they
had been drinking Mr. Cochran at
tempted to show that witness had a
grudge against the place and that his
motive was one Of revenge and Judge
Ball granted a continuance Of the case
until Monday at Q o'clock, in order to
give him chance TO produce witnesses
to substantiate his claim.