The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-02
NO W0MthIN THE 06Gtt1H
Rather Unusual State Of Things
in Police CircI:s.
INSANE MAN TURNED LOOSE
Judge Kimban Took the Fellows
Personal Bonds to Leave Town To-
mOrrow-One Alleged Tramp Es-
capped the Sentence Given Three of
His Comrades.

There was not woman In the police court
dock this morning. An attorney, who no.
\ uCed the Tact, remarked: - understand
that Judge knnbalI has made a ruling that
the first officer who brings woman III Tor
vagrancy will be sent TO the asylum"
Henry Triver Of ThOinpson's woods was
| the first unique, Understandable character
that came before Judge Kimball. There
| were just thirty more arraigned before ms
honor rs the aftermath of 1s36s first day.
Henry does not own ThompsOn's woods
dor does he live there permanently. he
| simply took his abode there temporarily
for the three or four days that he has been
breathing the air of the uation's capital,
SO the officer W no brought him into court
said.
This man has been roaming around in
| the woods since the eth OF December
ale has been breaking the trees and
shrubbery there and seems to bc derncnted."
HIS TATTERED CLOTHES.
All eyes turned toward the man in the
dock. He was a small, stubby German,
clad In tattcrcd aud much worn garments.
His hair bad not ieIt the kindly caress of
comb or brush for the last ten mouths.
His face was soiled enough I" be tillable
His hands were Il study. Svengali aud Mr..
Wilton La ckaye could well select them for
models. In fact, they were SD dirty that
Potomac water in It's present. perturbed
and unacceptable condition would not
leave n mark on them, and, like a Presided
tial candidate, he had Ia ken to the woods.
Come around here, Henry" said Judge
Kimball, land tell me about yOurself?'
Triver spraug into the witness box and be-
| ganexplodinga series ufGcrman and French
| fragments of vocabulary mixed in with
| a deal OF suffering, that closely resembled
an alarm clock that refu sed to be consoled.
An Interpreter was called.
| He says that three years ago he began
| working on a Hamburg American line
| steamer snid the interpreter. He fell
down and broke his knee while carrying a
| bag of coffee. He tried to recover from the
company.
He says he sleeps at night at No. ia
First street. He came here from New York
| to see the German minister, and says he
| tried to see him yesterday. II was his in
tention To go ana see the President today,
he says, and to try and get his help in
collecting $50, 600 from the steamship COM
pany.
WHEELS IN HIS HEAD.
Why, the man is not right in his head
! said the court.
He says that a woman told MN That ne
| would have To- pend SIX weeks in the woods
| before the President would take up DIS
| claim said the interpreter.
| ASK hun III he mas ever been III an asy-
luin.''
| He SAYS he has never.
He should be held to have his sanity ex-
| ahmed said the court; but If he viii get
out of the town, 1 Will take his personal
bonds.''
| "Mcin clothes bein' vet, an lch can't go
today" exclaimed the man.
Well Will you leave town by toInorrow?'
va"
| Take his personal bonds to leave town"
John Rodgers. Joe McDan, Gus Miller,
| Jim Clark. James Collins, James Roberts
! and Sam Howard was the personnel of q
merry party Of Wandering willics who had
| come all the way from nowhere and were
| in hurry TO get To any place. Collins
| showed the court that he was not the
| vagrant the others appeared to he and
| his personal rccogniZance was taken. The
| others were sent down for five days each
| in order that they may prolong their stay
amid the beautiful associations OF wash
| ington.
VICTIM OF DRINK.
| Thomas Collins is young man about
thirty years Drink has the best OF him,
his friends say.
| collins has been drunk one month to
my knowledge" said the officer who ar
rested him His parents asked that he
be arrested"
! The mans old father and mother stepped
before the Judge. Each had locks whitcned
by the frosts of at least three score and
| ten wears The son stood III the dock with
his head on his breast and 4 look o. shame
on his face.
! He spends every thing in drink and is
! not like his brothers and sisters" said the
father. I'VE can do nothing with him."
/ They abuse me at home and don't treat
| me right" said Thomas. II do drink some,
| but not very much.
| well you may go down to the work
| house for thirty days said the court.
Charles TAYLOR. Martin Hart, Louis KIth-
ANA and John McCathren composed a
! quartet o int lliaent-looking men who Were
| arrested for vagrancy.
They had stopped in the woods on Biadens-
| burg road and built fire. They had all
| walked from Baltimore yesterday, and all
said they had money in their pockets.
| Each said he wis working his way TO
New Orleans, and as none could afford to go
in sleepers, they were going on freight
cars and Oh foot.
These are respectable looking men, ami
the case is dismissed said Judge KinlIan.