The evening times., 1896-05-02

1utFt are uiyS III tue pOlCe court Wueu
every case moves with exasperating slow
ness.
The lawers are verbose, long winded.
and waste valuable time in asking useless
questions, and the witnesses. not to be out
done, exhibit degree of stupidity that is
surprising.
The prisoners CT mot be induced to plead
one way or another, ana only the heroic ef-
forts and blood-curdiing threats of the
baiirfs secure a plea. This was the state
OF affairs today, condition peculiarly
exasperating to Judge Kimball, who want
ed to close court and catch the o'clock
train for Harper's Ferry.
His honor tried every case at railroad
speed with the hope that the court would
be over before train time.
HE GAVE IT UP.
1t was useless. The prisoners all had
q mania for legal advice, and the judge
despairingly abandoned his attempt, trans
ferring his docket upstairs TO Judge Miller,
who had been laboring all the morning with
q class of witnesses and prisoners, who
preferred talking through their noses and
from the pits of their stomachS rather than
employ the vocal organs with which ma
ture had endowed them.
That's what Shakespeare called 'iamna-
ble iteration, remarked Hogg to Costigan,
after n III wNtr naI asked q witness tIle Sa fIlc
question half n dozen times.
"B gob,' returned Cos, "these lyycrs
have too many rUightS inny way. They can
bulldoZe We on tIs sthand. an If ye crack
back. IL names foive or TIM
1.-The less q man knows about the law the
more anxious he is to be important about
the slight knowledge he possesses" Oh
served Hogg.
THE BARBER BACK AGAIN.
George W. Schultze, a barber In the
shop under the Hotel johnson, appeared
In court this morning for the second time
In twenty-four hours. Yesterday he was
fined SO for disorderly conduct and his
boss paid the fine.
Today he headed the line. This time
the charge te chnlcally was obStructiug the
side walk, specifically, lying against a
tree drunk and asleep. SchultZe, Il blonde.
Alsatian, all the hair oil out Of his light
locks. his musta che dropping aud his linen
soled, clung to the rail and plead not
guilty.
You were here yesterday, Schultze,"
said Judge Kimball. 1T was whisky then.
if l remember rightly. that got you in
trouble. as now. You got drunk just after
being released. didn't YOU"
Schultze rubbed bis unshavcn chin des-
perately. and then pressed bis hands to his
throDbing temples.
iSSh n bDiNIhs
"Your honor, / dak' a few koktails To
brace Up and get drunk in a mint
SchultZe made plea to be excused. but
the court was obdurate. He was fined So
or fifteen days.
Overton Baker. an honest looking colored
man. was arrested yesterday for DISTRACT
ing the street with his clam cart.
Policeman Reith arrested him and Baker
spent the night in cell, the same as
common felon.
Reith is very young officer. He said
that for two hours Baker st ood at the en-
trance 10 an alley on y street, between
Fourth and Fifth streets.
Take the stand. Baker" said Kendig,
land talk to his honor.
"Yo' opner." said the defendant, Il runs
4 rag kvaTt /. de winter. an sell clans
in sumniah. But bZnes> has been very bad,
sab. OWN TO de cold SPELL
Overton went on to state that he bought
fifty CLAIMS yesterday, which he intended
to retail at l cent each. Il sees pool
room on n street and makes a halt"
Baker argued that pool and CLAIMS neces-
sarily went together. a player chalked
his cue made a shot. and ate clam
until ReIth came along.
Il don't want to fine worklngman like
YOU said Judge Kimball. but you must
not block the street. Take his personal
bonds"
MAN OF MANY ALIASES.
Only his mother. and she. poor old ladyi
has been under the daisies for many years.
ever knew the right name OF the man who
responded when Clerk Harper called" George
Reynolds
He is a vasrant. known for decade to
the police and the workhcuse people. un-
der many aliases. Possibly family pride
keeps him from revealing his true name.
Kendig says Reynolds sistS up nights think
ing and devising aliases. 1t was the same
old story of drunkenness and he got thirty
days. submitting as he always does with
meekness to the punishment.
1t was a sad spectacle presented hy Katie
KeeCan. standing in the dock, crowded be-
tween two vicious negroes. her rich fur
cape and elegant attire rubbing against