Evening journal., 1896-04-28


Easy Co Get Drunk aud Awful Hard to
Keep Sober - Two Boy Terrors OF
Eleventh Sent to the Reform Schools.
Other Municipal Court Gases.
Your honor, Judge Ball, Just got
out Of jail yesterday morning and II
you'll let me 60 this time I'll get right
out Of town, was the petition made by
Thomas Jones, when his name was called
this morning In the Municipal Court. and
he graspsd the rail Of the dock with a
nerveless hand.
he had celebrated bis Ielease by
eampling the liquids found In profusion
along the coast aud last night fell into
the hands Of Sergeant Howga,e, who WAS
forced, as q matter OF public and per
sonh safety, TO send him In. Judge
Ball consulted the lnfallible A. b q.
guide and decided that the safetest way
for Thomas to get out OF town was TO
place him In the hands of Guide Heal and
this afternoon he will be shown how
to reach New Castle. He will
remain there forty Gays as the guest Of
Sheriff ellis unless his ship comes In and
the purser coughs up three plunks with
lace edges
The Two OF Years Was Trump.
James Scanlan shared In the general
feelings OF Professor Jones when be
stood up TO the rack, aud lhe hand on The
scale began to ohcillate dangerously
when James played trump card in the
shape OF q statement that be had not
been Ia custody for two years. Clerk
Adams consulted the score book and con-
/ c~r 81 ~. Ii =
and costs. De WAS captured at Fourth
and Spruce streets by Officer Floyd, very
drunk.
About midnight last night Daniel
Lepsrt, of Front and Madison streets,
complained TO Ohicsr Mcguire that
Thomas hullin, Thomas Council, James
Mclaughlin and William Dollard had
been In his place trying to give him the
warm hand for drinks He had elected
them, whereupon they had assaulted his
castle with garden vegetables. he
looked the quartet over, at the request Of
Judge Ball, and then decided that
DollSrd had not been'one OF the Annoysrs,
and he was discharged. The others were
charged 50 and costs
EASY TO Get Drunk" Says Peter.
TITS awful easy to get drunk but
awful hard TO stay sober. said Peter
Weiser, rather intelligent looking
German, who had been arrested by
officer Di Mare 40 Seventh and Tatnall
streets last evening The officer testified
that on Saturday afternoon be had
brought Peter into police head
quarters TO get him sobsred up
aud be WAS placed In the
Riley cure until morning. He
went out sober but proceeded 70 make
up for lost time aud when Officer Dihare
found him last night he was ft subject
for smother kind Of cure. The officer
tried to get him to 60 home. but be in.
sisted on making up the balance OF the
night on the street, and he was sent In.
The expenses OF the Riley cure aud the
Man cure amounted TO SO and extras,
The Eleventh Ward Ksjoicss.
John Ancker Is one Of the boy terrors
OF Browntown. His mother claims he is
a very good boy, but as she is one Of the
mistakes Of a law that allows unrestricted
emigration, her word does not cut very
much lee with the court She runs what
may be termed begging agency and her
children, one OF them about years old,
works on the street regularly. John
is not only beggar but has fingers
which are apt to close around portable
property not his own. For three years
the people In the Eleventh ward have
been making up their minds to have him
sent to the Ferris School, but havs
hesItatsd ~ act and this delay has made
him bold
Gardener Thorne's Complaint.
Several weeks ago q small boy named
Conner ran away from home and Joined
the Ancker force HlS father hunted
him up and warned Mrs. Anoksr TO cease
harboring him She laughed aud con-
tinued. Yesterday John Aucksr and the
Conner boy we're arrested on complaint Of
Gardener Thorne, Whs has charge OF the
residence Of William a. Gregg, Oak and
Broome streets. to the effect that the
pair had bsen stealing flowers. breaking
fences destroying flower beds and other
property, and when pursued, curaing him.
The Conner boys father promised to
put his boy 10 an institution whore be
would be cared for, aud Judge Ball will
send John 10 the Ferris Industrial school.
There we're q number Of residents Of the
Eleventh ward present at the trial, and
they shook hands fervently with each
other over the result.