The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-22
YESTERDAY IN THE COURTS
SUNDAY LIoUOR CASES IN COURT
 YESTERDAY,

A Thieving Laundress--Bound Over for
 Burglary Marcus H. Platt's Muddy
 Bath-organlst Rassat Arrested for Sing
 ing at 2;30 n. m.-A Wife Beater Gets
 Sixty Days-other Court Notes.
 Thomas Kiernan, who keeps a saloon on the corner of Walnut and Wallace streets, was arrested yesterday charg- ed with violation of the Sunday liquor law. Policemen Lindsley, John Roche, Bellman and Kelly went to the saloon Sunday at noon and found thirty men drinking in back kitchen. Many es- capped, jumping through the windows Furniture, chairs and glasses were broken in the scramble. William Jeff fers of 40 Walnut street, James Farrell of East street and Grand avenue, Mi chael Baker of III Franklin street, Pat rick Appleby of 286 Wallace strict, Daniel Foley of Franklin street and Grand avenue, James McEugh of 2S York street, and James Kerrigan of lS0 Hamilton street were arrested charged with being in saloon on Sunday. Pat rick Appleby, Daniel Foley and James McHugh paid $S and costs apiece in the city court yesterday morning, and the others agreed to testify against Kier- nan. Their cases were continued. THE LAUNDRESS STOLE, Florence Outlaw of 34 Day street is 8 laundress and has been employed in several prominent families, among them being MT. Lewis of the firm of Lewis & Maycock.
 All the families who employed the woman missed articles and when she was arrested Saturday her house was found largely stocked with sheetings,
 able linen, skirts and dresses which she had stolen.
 Mrs. Lewis identified large quantity of the property as hers, but it is not known to whom the rest of the stock belongs She had enough to start a hotel
 The case was settled outside of court for $15 and sS.6S costs,
 TWO WOMEN ACCUSED OF THEFT.
 The cases of Rosie Choffo and Mary Clark, charged with theft from Michael Reilly an employe at the Consolidated railroad office, were continued yester- day until tomorrow. Reilly called at Rosie Choffo's resort at Fair and Prin- dle streets Saturday night and remain ed until nearly o'clock. Then he awoke and started to go home, but missed all his money, $20. He com plained to Policeman George Murphy that Mary Clark, one of the inmates, had robbed him. Murphy, with Police man Bowers, went to the place and ar rested both the proprietress and the Clark woman. The latter had no mon ey, but the Choffo woman had Wad that impressed the policemen by its magnitude. Each woman accuses the other of the theft.
 MARCUS PLATES MUDDY BATH,
 Marcus H. Platt, an aged man who lives on South Front street, and who was fished out of the mud in the Mill river flats Sunday by Policemen John Roche and Kendall, was in court yes terday Platt is a hermit, who has Tor years lived in the woods near Wood- bridge. About two months ago he came to the city. He is apparently dement, ed. He had wandered into the mud up to his knees and was first seen bran dishing a broom with no apparent ob- 1ect. The police were notified and when they reached the old man by use of boards he was nearly exhausted. The mud was up to his knees and he was grovelling with his elbows trying to get out.
 The policemen got him out, took him al,a hi aIn arrested him for vagrancy. His house was dirty and neglected, and the old man was in filthy condition
 Judge Cable sentenced him to sixty days in jail yesterday morning in the city court.
 UHL'S CASE CONTINUED.
 The saloon of John Uhl on Grand avenue, near Franklin street, was en- tered Saturday night about l o'clock through the back door. Policeman M1- chael Connolly saw man in the place and started to go around to the rear when the burglar saw him and made wild dash for liberty. Connolly is an athlete, and easily overlook the run ner. He was George Criminosky of Hartford, who travels under the names of John Davis and George Smith. He had not taken anything, but was lock- ed up, and his case continued until to- | morrow.
 APPEALED TO COMMON PLEAS Another appeal was filed yesterday in | the common pleas court on the case of | H. w. Smith vs. pr. G. H. Converse and others.
 EVIDENTLY BAD MUSIC. | Charles Russat, organist at the French Catholic church, was yesterday | fined five dollars for breach of the peace. At 2:30 Sunday morning Po- 1 liceman Patrick Doherty entered the apartments of Organist Charles Rus sat on the top floor at 99 Church street to put stop to the singing and piano l playing he had heard proceeding | thence through the open windows