Evening star., 1896-08-04
BEFORE JUSTICE SCOTT
Not a Very Large Assortment of Prisoners
This Morning.
Mamie Casey, Who Wanted to Dance
q Can-Can, Given a Trip to
the Farm.

There we're not many prisoners in the
cells at the Police Court this morning, and
Justice Scott had a comparatively easy
task in the dispensation of justice.
1t was a very motley crew that lined
up In front Of the judge 1t was made up
Of whites and blacks. young and old, men
and women, from few for whom it was
their first appearance in court up to a
couple of hardened old vags, whose faces
were sufficient to warrant their going to
the workhouse.
One of the first to face ''hizonner" was
young white man by the name Of Angus
| tus Reynolds, a timer by trade. He was
charged with profanity. He was put un-
der arrest last evening by Policeman Ellis.
who was the only witness against him in
court this morning.
The evidence in the case showed either
that some one was lying or that an un-
warranted arrest had been made. Rey-
nolds looked like a law-abid!ng citizen, and
MS testimony was given in a straightfor-
ward manner. He said that he was walk
Ing along 4th street. when he saw Police
man Ellis and his partner were standing
on the curbing by bicycle. Supposing
that there had been an accident he asked
Ellis what had happened.
You seem to take a good deal Of in
terest in this" said the policeman.
We'll. I thought 1 had a right to ask"
replied Reynolds
At that, and for no other reason said
the defendant, he was gathered in and
locked up at the station house.
Justice Scott evidently thought he was
telling the truth, for he dismissed the case.
Mamie Danced.
Mamie Casey" called Clerk Harper
The woman who rose in the dock was an.
| other case of "cne more unfortunate" She
~ fhn har -1ax, Of hn,
youth, and notwithstanding that she has
lived hard aid reckless life, her face still
shows the traces of beauty She has q
fine figure, but a few years more of devo,
tien to the growler and the can will leave
her a broken, bloated wreck
According to Policeman Kilmartin, who
does duty in the Division Mamie on
Z street Saturday evening. She was doing
the can-can in most approved style. and he
pulled her in on the charge of vagrancy
Out of her wages of sin she had secured a
lawyer, and he pleaded earnestly that
Mamie be treated with consideration.
Justice Scott thought that 1t would be the
best thing for Mamie if she could be Sc
cluded from the temptations of the world
for while, and he sent her to the work
house for fifteen days.
George Washington and Mamie Harris
denizens of Caton's alley, in Georgetown
are colored people with almost unlmi led
capacity for beer. They exceeded even
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result was that Policeman Harrison locked
them up and charged them with fighting
dsorderly conduct, profanity and pretty
much everything else that two people could
do in short time.
At the police station George was so OBJ
streperous that he was put in the dun
Seon.' In some mysterious manner he es-
capped from that retreat. and hurried across
the Potomac. Virginia did not appeal to
his tastes. and he came back to Georgetown
within an hour. He had been back but a
short time when he was arrested again.
In court this morning both pleaded guilty
with the understanding that they might
make statement.
What did you do, WashingtO tOn?' asked
Mr.. Pugh.
II didn't do nothin'.''
"Then why did you plead guilty?'
"'Cause l was afraid some of these Po-
this with glance toward the attorney VINO
had defended Mamie Casey.
Fifteen dollars for George and $ for
Mamie" said the judge.
Sarah Brown called the clerk. The
unfortunate who stepped up resembled but
little the famous Sarah Brown, the artists
model who for several years kept the Quar-
tie- Latin and the art students of Paris by
the ears. She was less than thirty years
Of age, but during a good many of the
stages of her span of life she has studiously
avoided the narrow path of good behavior.
Last night she was 'fuller'nagote" and
was running amuck in the neighborhood of
7th and P streets. A man and a woman
were with her and during the trouble the
man hit Sarah just above the left eye. The
woman bled profusely and when she came
into court this morning the front of her
yellow cotton shirt waist was all covered
with blood. The man who struck her was
released on $ collateral. This he forfeited.
There was no doubt about Sarah's con-
duct last night and the judge fined her 50.
He afterward reduced it to So, the limit of
her pile