Evening journal., 1896-04-06
JONES A DOUBLE LOSER
He Lost His Horse Race and
Was Arrested and Fined.
OROPPsD ROBs CAUSED Els FALL


Samuel Coveted williams New Trousers
and is Ia Troubie-John and Annie VIII
Not Be Separated Even n in Jau-A
Black Ere Causes Lena's Arrest-Other
Municipal Court Gases.
Last evening Oai ,srs shsll ard RAssoa
we're patr5lling theie BEATS hsyoad
Market street bridge ovsrtls B laiy
vine when they saw James NJ Jones
ana another men named Naudam. both
eoiorea, racing horses on Market street.
Jones WAS ahead, but he lost his laD
robs and was Obliged 60 stop aud pick it
up. The officers arrested him and SEM
him in and this morning he pleaded
guilty and paid a fac OF 50 and costs.
The other man CO. away.
samuel Coveted the Trousers
On November 25 last William Butler.
q burly colored mau living at fourteenth
aud Claymont streats, had a pair of
trousers valued at IS so stolen from him.
he suspected Samuel Williams. another
colored man, ab)ut his aiz3 and had a
warrant issued for him Later he
found the missing garment in the sec
ond hand stors of Lswis Schlutt. on the
coast Ia the meantime Samuel skipped
out aud was gone until last Thurs
day, when he came back, only to
fall into the hands of Officers w. ].
Massey and Rsinholiz This morning he
vas arraigned and although he tried hard
to prove au abb, the evidence was too
strong against him and he was held In
5000 ball for upper court. L. ls claimed
shat Williams committed an assault on a
man at Odessa and word was sent there
10 have some one come on and identity
nim.
John ana Annie Share Jail Together.
John Fletcher aud Auuie Johns, both
colored, have been living together on
East Fifth street. Saturday Aunie bad
John arrested for assault aud the In
vesti9ation developed the fact that
the pair KEEP a very dis0rderly house
even for tho locality in which it
is located john was tried on the as
sault charge at irst and WAS convicted
and 6ned 83 and costs Then the two OF
thew we're tried and conformity were
fined $50 and costs. As conseq aencs
both John aud Annie will be registered
for awhile st the Chateau de Gllis, New
Castle.on-the Delaware. Judge Ball
rem marked that this house was q pretty
tough one aud should be broken up
Faustin KsvitsosKi who thinks in the
original Polish. was charged with cruelty
TO children. Il was held until evening
to allow the S'cletY for the Prevention
OF Cruelty to Children to look into the
matter, bail being fixed at $40.
Lena Charges her Il ack Eye TO Minnie
On Saturday Lana Collins whose eye
showed black even through her dusky
kin had Minnie Gales, another colored
maiden, hslsd before Msglstratdr Kelley
on q charge OF assault The case was
outside the Magistrates Jurisdiction and
was sent to the Muuisipal Court Walter
q Hayes represented Minnie and had
the trial postponed until tom rrow.
William Dale, at travelling umbrella
tinker, arrived 10 Wilmington Saturday
night he Is converssnt with the clos
ing law. and not having the required
knowledge Of side doors laid In supply
fyr Sunday. He was arrested last even
ing By Officer Mcdaniel. This morning
he was fined 81 and costs
Mary A Alker was charged with vio-
lating the heslth ordinances by refusing
to drain into sewer The case was con-
tinued until April IA Henry c. Conrad
represented her