The evening times., 1896-06-01
REhoRSE s[IlfD HER
Agony of Handsome Maria St.
- Clair in The Dock.
RUNS WORK ON A WOMAN
The Judge Used Becky Smith as y
Horrible Example for the Young
Prisoner-She Promised TO Reform
and Was Release d-Strong Case
Against Clara Wallace.

Doorway, doorway.' yelled Flynn in
the policecourtthis morning until he grewas
hoarse as a steam whistle. The cOrrldor
was packed to suffocation with Il crowd Of
| men and women, who persisted in hanging
around the entrance TO the courtroom.
Now. what do you want, en-" cried the
big policeman 10 fat colored man. and a
little dried-up yellow woman. both of
them with their eyes glued 10 the cracks
between the swinging doors.
LIE waltIn' ter see mali Clara tried
said the woman, reluctantly. turning her
head away.
Clara who?'' asked Mike. quickly.
Wallace" answered the man. dub
bleyer-a-li-a-c-e." lie ADDED. spelling IL out
slowly.
rIynn jumped around in "A perfect paroX-
ysm or deight. so it's Clara. SO II is
lie chucklcd. We'll. walk III and see her
get SoaEed. for l arrlSteu hcr meselt. an
the prosecuting attorney appears as u Wit
ness aEinst her.
SHE DID NOT ESCAPE.
"Gooa hebbins.' 'stammered the man. dat
gal is gone sho'. Wild dc whole cote er per
| sum on ner, how kin she 'scaDe?'.
And Clara didn't. Her fine was heavy
one, because OF her unusually vicious con
duct.
yesterday afternoon she stood in front of
| Dr.scun'S saloon. On seventh street, ana
front OF the place looked as If IL bad been
struck 10y cyclone.
Nike flynn, VINO lives in the ncigl.bor-
| hoai, heard the uproar ana reached The
saloon rs Clara was flinging her seven
teenib brick. Mr.. Pugh Happened To be
passing. ami he and Nike appeared against
the giri.'
manner. your honor he said, and rs it
is a particularly aggravated case l think
heavy fine should be imposed. She was
smGsling the windows OF saloon anu
wrecked a pane of glass i'll the windows.
Mike stood by punctua,ing Mr.. Pugh,s
testimony with emphatic no is OF his head.
Ten dollars fine said his honor.
Clara refused TO say word in her defense,
and as she passed back her two friends
walked out sorrowfully
Julia Stewart lives III Pleasant alley
with her worthless husband and two chill
dren She works out. at the washtub. aud
is way from home the best part of the day.
When Julia came home Saturday night she
| found her worst half and three other men
seated at the table in he kitchen. playing
poker.
Julia ordered them out and they went.
which made Stewart mad. and lie banged
| her around livel: Jula screamed and
| sworc, while the brute pounded her on the
Policeman Mullen heard the oaths and
| locked Julia up, while the husband remain
| Ell home and slept comfortably in bed.
| As for poor Julia she tossed around on the
| hard bench Of cell all night, thinking OF
| Der baby.
She had the courts sympathy this morn
ing when she told her story.
Julia said she never swure but did scream
when her husband struck her.
An he's allus beatn' me" sObbed Julia,
a clean respectaDle-lo0kng mulatto wO-
Ever been arrested before"'' asked the
Judge.
Decd. l amt sah.'' said Julia.
/ DO you drnk?''
| mo. sab"
You don't look lie a drinking woman,"
remarked the court, kindly. Il am going
To take your personal bonds, and try i'll
| infurc To keep peace III III" house., SAID
| the judge
| Julia thanked the court profusely, and
| hurried away to her children.
THE JUDGES LECTURE.
The case of Maria ST Clair, young and
! handsome white Woman, furnished an OD-
| portunity for Judge Kimball To deliver Il
! strong, pointed lecture on the evils Of
| drinking.
| Policeman Yoe had the defendant charged
| with dosorderly conduct ioe said that
| at 1 o'clock Sunday morning he heard ycIls
| and cries, mixed with oaths and obscene
! lauguage coming from a ShOemakcr's shop
! in the basement Of house on Fifteenth
| street northwest.
| He entered 1.-The squaid place and saw
| to his astonishmcnt Il pretty woman. as
| lightly clad as Trilby in the "Atlogether"
| She was heastly drunk and did not realize
| the condition she was in.
and carried Maria to the station. where she
gave several names; at last hcrreal one-St.
| Clair. There was not trace of dissipation
| on her face when she tremblIngly faced the
| court and pleaded Ignorance of her uffense.
| The soft. hazel eyes were clear and lumin-
| Gus. Her lips were curved Ike scarlet
| bow and her complexion as pink and white
| as a haby's. She had dressed her dark.
curling hair carefully. and her hands, rest
ing on the soilcd rail. We're white and
shapely.
told ar fItnf fnfnn n1n,,t
tions and the condition he found herin.
Judge kiuihall questioned about the
woman's scarcltYnf garments, and Yoe said
| she wore nothing but a single garment
when he found her. His honor had fine
shade Of disgust on his face as he asked
the woman if she had any statement to
| make.
Her dark eyes filled. her lip quvered and
her snail hands cienched as she made
plea ror mercy and liberty.
Indeed / don't remember, Judge, of be-
| ing undreSSed.' she said. Il am not a had
girl. hut | will acknowledge / had been
drihking. 1t is my one SIM
Yes, and a SIM replied the court. that
is RESPONSIBLE for many Others"
| lyon are going down the hill fast. my
girl continued the Judge. impressively.
THE WARNINGS.
| "If YOU could see some of the women
| who came here from rum it would make
you shudder. You don't show the effects
of drink now and his honor stared at
the handsome creature So near the quick
sands of destruction. but you Will. If You
Keep at il you will lose all your beauty and
become a wrctched, sodden hag like many
before yGu as lovely as YOU"
| The woman turned uncasily in the stand.
and her eyes, rowing over the dock, fell on
a woman sitting in one corner OF the pen.
chewing snuff and mumb!ng her wicked
old mouth at the ear of Il negro with whom
she seemed hale fellow well met. She was
| Becky Smith, an inmate OF the wor rkhousn
since the memory of the oldest official
around the court. For Il fleeting second the
ewes of the two women met.
| Becky grnned and sneered, revealing her
| horrible blackened. broken teeth. and
| wrnkling her face into Il devliSb grimacc
in her delight at the young woman's en-
| barrasSment
Maria faced the court again. Judge
Kimball had noticed the by-play, and was
quick to take advantage of it.
prisoner bowed her head. crying hopelessly.
what whisky can do Now stop and tell
me: will you promise never to take another
draks" ink NV g., voc, s,o .,suo.os hon.
ing her hands together wildly: ''never.
never again. / have work. hut If you send
me down, / shall lose it. and then I am
lost"
| That word lost rang through the court
room and touched his honor's heart.
mo one is lost at your age he replied
You have vet time to save yourself
Leave the old life behind YOU and startlife
again"
The indigo warned hcr never to come he
fore him again and released her.
ARRESTED A WIDOW.
The next prisoner was also white woman
who had been locked up since Saturday
night. She was Dora Foster. Il widow. who
was arrested by Policeman j p. O'Day
for being disorderly.
O'Day said she was in Kozel's summer