The evening times., 1896-11-14
THIRD DECREE OF A DRUNK
John Daley Took Ii and Land
ed in Police COur'.
MATT WHITMAN'S DOUBLE
Maggie North Had Been in the Bus!-
ness Twelve Years-James Eckels.
Comptroller of Cab Fares, Had a
"Gem" On-Black Women Who
Had Tender Hearts.


Lodged with US at the station house one
night, yer HONOR said Officer PlemnIons;
"got took in paralyzed drunk the next
night, and last night we had to pull him
for dsorderly."
John Daley was the prisoners name. but
he might have been Walt Whitman from his
personal appearance. He was seventy years
old, gray-bearded and penitent.
yer honor" he pleaded I'm an auld
man; I'm turned seventy, an this is tn
fust time iver got inter sich a fix, s'help
me. l must own up that last night was
under tn inflooence, but it's tn rust time,
an I'm turned siventy.'
Five dollars
KIN go nome ter git it, yer honor?''
How long VIII II take you?
Bout "a week
Lock up the prisoner"
Its twelve years I've been in this
business" said Maggie North, ''andI never
give the officers no trouble before. Yes,
I've been In The business twelve years
Maggie locked it. MIR. Moss was defending
her and her hair was a beautiful match
for his complexion. He said that one arrest
in twelve years was II coed certificate of
character for a lady in her business.
Policeman Eeli explained hat the only
reason Maggie had never been arres,ed
before was because Of extreme lcniency OF
the police force. She had been warned
often, but would lean out of her window
and swear.
rnts collars bonds. or thirty days" and
Maggie drew her black lace fascinator over
her Elondine head and tripped smilingly out
TO the front office to find Mr.. Pugh.
james Eckels a controller OF "A certain
amount of currency, was up for disorderly
| conduct. James is not connected with the
| Treasury and is more commonly known as
Reddy, the Night-liner.
| His hair is red and likewise his temper,
| especially when he gets drunk. Reddy
only gets drunk once year-at least so lie
| says; but wien he does accumulate a jag
| it's gem. He had an annual event Of un-
| usual beauty Thursday night, and tried to
| wrecks Wellers stable, where he stores his
coupe. He also wanted to decapi,ate Mr..
| Weller with Il brick.
| Judge, kin l have a week to pay that
$1o?''
Not this time, Reddy,' and Bailiff
| Kendig escorted him down.
| 'Jedge, yo' honah, dis man sholy whoop
| dat mare onmerc'ful.''
Columbus Jarvis had driven mare
| hitcbed to dirt cart down to the lump
by Rock Creek and had To cut her 10
| ribbons with cart whip because she was
| little unruiy.
Half a dozen old colored crones from
| the dump colony came to court to testify
| against him for cruelty to animals. They
| would make a fine lot OF Macbeth witches
| in black, but their hearts were softer than
| thier faces, and they reprobated Jarvis
treatment OF the dirt cart mare
Jarvis admitted he used a cart whip
| freely, and said he had warned his EN-
nj, ha Itnf
| If he had to handle a fractions horse ON
| the street
! .'wen You told him abont right" cor
mented Judge Kimball. ''You'n pay SO
for this. Next case"
And The old women from the dump colony
| went out smiling.
II little Martha Tolson had used hat.
pins the other afternoon she would have
esaped the police court this Afternoon and
| The Jail tonight. Mary Barker had found
| the little colored girl crawling around under
the counter in her candy store, and when
| she chased her out Martha's hat, a family
heirloom, in black straw, blew off and
| spilled out u quantity of candy and chew
ing gum she had stolen
Martha is only ten years of age and looks
anout eight, but she had been convicted of
petty larceny once before.
| rs therI any room at the Reform School,
|
There was not. SO Martha went down for
fifteen days, and she will probably fill the
nrst vacancy that occurs at the school
TWO of the bcstlooking prisoners that
have faced Judge kimball for some time sat
inside the dock this morning. They We're
willard E. Barney and Robert E Brady
ur -" tour'h Artillery from the Washing
ton Barracks
James Powell, teamster at the Bar
racks, lost S135 last week and evolved a
theory out of his inner consciousness that
Barney and Brady had takenit.
Looks Were decidedly in favor of the
prisoners, who might have stepped out of
Kipling story. Powell told his story in
photographic fashion in a voice like a
Coney Island shouter, but there was moth
Ing tangible in the way Of evidence
Detective Horne had been on the case. but
/ said he could find no evidence against the
artillerymen, and that they had spent no un
usual amount Of money on pay day.
"yery thin case, Mr.. Mullowny," re-
marked Judge Kimball.
Think so myself, SIR" admitted the
prosecuting attorney, frankly.
discharge the prisoners, said the judge,
and the privates walked out, in company
with the sergeant, who had escorted them
upon the street car.
There will probably be pound party in
a squared circle down behind the quarter
masters corral at the Barracks within the
next forty-eight hours, but the sympathy OF
the entire battery is with Barney and
| Brady, and If q teamster named Powell
should happen to get badly thrashcd the
chances are there will never be a commits
stoned officer in the Barracks who will
know anything about it.