Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-31
ALL SORTS OF CRIMES
The Procession in the Police Court and the
Results.
Women Who Were Migrants and
Men Who Were DisOrderly-
The Judges Busy Day.

IT was arrested for nothing this time"
said Becky Smith to Policeman Flynn this
morning when she reached the Police Court.
But" she said, I'm feeling SO unwen
this morning that l don't care for any
breakfast. Let me take nap, and when
wake up I may feel well enough to take a
cup Of coffee"
Take your nap" the big policeman told
her, good naturally. land when you feel
waiter will GOMEZ
You go away and stop your fooling,"
said Becky; you haven't even got cold
water to drink. much less electric buttons
and waiter"
The policeman fed the other prisoners
and departed. and the unfortunate female
was soon sound asleep. She was so soundly
sleeping when the time for the procession
to start arrived that there was a delay.
When she did leave the cell and go into
court she took the front seat and was deep
ly interested in story of the Seat Pleasant
murder when her name was called.
OF course. I'm not guilty of vagrancy,"
she answered when arraigned. I'm lady
and can't be vagrant."
She was very much under the influence
OF liquor" said Officer Cochran, land l
found her in a lunch ROOM She had seated
herself in the dining room and refused to
leave when ordered out"
Judge, your honor" said the woman. II
was looking for man who had insulted
me the night before. His wife knows me
and. judge, 1 wanted to- see what he meant.
because he grossly insulted me-"
Where does this woman live?" inquired
the court
Really, don't know" the policeman
answered, "but 1 think she spends eleven
months of the year in the workhouse."
You see. judge" said Becky. these
policemen won't give me chance to talk"
Thirty days"
Step back said the bailin. land do
your talking later
Same Sort.
A Georgetown colored woman named Liz
zie Johnson, who likes her toddy just as
much as Becky Smith. came next, and she,
too, was charged with being a vagrant.
Judge. your honor, if I'm a vagrant
there are lots of 'em in Georgetown" said
the woman. when arraigned, land 1 amt
guilty"
Lizzie is continually drunk about the
Streets said a policeman. I've warned
her about her conduct, but she won't keep
away frcm the saloons on NJ street and
keep sober"
And I've also known her for some time
another officer told the court Sam Wilson
used to live with her, but she was TOO much
for him and he left her.
hat does she do for her living?" inter-
rupted the court.
''She washes. If she does anything" an
swered the officer: but she can't do very
much work, for she is on the street under
the influence of liquor most of the time"
''Yes. 1 washes for my living" said Liz
zie I've got good home, and amt al
ways drunk"
If you wash fer your living" said the
court, how is it that you can be on the
street so much Of the time?
That's all wrong. judge" she said. I'm
home more than I'm on the street"
She was given twenty days on the farm
to get the liquor out of her.
Policeman Mcdonnell has peculiar ideas
about alley distractions. and when he
heard Judge Miller's decision he had reason
to revise his ideas. Mr.. Robert Talks,
merchant. was in court on the policeman's
complaint. and the case was heard.
The alleged obstruction consisted of
manure barrel placed in blind alley near
his stable, the building being in the far end
of the alley.
Does that barrel obstruct the alley?"i
the policeman was asked.
"Oh, yes" answered tho eighth precinct
policeman, ITS outside c. the stable, and
If the alley was open team couldn't pass
through"
. But is is the alley open?'
The officer said that citizens had COM
planned of the foul odors from the ma
nure. and that was why he had brought
the case.
He was told by the court that If there
were any foul odors coming from the bar
rel the prosecution should be made under
the health ordinances.
yesterday morning about 10 o'clock
there was a crap game in the alley said
Policeman Peck. a South Washington Of
ficer, land Richard Jackson was the only
one l caught"
Did you see the gamer
Yes, sir: and got eight cents left on
the ground"
II wasn't in no game" said the colored
,oh he Il
when the police came there they caught
me-"
Five dollars"
Mary Smith, a colored woman who spends
many Of her spare hours on the Rock
creek bridge, was in the tolls on complaint
of Policeman Joyce.
"She hangs about the bridge and picks
up men," the officer said. "She takes them
off in the dark and rushes the growler"
I'm guilty was the plea of the woman,
and the court sent her down for three
months.
Five Alleged Tramps.
There were five white men in the process
sion wko had been arrested on Albany
street as tramps.
'Tramps have become a nuisance out
there in Trinidad" said Policeman Pear
son.
The court listered to the stories of the
seven men. all Of whom had come from
different points in Pennsylvania
I'm on my way home" said one young
man.
Where is your homer"
"Cha rlotte, N. c."
when did you get here?"
"At o'clock this morning"
Did the freight train reach here at 2
oclock?'
Yes, sir" answered the officer.
Il work at tinkering," said an older man
land ! came here to see some of my Old
comrades" WV
He wants to see Dan Williams, re-
marked Mr.. Pugh.
Another defendant said he is a printer
and lives on Myrtle street He had heen
away at work. and had just come home on a
freight.
What have you to say?" the court in.
quired of another
Il haven't much to say" he answered
except that I'm victim of circumsta noes
over which have no control"
He said he had come here from Denver
Col. expecting to get work
Judge Miller said he thought these men had
not been on the road very long, He realized
that some Of them are workingmen. and
said 1t was sad thing to see them on the
road In this way. The people in the CITY,
however, are entitled to be protected against
tramps, but in this case, as most of them
are going to leave, the court released them
In doing so he said the policeman did rigbt