The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-29
Police End Of the Election Of
Convention Delegates.
OLD TIMERS COME IN AGAIN
Becky Smith Got Out of and In the
WOrkhouSe Inside of Twcnty-fOur
HOurs-"Little Annie" Foley Also
Travels the Beaten Path to the
Farm.

| Judge Kimbalrs court this morning. Al
| though thce!ection passed off yesierGa with
| remarkable quietness, there were Il number
OF sturdy henchmen who, overcome by zeal
| and gin, gave way to celebrations of Il dis
orderly nature, and fell into III c ha ntis OF the
police.
No arrests were made until after the
polls were closed, and it was then that
feelings of victory began TO pervade the
breasts of the ''bcelers."
Louis Payne and William Henson got
| into trouble because they were suspected OF
being reporters. They walked up to Il
polling place. and an opposition '.hceler'
stopped them.
"Youse done voted wonct," he said.
Il haint," declared Louis.
! .Youse a - liar"
"You'sc Il MOTHER" replied Louis irdig-
naniiy, and when William Clipped in the
! trouble bcga, Policemen Rcith and Van
| dcrwalker arrested the two and ARA lgned
them this morning.
SEPARATED THE WITNESSES.
Lawyer Kicks, who represented Henson
and pleaded not guilty, separated the wit
| ncEscs, and because OF that or something
the stories told by the two Officers did not
| agree.
There is so much difference in the testi-
mony of the officers that shall have TO dis
miss the case" said the court.
This decision applied, however, only to
| Henson, whose lawyer had entered a plea
of not guilty. Payne, because he had hon
estly pleaded guilty To the same charge
under the same circumstances, was fined
So, in default of which he went 10 the work
| house for fifteen days.
BECKY DRUNK AGAIN.
Becky Smith was released from the work
house yesterday afternoon and sent back
there today. About two hours after her
release she succeeded in acquiring a bois-
ferrous jag and when she ran into Policeman
Dodge on Seventh street, his blue coat and
brass buttons had the same effect on the
Irish in her nature that u red flag is sup
posed to have on bull.
Quite a crowd collected at the box when
the officer put her under arrest. and sew
eral ladies' stopped TO look at her, bat when
she began discussion OF the brutality OF
policemen in ii language peculiarly Becky's
own, they quickly dispersed.
She held up bruised and swollen hand
10 bcs sworn. and with great vehemencc said:
I'm guilty Of bein' drunk, but / hadn't
been out three hours wen wuz Gcbblcd ur
was Goin' toget some things had toliave."
You tell me about those same things
every time you come here said the iuGge
Well, judge just as soon as / GO on
the stree; some one arrests me-" declared
Becky.
Il arrested her said Dodge because
She couldn't stand up. l was going To turn
her out this morning if she had not been
ST. profane and disordcrly.''
That's always the way with her said
the Judge. Thirty days fs#
Becky walked back. and as she disap-
peared through the cell door the Judge re-
marked:
Il never knew that woman To keep sober
twenty-fOur hours on a stretch in my life"
ANNIE FOLEY, TOO.
Annie Foley also got out of the work
house yesterday and goes back today with
Becky. She was very drunk and disorderly
ON L street northwest. indulging in pro-
family of the widest description, when Pu-
lcenan Murphy appeared.
When arraigned this morning Annie. con-
trary to her usual custom, pleaded guilty
very quietly and had nothing to say.
The court fines you So said the clerk.
and she joined her companion in crime in.
the cell room.
Mary Burton, n colCred woman from
Sergt. Daley's precinct, was arraigued as n
vagrant by Policemen Hughes and Augusta.
This is the most commcnest woman
in Willowtree alley declared Auguste,
with great emphasis, and then he tod OF
4 h. Of
Hughes said he had known Mary for n
number Of months, and gave her a very
bad reputation.
what have you to say, Nary
Judge, yo' honah," she began. In the
usual way, II takes in washin' TO my
libin', aud desc men knows l do. Ebery
time Mr.. Hughes sees girl walkin' wild a
man on dc street he rests her. amt
done nuthin'.",
''Well, If take your bonds will you be-
have YOURSELF" asked the Judge.
"Yas, indeed, sab; | sut'ney VIII
MARY WENT FREE.
So Mary's personal bonds were taken,
and she wandered forth again into free
DOM with a warning from the Judge that
if she ever came back she would be severely
treated.
GoldIc Gordon was the name to which a
rather comedy young mulatto girl respond
cd. and pleaded not guilty TO a charge of
vagrancy, preferred by the same Officers.
"Jrdcc," she said, blubberng. II knows
l do wrong sometimes, but Ibis wild my
aunt and helps her do her washin' an
ironin'. Tscbeen 1ookin' for stidy work an
Policeman Mohl said he'd glib me place
as snon as his girl lef'."
His honor thought il rather doubtful,
however, that even Policeman Mohl would
give place Ia n woman of GOldic's repu-
,ation, and gave her the usual sentence.
Lcmucl Diggs was arraigned on a charge
of disOrdcrly conduct in Bennings. and
entered plea of not guilty, through Law
yer Moss.
Hes one or Perry Carson's men, your
honor" said the attorney, land that ac-
counts for his jubilation last night
The judge, after hearing the evidence,
however, thought that Lemuel was live
licr than the occasion demanded, and i'm
posed q fine of SIS.