The evening times., 1896-11-02


Judge Kimball was late in reaching po-
lice court this morning. Ths is soihe'hihs
unusual for his honor, but in consideration
OF his punctuality on all former occasions,
the prisoners accepted the courts apology
for tardiness and promise not to repeat the
offense.
It was nearly 10 O'Clock before order was
called, and rumor has IL that ms hoiioi
was in the meantime adjusting MS iioii.
| gate which SOME miscmeNous poss nau
carried away and placed in VACANT lou
a block and n hal away last Saturday night
At any rate, Halloween had its sequcl
| i'm The police court this morning, ana hiilI-
dozen boys, who had SO much run they couid
not contain themselves, had To face hish honor
| i'll court.
Henry Wheeler and Henry Butler are
colored lads who regretted that there ever
was a legend of Halloween. They threw
flour on citizens as they passed along
Seventh street Saturday, and Policeman
| HoagIan tn lou ght himself Justified Ill
arrestlng til en-
You did right, officer said the judge.
| at is time, in this civilized age, that the
practice of committing such misdemeanors
on Halloween night should be stopped
Harmless fun which Injuries nobody Is very
| Well, but these boys carry II altogether too
|
ma ke bread with next winter; they II need
1t.
| Il wish had every boy who threw llour
| Saturday night. would make an example
| of each one / have seen them doing il.
| Three dollars fine in each case
| IN BAD COMPANY.
Harry Buell., a brghtlooking little fel-
| low, was one who suffered by being III bad
| company. A crowdof bo Us were committing
| l,.ll- %, bird md
southeast. Policeman owens came along
| and every boy except Harry took to his
| heels and fled. owens was too tired to
| run and SO he arrested Harry, who was
| standing by looking IN.
| Il was innocent, SO ! wouldn't rum, lie
| told the court, forcing back the tears.
The officer admitted that the lads state
| ments were true and vouched for his good
character.
He is not out nights and goes to Sun
day school, and is good boy"
| what ON earth did you arrest him for?''
| said his honor. Case dismissed"
Amos A. Sampson ornamented his face
with burnt cork Halloween and then
| sailed forth to paint the remainder of
| the town bright vermilion hue. He had
| only administered q few dashes OF red
paint before he ran up against Officer
| Bradley, who puta check on the younsman.
Il thought he was colored man until
| got him To the station house, said the
officer.
Amos had undergone a bath before he
presented himself before his honor this
morning, but it was not done a la Turkish,
| and there We're traces of black lingering
| behind his ears.
| You re big enough to have known better.
| You ought to be ashamed of yourself, al
most a man, stopping to such tricks; SIS
| fine was the lecture the court admin
| istered to Amos.
| Mur IN MT fp
| hefou nj thathe could not dam I he falls SO ie
| did the the haCkuan. That was what
| Rev. DR.. Philip NJ. 2 rescott would have been
pardoned for doing when he struck town
from Pennsylvania last Saturday, but. OF
course, being a minister Of the gospel he
| didn't do anything of the kind.
A MODERN JOB
| He bore up against the attack Of the
cabbies with degree of patience that
| would have made job feel foolish for ever
| Complaining. When he recovered his senses
| from the onslaught one cabman had hustled
| his wife Into a carriage and was about TO
| drive away with her; another had captured
| his pug dog and the frightened animal was
setting up tremendous howl, while his
several pieces of baggage Were distributed
among as many drivers, and someone elS,.
| had kidnapped the baby. No wonder the
reverend gentleman Was distressed To see
his family So ruthlessly separated and his
an army Of eager, unfeclinG hackmen.
| He wanted to 20 up to the fashionable part
of Massachusetts avenue He made a mis-
take Ill not taking out an accident policy
before he undertook the journey. At last
Officer Hartman came to his rescue and as
| sisted the Clergyman to gather up the frag-
ments that remained, and finally gothic fam
ily, including the pug dog, safely lodged in
the coupe of the National Hotel.
This made all the other cabbies mad Nv
| full y M ad, because Louis \ rmsted had gotten
the job, so they had Louis arrested on the
| charge of violating the ordinance which
requires that hacfIfnen at dcpots shall not
get further than five feet away from their
ca rria ges when soliciting
DR.. Prescott told how it all happened to
| the court this morning in behalf of \ Armsted
| Well said his honor, lit seems to me
all these hackmen We're enyious of this man
because you hired him, and that they were
more to blame than he. / agree with Won
my dear sir, that these cabmen are a uuj-
sance when soliciting patrons. They don't
give our city good recommend. I'll dis
miss this man.''
PRETTY SERIOUS FRANKS.
As a result of his Halloween pranks,
| William Donovan, about seventeen years of
age, was in Judge Miller's court, charged
with assauitIng Eugene Wilson and Frank
Jarrett. Saturday night, at Seventh street
and Scott avenue northwest, by striking
them with stones.
Wilson, Jarrett and others were In n
wagon, ON their way To attend straw,
dance in the country, when the vehicle was
/ suddenly surrounded by about forty bows
armed with sacks of flour and screeching
like Conanches. Jarrett asked the bows
not TO throw flour in the wagon in which
were seated several ladies'
| During the controversy il was shown
that Donovan threw two stones at the
vehicles. one of them struck Jarrett and
knocked him senSeless; the other struck
Wilson ON the back. In extenuation Dono.
van said someone struck him with an over
ripe egg. The prisoner was fined SO
In each of the assault cases.
A SECOND CHRISTOPHER
Christopher Columbus is sixteen years
old, and is as black as darkness He halls
from old ''Virginny,' where he les
growed." He never saw San Salvador. and
didn't discover America. He did go out
upon Il purloining expedition TO Center
Market yesterday afternoon. and found
some boxes and barrels about the commits
sion houses in the vicinity, and his curl
osity prompted him to investigate their
contents.
O.i.cef Hartman w him. aud that is wt :
instead of the court of Queen Isabelle.
Christopher, Junior, has had his abode in
the fashionable portion of Goats alley but
for the next thirty days he will abide in the
workhouse.