The evening times., 1896-10-01

prisoners IN the dock. Even the air of the
| COURTROOM was impregnated, and the Ian
EUage or witnesses ON The stand was Suff;-
| cient to nauseate one Boys and women
| listened without surprise, SO used are they
| to il in the police court
| The only bright spoU In the room was an
| oscar Wilde bouquet, worn b. Eailiff Cole,
whose coat also was fully decorated with
| golden sunrlowers.
''Dar am de gold bug" said Il black face
| in the dock. He am my lation, case ne
amt gwine TO ha ID muffin to do wild dat no
Count white TRASH
WHO youse talkin' about, Sallie?' asked
| a little yellow woman, with Aeared eyes
| ana squeaky Voice.
Dat Wandering Willie dey call Brinc
| lie may lie Briney, but he's an awful fresh,
| just de same"
stop that gassing," thundered Ken
| dig. Don't you Know that politics aud
| all other profanity is forbidden in this
| COURT"
'Kendig winked at Cole. aud the latter
stroked the golden petals of lis Sunflowrr
| and shook hands with himself. as lie r.-
! marked aloud that il was Ii Hung Chang's
| special gift. Then he turned to the Sill
stained souls in the dock. and soon the wheels
of justice begau their grind. The chaff.
instead OF being separated from the wheut
was allowed 10 miugle with the good and
all We're shuffled together.
ASKED FOR TWO CENTS.
james o'Conror had a new shave and
waxed mustache. His hair was curled
like that of "a true Frenchman from the
Emerald Isle. His face was pale, how
ever, and lie showed the effects OF drink
Thomas Parker told the court that he
saw o'ConnUr begging at Seventh street
aud Pennsylvania avenue last evening,
and another young man, named Jones,
swore that O'Connor asked lin for two
cents. The prisoner took the stand.
Il only asked him for the two cents
to help me OUT lie explained. Il AIN
no vagraIt. l have just come out of
the hospital at Richmond, where / have
! been confined off and ON during the past
year with nialarial fever"
DO you hear that man talk about
nalarial iever:' remarked Kendig to Cole.
That sunflower makes me feel like l
had Ii. too
O'Connor asked the court for mercy.
IF you let me go this time l will never
bother you again. be told Judge Kimball,
but the latter gave him the icy look
aud remarked that he would give him a
chance to reform at the end OF thirty
days, which he must spend on the Dis
I:ict farm
CRITICISED THE POLICEMAN
Mr.. Charles King appeared before Judge
KiInball on behalf OF his little grandson,
Archie kug, charged with unlawfully rid
ing on a street car. Tie old man with his
white hair was marked figure 10 the
cour. lie numerically roasted officer
Fennclly.
"Your tonor," said Mr.. King. II am in
pcrrcc: sympathy with this law. / ielieve
il Should be enforced, and the boy admits
the charge, but, Sir | wish to protest
against the action of the officer in the
casc The offeUse was committed week
ago. aud last night he came to the boys
home with a warrant, and wanted to take
lin TO the statiou-house."
Judge Kimhan Informed Mr. King that
the court had no jurisdiction over the Of
ficers. We issue tie orders, and they
are executed under orders Of tGc chief of
police
Then, sir, someone should reprimand
him. lie Comes To the house at an hour
when the child was about to go to ted
and I propose to take the complaint bc-
fore the proper authority
Mr. Kingthe asked what the fine would
bc and paid the So asked.
Judge Miller was quite late in arriving
his morning and his courtroom was filled
with business.
SNATCHED HER PoCKETBOoK.
The first was the case OF pocketbook
snatching against Richard Brown, an evil
locking oolored man, whose victim was
Miss Ellen Block daughter Of eN-Detective
Block.
Miss Block was passing along Massachu-
sets avenue when Brown appeared at her
side and looked into her face.
At the moment he appeared she was Just
about to raise her umbrella. She had her
pocketbook down in it and before hosting
the umbrella she took il out. At that in
slant she received a blow in the face and
the negro snatched the book and ran.
She cried out stop thief and several
men gave chase up Massachusetts avenue.
Brown was aught, but showed fight.
Detective Hartigan assisted in the cap
ture and after much trouble landed his
prisoner in the wagon. When arrested he
had the pucketbook in his pocket ana lie
held in his hand large piece OF plate
glass.
Brown is we'll known to the police, having
been before Judge Miller four times
Brown pleaded guilty to the theft but denied
hitting Miss Block. Judge Miller held the
man for the grand jury in So, 900 bail
A BICYCLE CASE.
Clifford Dewey was brought before Judge
Miller, charged with stealing a bicycle
belonging to Night Clerk william L. Mil
bourn from in front of the st. James
Hotel. Dewey claimed that be was so
drunk that he thought Milbourn's bicycle
was his own.
But you don't own q bicycle" said
the judge.
Dewey acknowledged that he did not
Well" continued the judge, "if You
get. in such condition that you n'istake
other peoples bicycles for one you don't
own you ought to be in trouble. Five
hundred dollars bail for the grand jury
Policeman Mike Raedy, the erstwhiie
pucilist, will mark this day with red
pencil on the calendar, for lie has at last
engineered case through the court.
His glory is trifle dimmed, however
nv the fact that this warrant-one for Will
lam Washington, charged with assaulting
William H. Gordon-was served by him as
proxy for another officer. The testimony
was against Washington, and he was given
a six-months' sentence.
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No Better security.