The evening times., 1896-07-20

Folfcemen Parkam and I. Lynch made O Z
quick descent upon the players, but not
quick enough to prevent the gamblers get
ting sharp run for their liberty, bones
and money. A lookout, posted at the mouth
OF the alley, when ithe officers hove in
sight, gave Wild yell Of warning and
| skedaddlcd fasteE than Il hound after q
cotton tail, down the street, succeeding
in running into aupump and Rocking him
self windless to the pavement As for the
| others, first grabbing the stakes, they
| made wild sortae against the high fence
| lining one side of the alley
ON THE FENCE.
Mr.. William Washington in jump over
the palings was caught by the seat OF his !.
| brand new lavender trousers, and enjoyed,
until the police released him, the spectacle
| of dog on the other side tugging furiOusly
at a chain to get a whack at William.
The Others to the number Of eight, founds
themselves trapped at the end OF the alley
and gave up any further attempt to escape.
| In way characteristic OF all crap
shooters, they denied gambling when Judge
| Miller questioned them this morning, ex-
| cept one man, Charles Mann. After eight
| pleas OF not guilty had been entered Mann
stepped up, and, grnning, stood on the
|
| stand.
well, boy, what about this" demanded
the court.
| II sut'ny wuZ shcotin' crap" said
Charles, while his companions looked at
him as II he had gone mad.
''This is certainly refreshing" said the
court, filming the defendants So each.
COoNEY's STRANGE ARREST.
Policeman cooney was not satisfied with
arreshng William Jennings, cross-eyed
colored man, last night for disorderly con-
duct In an alley, and having him fined
So by Judge Miller today. He rearrested
him on the same charge Immediately
after Jennings left the courthouse.
He came back in the chamber pushing
i Jennings before him. Judge Miller de-
manded to know whythe man was brought
back. Cooney is policeman, who wears
an immense mustache and a brogue that
| his long residence in this country has not
tempered with Yankee flavor.
Cooney wouldn't take the stand. He
| got close to the judges desk, SO eager was
lie that the court might not lose word of
his statement. Possibly his nearness was
necessary.
This man Jennings, he said, '.sez whin
| Oi got outside the courthouse, sez he,
damn ye, ye betther not coom down that
way agin or we'n Fix ye. Then oi ar
risted him.
Jennings had string OF witnesses to
testify that he did not use the language
In the way Cooney testified. Lawyer Pey-
ton was among them.
Jennings said that when Cooney fol-
lowed behind him he remarked that he
didn't guess he tneaning Cooneyl would he
down in the alley tonight
Judge Miller was disgusted at the whole
business, and after filming Jennings, re-
marked To Mr. Pugh that some policemen
were too quick in hearing some things.
Policeman ConliB, who arrested Samuel
Bolts for not havnesa light on his wheel,
also swore that Bolts was under the in
fluence Of liquor when arrested.
Nothing OF tho SORT" said Bolts in
dguantly. My light had Just gone out
when he came up I'll admit that but it
Is not so that / was drinking
How about that, officer?'' asked the
court.
He'd been a Iibrinkin','' said Conlin,
He is q fellow w-countryman of Cooney.
II had not snapped Bolts, saw
agely; "unlesk you call Lemonade drink
ipg.'' Z.
SOMETHING ABOUT LEMONADE.
what was inn the lemonadc?" suspi-
ciously asked his honor, who has possibly
beam of beverages in which the acidity is
softened with oldsrye.
"There was no stick in it," laughed
Bolts, as Judge Miller made the fine ST.
IL seemed as if all the policemen OF Mile
sian extraction had made an arrangement
| to congregate in court today, for rs per
| cent OF the Officers having ca ses were Irish
men, and Prosecutor Pugh, noting the
| fact, wanted to know who said Ireland was
dOwntrodden.
Big Officer Quinian, blonde and blue
eyed. had Jesse Williams up for riding q
tandem without light.
Quinlan said Williams was crossing Penn
sylvania avenue. near Twenty-sixth street,
when he caught him.
williams, a colored man, employed by
the Warwick Bicycle Company. dressed in
knickerbockers aud golf stockings, made
an explanation which threw considerable
discredit on Quiulan's way Of making an
arrest.
Williams said two men on bicycles with
no lights showing, collided with the tam
dem, breaking it and putting the lamps
out.
.'They got away and lie arrested me-, ~
said Williams.
1.-The boisckle is not broke" interiected
Quinlau.
"You know it is" broke in Williams
lawyer, Mr.. Kicks.
"No, don't tink not" replied @ uinlan
while laugh went around the Room.
A clerk in the Patent Office, who wit
messed the occurrence, said he felt the lamp
ON the tandem, and it was hot. Quinlan
| stubbornly maintained his stand and the
Judge made the fine So. Williams was
locked up all night in cell, and remained
in the dock until messenger was sent
| after his employer, who paid the m oney
SINGLE-TAX MARTYRS.