Evening journal., 1896-08-17
1T WAS BUT A MISS,
Or Wilkinson Might Have
Been in a Rather Tight Box.
HAD A BLACK EYB AND A JAG

Cycler VINO Had NO LlRht-IWo street
Pug nists who Got Kuock Out othsr
Gases in Municipal Court.
There Is an old saying that miss lie az
good Rs mile and William Wilkinson /
will believe In that motto for = week at /
least. He WAS arrested Saturday night /
by Officer Ford, aG Third and Orange |
streets, while he was engaged in \ game |
OF football. with Calvin h Shoemaker In |
the role Of pig-skin. Calvin Is n drum |
mer or rather a commercial traveller and
BIZ line is engines and threshers He
has besn stopping ut the Merritt House
aud when he started out with his crash
suit Al neatly crushed gray cap, which
sat jauntily on his neatly curlsd hAir, he
WAS simply lrrepressibls.
He seisotsd the wrong Promenade.
H nslected Orange street for his ram
BILE, and at Second the gang got him
When he passed back Of the goal At
Third street and was touched down, his
crash suit WAS sadly demorallzsd, his
cap Was all Awry aud he had lovely
black eye. He also had fair sized
jag he wanted to leave Whining
ton yesterday. but subphoenA
held him He claimed Virgins As his
home, and Marion. Ohio, As his business
heAdq dquartsrs. ard said he simply had
started out TO locate place where he
C c)uld place threshers. He found IL. He
identSsd Wilkinson as one OF hAlf-A-
d n who had bad fun with him.
Here's where the Miss Came In.
When arralgned This morning Officer
Ford testified to the fact that he arrested
William ~ he was about TO kick goal
he sent him in and also took Calvin as a
guarantee of good faith and bad usage
Mrs. MsRulre. who lives on Orange
above Seeoad, testified that Shoemaker
10 'ulted her At Second and Orange
streets aud followed her TO her home
That The gang which hangs around the
corner heard him and started IN to dis
cipllne him She did not see Wilkinson In
the party and ShoemAker's jag told
/ against him.
Wilkinson was discharged by Judge
Ball. as the evidence showed that he must
have been In the wrong or he would not
have been caught on tho gridlron.
Cut Him and Meant II.
Lewis Il. Ebert, a colorsd AdonIs, was
sitting At Eighth and Market Htreets
Saturday night. when Ida Brown, the
colored Venus who worshiPed At his
shrine, came along. q. They had words, 80
did their originate, and he gave her the
.ccle shoulder. Then she drew a razor
and carved him In the left arm. He was
taken TO DR., Stubbss ofhoe and six
stitches placed In the wound
When arrAigned Tia clained that she
Was struck In the face. aid then hit out
with a small knife The case was continued
TO Wednesday. ball being hxed at $500
James Williams and Timothy Ford
drunk and fighting, wsre arrested BY
Special Odieer Ford, who saw the Afiral
aud feared that murder might be done. Th'
evidences showed that his prompt actor
saved a tragedy, probably, and he Wal
complimented BY the court for bis act
The men we're fined 50 and cost esoh.
Hs Light was Out.
Theodore Gostz was arrested BY Ofhcer
Lorigan on Adams street bstween Second
aud Third, for riding = bicycle without .
light he claimed that his lamp went
out through JOLT. but the officer stated
that ou two other occasions the same
thing has occurred The nns Was g.
and costa
Charles O'Donnell and William GoHsen
charged with bathing without costumes
In tho Brandy wine, AZ the foot OF Wal
4
COSTS Had the oity bath-houso the
foe would have been 50 and costs.
had Engifsh Bad Invsstment.
Alfred Hendel was charged with dis
I orderly conduct He used bad Englisl
when In front OF bis house. on his arriva
D from work Saturday night and while
: sone Of the prosecuting witnesses could
1 swear he used 1t to them, he got tn
o benefit OF It, and be will pay $40 and
costs or 80 over.
Spancsr Williams, ooiored, was adyise'
by Oficsr Ford to 60 home, bat he turne'
in and cursed the officer. he WAS foe
&3 aud costs for his lack OF good Ian
gusge
q john Fiizxerald, Just cut Of Jail. wa
o arrested by officer Ford, drunk, At From
and Market streets Hs got 80 an
costs
l. Edward Mulvey, drunk, with a lonI
}. vacatiou to his credit, go5 81. and Pat
}. rick Whiskers Brien got s. and costs
because be had only been OUT three days
Alfred Grinnsgs, eolorsd, arrested O
charge Of his wife Henrietta. Was dis
charged, because sho forgot the stor
y she told Clerk Adams when she sWor
q out the warrant. It Was Que OF the day
when Alfred laid up money.
y other Cases Entertained.
Daniel Tilghman, colored, charge
% with disorderly conduct, explained tbs
\ he had met Roxie Cammomile and W.
"a simply guarding against = chance {
- meeting Der again. he was allowed
- 20 on condition that he select anoths
- blossom for his emblem.
Joseph Watson and Mabel Blaokston
colored, and Lizzie Jones, the last tw
children. we're charged with dIsorderl
10 condoct The case Was continued unit
is Wednesday morning.
N Howard Abrams. . colored boy, AZ
"a Mary Price, also colorsd, were charge
m With larceny OF shoes from Maths
4 Hockstein's store on Front street. Tn
~ evidence showed that brother
ze Howard had done the job He hi
a. skipped and until he Is osusht the cA
viii hold Both prisoners were dl
charged.
James E Brown, who WAS charge
, with blgamy Was held for the Ssnsl
II Falls, n. Y authorities. the Narylau