The evening times., 1896-10-03

said Jane, angrily; "ain't you niver gon
| to stop shown mc?''
Fifteen days, Jane said tue Judge
"stcp back"
THIS way, Jane" said the affable Ken
| dig. softly. You get two weeks and n ga J
thrown in, and when you come out. shake
the booze"
As Jane reached the rail she turned, and
shaking her fist at the aniable Lum Har
| per- she dared him to ever call her a va
| grant again.
wHEELMEN AGAIN.
The case of Waller ID. Johnson residing
at 22O F street northwest. exemplified som,
OF the prophecies made that SOME day tn,
bicycle will rule the world. Mr.. johnson
WAS accused by Mrs. Franklin Janus. OF N o
2l7 New Jersey avenue southeast. of VIC
iallng a police ordinance. which prohibit,
glass from being thrown III the street.
Mrs. Janus, like her husband. who ac-
companied her, is an enthusiastic bicyclist.
and this fact caused her To swear out the
warrant against johnson. Mrs. Janus
said:
Your honor, last Sunday / was riding on
my wheel on + street, between Second and
Third streets, when / saw this gentle
man. pointing to the defendant. sweep
ing glass into the street. l called his at
tention to the injury the glass would inrlict
on bicycles and asked him TO stop"
Mrs. Janus said johnson pad no at
tention to her, and she again requested
him. but he was ohdurate. Mrs Janus
said she staid in the neighborhood and
warned other wbeelmen and wheelwomen
of the danger and pitfall awaiting their
pneumatic tires, and on Monday had the
warrant issued When Mrs. Janus fin
ished a smile went over the courtroom,
indulged in quietly by the judge and
Prosecutor Richardson because OF the lady's
earnestncss
JoHNSON'S PLEA
Mr.. johnson Is young man, appear
ing very tired and bored.
Judge" he said, the glass was from a
bottle dropped by a milkman in front OF
my house. ] swept it into the street To pre-
vent il iDjuring children and other pede--
trians.'
The case assumed such ridiculous phase
that the smile changed into b laugh, and
Judge Kimball, laughing, too, said:
Does the District attorney desire to say
anythinr?''
Mr.. Richardson, participating in the mer-
ment, answered: ..OnIy to say the de-
fendant is not guilty.
He could have been. los careful" COM
mented the caurt. He might have kicked
the glass in front of his neNt-door ncighbor's
house. And, after ALL there is no law
compelling a citizen to pick up any glass
he may notice on the street.
Then Mr.. Janus had a few remarks TO
make in support of his wife, like loyal
husabnd. Ruddy-faced. gray-haired and
specialized, he was no less earnest than his
wife in defense OF the bicycle and demo uncing
its dircst foe, broken glass, on the road
ways
so many people. judge" he said, bow
ing, throw glass in the street. aud as O
bicyclist. am conscious of the annoyance"
"And when ever it is done deliberately
and they are brought here. punish them,"
retorted the judge.
II venture TO say. even now" continued
Mr.. Janus. with a positive motion of his
head. ''you will find glass in every block OF
the city"
II don't doubt it," said the Judge: "you
forget the storm"
WANTS PAY DAY CHANGED.
Judge Kimball has declared himself
aaginst Saturday night as pay day among
the working classes and favors Monday.
He argues If the change was made there
would be less drunkenness and as result
less business for the police court, his
honor seeing to think Saturday carried
with it SONG occult influence which drives
the beneficent shadow OF the Sabbath,
possessed more peaceful attributes. The
decision was made in the ca Sc OF Dabney
Smith, charged by Edward IL Brown, the
of Iunchroom, at 1413 G street.
with disorderly conduct.
Smith, a colured boy, worked for Brown
a week, and Oh Saturday night demanded
his wages. Brown refused him, telling
him his pay day was Monday, whereupon.
ffdn Srnf Chn1 nut
side and screamed murder for five minutes,
q large crowd Of people outside
his place, and causing him much embarrass-
ment.
The defendants was a different story.
e said Bro wn not only refused him his sal
ary, but when he resigned and demanded
his money because of his severing his rela-
tions with his employer, Brown grabbed a
bottle and chased him out of the store.
Smith said he screamed murder only once,
% attract the police. This was on the
26th of September and the following day
Smith swore out a warrant charging Brown
with threats. The case was heard and dis
missed by Judge Miller, who put no credence
IN Smiths story.
Then Brown mad a warrant issued for his
late employe. Lawyer Holland appeared
for the defendant, and said if the first
warrant had not been issued the second one
would never have been.
After several witnesses had testified
against the defendant, Judge Kimball spoke
OF Judge Miller's decision, as if he intended
to follow that ruling. Lawyer Holland
protested:
You cannot take notice of that, your
honor, he said. 1T has not been brought |
to the courts notice and there is no record
of it here.''
Mr.. holland said Smith should have been
1aid the money when he demanded it, and |
'emarked with considerable warmth that |
such conduct encouraged the working
people to take the law in their own ha nds.
Judge Kimball said that Mr.. Brown was
equitable business man, that the testimony
lid not bear out Smiths story of the
bottle. and further, he had right to pay
,ff on Monday.
II wish the pay-days came on Monday,
instead of Saturday. said his honor: ..it
would keep down drunkenness. and save
many dollar from being misspent." He
decided. on the earnest plea of Holland, to |
AXE Smiths bonds.
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An Old Soldiers Funeral.
The funeral of Patrick TierDan, the aged |
yhs f1rnr fln a.