The evening times., 1896-01-06

| Twenty-one poor, forlorn human mites,
derelicts on the shoreess seas of life,
climbed out of the police van as it drew up
before the police court this morning and
twenty-onc pairs OF eyes looked downcast
or defiant as their owners raIf>the gantlet
of curious stares and gladly sought the Sc
clusion OF the police court cells.
| An unusually small crowd for Monday
morning. but when the mercury is hunting
zero people are good from sheer necessity,
| and the police are not anxious to make
many cases. So there were only twenty
one to take up the time of Judge Kimball
| this morning.
Charles Herburt Is n big, brown-skinned
| mulatto, whose one fault is his love for
the cheering and inebriatiDg glass. Sat
urday night Charles toyed with several
| glasses of amber-colored liquid. and when
| he started home his limbs were rebellious.
| So he compromised matters by laying him
| self down on l. street northwest, and
there he was found by the officer who
preferred the charge of obstructing the
| street against him.
Not guilty. judge, your honor" said
he when the charge was read.
CHARLES EARNEST PROTEST.
DE Lawd knows. Judge, i wouldn't go
al gin de Holy Makers name," said Charles
| earnestly. his right hand upraised, AN
| I'm goin' TO tell you de trout"
We'll. pat your hand down and tell it,
Il was out on Seventh street Satday
night an took II couple of drinks. an my
| legs went gin the an couldn't make my
way home
II guess 1t was your head that went
| against you
May he it was, Judge; but il you'n
be nercirul 10 me you wont have me here
| agi n"
when were You here before?'
Las March, judge"
why don't yon stop drinking"
I'm goin' 10. Judge; didn't intend
| 10 drink no whisky, nohow."
We'll, I'll take Your bonds" announced
his honor, and after promising to be good,
Charles left the court.
William l.. Borden Is an intelligent
booking white man who can, at a pinch,
pu, up a pretty strong hard-luck tale. He
was arraigncd by Precinct Detective SUIT
ton. of The First precinct, on n charge of
yagraacy. and pleaded not guilty.
Il was Informed by Mr.. Charles Early.
the real estate dealer, that this man had
been in his office herGing, and was very
insoient and abusive" said the officer
He was also begging on the outside,
and | arrested him."
Mr.. Early was sent for, and said that
Bor'icu visited his office Saturday under the
influence of liquor, and grew very abusive
when refused money. He was finally
elected from the office.
Judge" said Borden, impre ssively.
mo man has ever tried harder or more con-
scisitiously tp get work and secure indc-
dependence than !. / went into Mr.
Early's Office 10 look for il, not to leg.
and was not abusive 10 him. I,ane here
two years ago with money. hut | lost il on
luck"
FOLLOWED THE RACES
Where are you from?'
"A small town in Virginia"
why don't You go homc?''
Because I'm poor and broken
well. can't let you remain at large
begging ON the street Thirty days"
Harry Dorsey. a very black youth who
does not go to Sunday school, was arraiGned
by Officer Auldridre on "A charge OF pro-
fame AMI indecent language, 10 which be
pleaded not guilty.
HE was on VI street Saturday night your
honor, with az oyster knife in his hand,
cursng at two other boys who ran when
l got there" said the officer.
Il went out wild two other fellers," said
the prisoner, AN we wuz stan'in' dere
w en- de officer cum up. De others run, an
ne asked me whatde trubbIe wuZ. / toll him
nuttin' den he rested me-"
What were you doing with the knife in
your hand?'
George Carter, one OBJ de other fellers.
glib 1t TO me 10 hold. had tes' took it
wen de police caught me-"
You can pay fine OF So
Francis Lindeman and Bud Herman,
both white, were charged with vagrancy
by Policeman Cochran. They fixed up
bogus letter between them on which they
were hoping to reap golden harvests from
the credulous. They were arrested, how
ever, before their scheme had time to pan
taking Lindeman's bonds and sending Her
man TO the workhouse for ten days.