Evening journal., 1896-07-13
CURIOSITY TO BLAME
Higgins Did Not Like theLooks
of Things and Investigated
AND ANNIE USED A BSBR BOTTLE

the Police. which COST Him @5-'Ned-
dy. tho Snake" Sent to New oastIe
for the Very Hot weather. Other Gases
in Municipal Court.
Among the eccentric characters who
are frequently before the Municipal
Court Is Edward O'Donnel, or "Nsddy
the Snake" as he Is known Just where
be got this name is a mystery for be Is
certainly harmless enough II is said
that he has drunk enough extract Of
snake root to start a z biological garden
and from this source gets bia cognomen.
He was arrested yesterday by officer
Shell who found bin at Fifth aud Monroe
streets, using language which could not,
with propriety. bs repeated Ia genteel
society. The fac WAS : aud costs
James Perry, stonemaeon, was
charged by Oniser Hurley with disorderly
conduct In the houso Of Mrs. Mary
| o. ecaraD. on East Sixth street between
/ Spruce and Church It was shown thst he
had been visiting a family who sharea the
house with Mrs. Cochran and which from
/ the evidences Is not Just what It ahould be,
and he was discharged with a caution not
to frequent such places Mrs. Cochran
| was told that no. she knew the character
OF the family, she must act In accordance,
aud she replied that she had warned them
TO leave.
He Had Too Much Curiosity.
Officer Magulre on Saturday night
arrested James l. Higgins ct Front and
West streets He was charged with dis
orderly conduct He certainly was
drunk and had been quite severely
beaten by some one. He claimed that he
was walking past the corner when he
was attacked by the gang and beaten.
he declined to give the names as he pre-
posed to even up matters by whipping
each of his asEailantH In turn.
| The police, when Higgins was arrested,
made = thorough Investigation OF his
story They found that Higgins was liv
ing with annie Reynolds who Is one Of
| the bellies OF that section of the street.
Higgins WAS not exactly satisfied re
garding the attentions paid by another
young man aud allowed his curiosity TO
run away with his judgment. Annie re
boxed him with a bser bottle and tn Q
other fellow supplemented this with q
licking.
Judge Ball did not take any stock In
the story about the gang attaching
Higgins and fned him 50 aud costs. The
} gang Is bad enough but there Is nc
{ use Of laying everything at It's feet.
Tho Dog Catcher Was Interferod with.
II there is one official who 10 locke,
i. upon by the general public with suspicion
and actual hatred. it Is the dog-c0tcher
i, aud the scraps he has with owners o
: uureglatsred dogs and stray horHes ant
= COWS are numerous. or courte the one
|. / who mtarfere with him are generally
punlshed, but that does not detsr other
from trying the same game the mex
: time occasion oilers.
Thls morning Edward McGaugheY wa
! I charged with assault and bis two som
i Ed ward, Jr., aud Charles With interfer
I Ing with an oilicer Kopf has had nun
! eroua complaints relative TO horses and
], COWS running Wild on the outskirts o
| Wilmington and yesterday mornini
!, when he saw two horses owned by Nc
: Gaughoy grszng In the lot a.
7 sixteenth end Lincoln streets, be pro
ceeded to run them in Edward protest
" ed and the two sons aided him. Th,
elder McGaughey had a knife In hi
: hand, and Kopf at FIRST claimed that b
7 would have cut him but for the oppor
! tune arrival Of sergeants Evans Shield
I, and Black. who arrested the two. Nc
. 1 daughey claimed that ne drew the knii
: to cut the rops with which the animal
were tied.
Walter II Hayes represented the prls
!, oners whom arralgned aud asked for
, continuance until to morrow, bail beinl
y Fixed In each case
o other Minor Cases Heard.
y Robert Hardsy, arrested by Office
Shields, drunk at Front and Marke
II streets. was fasd 81 and costs.
y Michael Mccormick and Harry Wart
s were charged with disorderly conduct
but Mrs Warto declined to press th
II charge. as It wat simply 6ght betwee
her father aud husband. The case va
dismissed with costs.
II FrRrz Gsnglebach aud William
y Gepglebsch we're charged with assault o
William Milcaell. The case WAS COL
10 tinued until to morrow.
Mary AuKer, q Polish woman VIII
II lives In Browntown. was charged b
D. Annie Caowinski with abusing her an
r calling her foul names The evidenc
wss about even aud Judge Ball held th
9 matter open until to morrow morning
ID hear the cfflsers.