Evening journal., 1896-03-30
LOOK BEFORE YOU TRADE
Advice Given BY Judge Ball to
a Man Who Was Stuck.
HAD swAPPEDKNlvEs WHEN A BOY

Aud Knew How IL Was Himself Most
Notorious Character on the Coast in Gus
tody-At Least He sais so-Vlctims OF
Book Beer who VIII Repent Its Use.
The beck b er season proved disastrous
to quite number Of luokless citizens
whose thirst is a noticeable factor In
their make up ard IS a consequences
there was a full Municipal docket this
morning
John, alias "Signap Thompson was one
Of the victims He was arrested by
Officer GlllinR. Saturday afternoon, az
Front and King streets He had been
drunk all day and was trying 10 pull up
an awning post when arrested After
being locked up he desired an EVENING
JOURNAL reporter TO mention that the
most notorious character on the coast
was safe In port He waa, and this
morning got 50 aud forty days.
Joseph Got Warned on the Deal.
Edward Burns is a psrlpstetlc fakir,
and has been somewhat Of bother 20 tho
police for some time. On Saturday even
ing be went into q Fourth street saloon
and tried to sell watch chains TO the men
who were drinking there. Joseph Mettler
set down his glass.ot book long enough 10
swap watches aud finding he WAS beaten,
called In officer Dl Mare TO arrest
Edward When the police station waP
reached Burns offered TO sell a chain, a
pair OF eye glasses. a revolver. watcn or
anything In the pawn brokers' line to
Sergeant Durney or Captain Chambers.
| His pockets we're hlled with spectaclec,
1 L. ~ -. ..4Lf
claimed were given him to sell by pawn
broker Harris, whose agent he purported
/ to be. He was locked up on two ch argos ;
sWindling Nettler out Of his watch and
l selling without Rslicense.
When Burns Was searched the watch
which he n AIDED with Mettler was not
| found. Turnkey Little aud Captain
Chambers went all over the man, even to
his hat, but the tlmepiece was not found d.
When arrsigned this morning It was
handed by the prisoner to the city solio-
itor, aud the officers looked their aston
lshment. Either he had 10 securely hid.
den, or else IL had been passed to him by
q confederate yesterday.
Snapped Knives Himself
Judge Ball. when the case Of swindling
was called. heard the evidences and then
remarked TO Miller, who WAS on the
stand: Didn't you ever swap knives
and get one without blades2 have
when was a boy, aud I've seen the boy
traded get one In even worse condition.
Next time you swap watches, look aud see
what you are getting. The case Is dis
missed on the charge OF selling with
out license Burns was held In $l0(
bail until to morrow.
Patrick Joyce, found by Officers Shieldi
aud Maloney, helplessly drunk on Water
near French streets. and Joseph Welct
by O6acer Mcguire. at Front and Madison
streets, we're each fned 81 and costs.
Henry Ford and Thomas Blllzyekl were
arrested by Special Officer Smith at the
P, W. & B depot yesterday. The former
was fined g., the latter 50, aud the coatl
went with both cases.
Both We're at Fault
Officer J. II. Massey arrested Charles
Griffin ard Mary Scott, both colored, at
Eighth and Tatnall streets about O'CLOCK
this morning They we're using bad
language and acting very disorderly. II
was shown that both we're at fanlt anc
each was 6ned s. and costs
Lee Ruley. oolored. was arrested on I
charge Of disorderly conduct made by
Annie Morris also colored. When Oh,
case was called she had repented and the
case was dismissed on his paying costs.
John Divine who WAS charged by the
Board OF Health with refusing to dralnlhil
house into the sewer was discharged 81
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