The evening times., 1896-06-10

Nlke Flynu liSteueu DCUlHu tue swinging
doors in ast enlistment at the lawyers quips.
''Dannie,'' he said, to Col. Williams,
the drummer boy of the Rappahannock
famed in song and story, ''thot iyyer's loike
all the rist of emf he amt got brains
enough to cover ne me-'aud Mike hesi-
tated, searching his ponderous form TO dis
cover something small about himself, Ito
cover me little thoombnail, he finally
concluded.
He ought to know ran on Mike, that
dErinkiu' don't always make mons face
rid, an betther still, to take sich liberties
wild the power of the coort."
WHAT HE REMEMBERS.
Fright you are, Mike said Dan. Il re-
member, in 81, we had a soldier who used
to drink gallon Of whisky every morning,
when he could get IL, and had the complexion
of baby"
Dan told the story without working an
eyelid.
II wish to hivens," returned Mike, des-
perate as he usually is when the colonel
relates war anecdotes, that there'd be
another war-a foiDe long one at that"
Why" asked Williams.
1t moiglt give me un' you," returned
Flynn, wi.heringly, "a chance to Kill
few drummer bys an save 'eni frum trifliD'
wild the truth in after loife."
Dan laughed himself hoarse as Mike
relieved his feelings by putting three
men out and calling hall way" like fog
horn.
The court opened with a tilt between
Mr. Pugh and Lawyer John Moss over
the case of Leonard Lee and Robert Lee,
l,,I,a i,I, Nvin Dst
day. Both sides had witnesses, who We're
separated, and all OF them swore differ
| emily
The defense tried to prove the boys
| were cutting grass and far away from
the street at tie time the offense was
| alleged to have been committed. The
father OF the boys, to the surprise of
Moss, said they had not been cutting
grass, but were home all day with him,
| picking peas.
At tnIs testimony Mess lit .:.s Up and
Mr. Pugh laughed heartily.
| You can't laueh a case cut of court,
sir" said Mess, angrily. Turning to the
times he is in a court of justice, giggling
that way.
Yes, / do" answered Pugh, quick us
H.
l am in court when ! see lawyers like
| you make such exhibitions of themselves" J"
We'll, guess make more money out of
my exhibitions than YOU do" returned
Moss, ncrvousiy pulling his goatee.
"You had better shut up, right now, old
sport" said the prosecutor, the smile
| around his mouth hardening and dan
gerous CLINT shining in his eyes.
"a ,llnn
ANY way, your honor" concluded Moss,
II can't be accused of fixing up the test.-
mony.'
Everybody laughed at this, and the en-
tente was once more established between
Mr.. Pugh and Moss.
John Paris, a white boy, had policemen
galore and Mr.. Earl Wagner of the Wash
ington Baseball Club to testify gainst him.
John had spent the night in the station
house and faced his accusers this mornin.
with swollen eyes and in tremuioCs state
OF nervousness.
THE NERVOUS BOY.
BE was even more frightened when Cieri
Lum Harper read two formidable papers
one charging him with destroying certain
chairs and raiings, the property of tn.
| Washington Baseball Club, and the othel
trespassing and destroying the grass oi
said club without permission. The cleri
| might as well have read the boy Greel
ode from tie Had for all he understood it
He pleaded not guilty.
Mr.. Wagner said he knew nothing of the
specific offeuse, but gang Of boys were
in the habit of invading the park and in
juring the chairs and grass.
Policeman O'Day said he caught the Gt
feudant in the grounds yesterday.
"See him break any chairs?" asked th'
court.
mo, SIR
s.Did anyone else?" asked the judge
| No one answered.
That case was dismissed, and the charg'
of wounding the tender grass, that's spiked
and torn up by the shoes ofthe players ever.
time game is played. taken up.
John said he was under the grandstand
Under the grandstand?" queried TIN
court.
"Yes, SIR replied the defendant. -
T / amt never been on top of it in my life."
John usually occupies the bleachers.
: O'Day said Paris had been caught in tn
grounds before and warned.
"I don't want to send this boy to th
workhouse," said Judge Kimball.
Mr.. Wagner said he did not want to Sc
him go there. All he wanted was to kee
the boys from injuring his property. Th
court lectured the boy and put him unde
, his personal bonds.
Hattie Burke, Louisa Lucas, Pauline Mo-
rson, and her sister, Lille, were fu
hand of aces, as they frowned and role
their eyes from the dock at Annie Greer
: John Chapman, Maria Harris and job
e Allen, who appeared against them.
All of them live in Shows alley, an
r Shows alley is in u constant state {
r agitation, and almost riot because the
4 do The first four, on the complaint {
d the other quartet, were locked up last nigl
10y Policeman BurHngame for disorder
Il conduct.
Annie Green said Pauline and Lill
were full of gin, Hattie and Louisa full I
| beer and all of them full of ''de debbil.
Evidence was given by John Chapnla
b gotten up like an itinerant preacher, th
, Louisa yelled so loud she Jared the wall
bis house.
e "Wunce, fer a fack,'' said Chapman, "t
e plaster fell clean off wen dat gal haid b
fits on
Come up here, all Of you, - said the coul
wearily, "and let me hear your side OF Il
case.''
y y Pauline, not fair but fat, mounted t.
= stand with elephantine grace.
"Yo' onner," she shouted, dat ooma