The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-08-15
ALLEGED BlGAMIs1.
Arrested Last Night and Field to
Await Further Action,
TWO SGORCHEas ARRESTED.

A Review of the Grist That Went
Through the Mill in Municipal Couft
This Morning z
On information received from Sheriff q
M. Underwood Of Prince George county
Nd, Policeman Ralston last evening ~
rested ]. y RgQNp, Of No. 4 Nov ihs6&
q ths charge Of bigamy The pgehs4 H
alleged to have been committed In La0s
rel, Md, where man and woman live4i
Brown was arrested last night as he wSY
returning from work. ~
Later In the evening the alleged wife N6f
| visited her husband at the police stan
ton. she carried her 4-weeks-oid baby "a
her arms and the scene when the man and
woman met was very affecting She threw
herself In his arms and nearly tainted. ThX
woman refused to give her name and said
that she was not married to Brown. ~
was learned that she comes Of good Maryt
land family. "A
About year ago she eloped with Browna
hrst going to New York, where he had relay
ives About six months ago they came herd
to live and went to house keeping on New
street. There the baby was born and thS
ne'ghb,Qrs thought that they were husband
and wife. sRe ARsY thai her loYsr had q
wife and three children living. 1t Is said
that Brown had not lived with his wife
for three years, part of that time she being
In an insane asylum. Knowing this the
alleged second wife would not marry
Brown For year she says she has been
waiting for something to turn up so that
rIIllI mr. tho
She occupied seat in The Municipal
Court this morning when Brown was ar.
ralgned on tho charge of blgamy. Brown
was held in $500 bail to appear on Mon47
day when the Maryland authorities will boz
present. He is represented by Walter n,
Hayes, who stated his belief that the
Charge cannot DO proven, y
deorge Morris and John Cusick were
fined - and costs for riding at u greateY
ratio OF speed than seven miles an hour i
Last evening shortly after o'clock Off
Ger Quinn saw tho young men riding
on Delaware avenue at Madison street. He
deposeu they were going at the rate of 10
miles an hour. Morris was arrested and
when Cusick came back to sec what was
the matter he was also arrested
The young mon claimed they were not
going faster than the street ear and that
the cftlc"r could not determine tho rate OF
speed by standing on the street and lookA
ing at them wheeling towards him. The
court had no opinion as the evidence was
dead against the young mon and the usCal
fine was imposed,
The time must come and before long
when bicycle officer must have some
way OF determining the rate of speed other
than by his eye,
Searching should be stopped and so>-<
should unwarranted arrests. /
Chris Murine fell into Officers Lyons
net and was rascd at 81 and cost. 4
Hubert G. Morton was in the dock for !
the first timo for being drunk. He had
ono eye completely cncascd by n large
lump. He was very sorry and did not
wish his little boy and girl to suffer for his
disgrace. He was injured year ago and :.
since then has not worked. He was al
lowed to go.
officer Di Mare arrested two young men
last evening for corner lounginS, Carmen
is cver.zcn!ous on that point. The young
men were respectable and had stopped to
talk to two other young men. When or.
dered off the corner ono moved away but
the officer had the pleasure of seeing the
young man sent in and detained in q coll
oil night, only to be allowed to go free by
Judge Ball.
The otheryoung man was fined 81 and
costs.
Charles Mackin is member Of the
Seventh and Poplar street crowd. The
corner has become Il terror to the neigh
borhood and the ncighbors have no way
to get them away only to throw water on
them. They use insulting language to-
wards the young girls as they pass by and
play cards and use bad language.
Officer Gilling knew Mackin to be
of the gang, and of the gang last
year that was broken up. He was fined
50 and costs for .disort!crly conduct.
John Warrington is in hard luck. His
time in New Castle Jail for larceny expired
on August II, he was released Oh Thurs:
day and yesterday arrested on the charge
Of larceny of two shirts from Market
street residence. As there was no eyidcnca
against him he was allowed to go and sin
no moro.