The evening times., 1896-09-21

sphot! Where air you Eon?
Samm ie said he wasa witness and wanted
TO be on ha nd when his case was called.
Ashe explained, he fuInblcd the mice in a
side pocket Of his coat, attracting Flynn's
attention.
An what have you there" inquired
Nike suspiciously.
Banks grinned foolishly as he said 'I'zt
got er few white mice" at the same time
dra wing them from mis- pocket and showing
Them to Flynn, to that Gcntleman's horror
and Indignation.
An youd 90 in the coort with those
moicp," he gasped, "an' git near IN:
phrlsoncrs, full of wheels an jags. an
what would happen them and Mike
appealed with uplirted hands TO the ceilin5
for an answer.
.'Dey's all seed white mice befo"'
maintained BinkS.
Flynn declared that in awakening from
dark nights of debauchery their imagina-
ton had painted upon feverish brains scores
of the pale rodents, but he insisted should
they actually behold the vcrmin the re,
Sulr would be terrible
COMPASSION FOR THE PRIs ONERS.
II
they had 'em or not" concluded Flynn.
$50 you git out and he put Binks bacI
in tile witness room.
Policeman Lord arrested Sunday morn.
ing Norris Duvall for calling New York
papcA after the hours prescribed by law.
Lort95D Dmsclf was not responsible for the
arrest 1t was caused by Mr.. Howard L.
Prince, former clerk of the police court.
Mr.. PrinCeCnmplafnedto to Ine about him,
said Lord. He was shouting papers II
front OF Mr.. Princes house at 11:1o."
And the law limits the time until o 80,
remarked hrs honor, asking the boy If he
knew Of the regulation
The papers "omed out late replied Du-
vail
.'That makes no difference. Again ask
you. do you know of the law?''
mo, sir" said Norris.
"Itison he stat ute hooks, saidthe judge.
"and was made to protect people going TO
church. Yesterday, long after the services
in my own church began, boys were cry
ing Sunday papers. It's nuisance and
should bc stopped and his honor frowncj.
The law says he continued. that pa
rers on the Sabbath can he cried between
This is the first case have had, so l
shall take your bonds this time, but don't
let il occur again
After Policeman Harrison, of the George
town precinct. arrested Minnie Thomas.
colored, Saturday night for a trivial ir-
fraction of the law and kept her away
from her family until tuGa-. his conscience
impelled him TO say good word for her
this morning.
She was charged with profanity, which
she used under most trying circumstances
ut was used under great prcvOcatiJn,"
said Harrison, who had locked her up.
nevertheless, so strong is his sense of
duty Minnie, weeping riliously, told tie
court her sad story.
NEEDLESS ARRESTS.
She said on Saturday night she saw her
husband enter saloon with a woman.
He had jist been paid sobbed Min
ME, "an' 1 wanted sum muney fer home.
so l called fer him, an de CONAN come out
an cuSscd me-
did you curse herr asked the court.
Il couldn't help it. felt 50 bad AMI
Minnie dried her Sorrowful, swollen eyes
on her apron, as she gazed appeaiingly at
the Judge. The look was not lost oa him.
when were you arTcste! before?,' lie in
quired.
Not fer two years "
Take her personal bonds, Mr.. Harper,
said the court. aud after she listened to
meaningless rigamarole of legal terms,
which she evidently knew nothing about,
hurried home
Another needless arrest was made by
Policeman j. E. Joyce. He said he saw
Arthur Baltimore, colored boy, drop
bottle on the sidewalk.
..Purposcly or by accident" asked the
Judge.
Il couldn't tell that" replied Joyce
The regulations only make it an offense
to break a bottle on the sidewalk by
design said the judge. The case is dis
BOTH INDIAN AND SOLDIER.
Walter Davis "suped" last week at the
Academy of Music for the Northern
Liehrs" Company. and 81 was due him
Saturday night for playing the dual parts
of soldier ard Indian. But Walter has it
yet to collect.
While waiting to be paid he initiated the
noble retlskin i'll the matter OF consuming fire
water, and got as crazy drunk as Sioux
full of red ink. their favoritc tipple in he
absence of alcohol.
Policeman Warren arrested him, and, in
spite OF his protests that if carried to the
station house he would lose his wages, he
was placed in cell at No. /, where lie
spent a melancholy Sunday.
After Warren testified in the police court
this morning Waiter. who has histrionic
dreams of conquests behind the footlghts,
tearfully dwelt on the loss of the 81.
which, like some clips that PASS in the
night, may never come back 30 him. Walter
has the yellow-giinted hair of Burr McIn-
tosh and the osseous features of the late
James Owen O'Connor.
His voice was husky. both from teals
and a week of Indian yelling, as he said
In endcavoring to relieve the pangs of
indigestion he drank too deeply OF The
cup that cheers and also inebriates.
GLORY HIS ONLY CONVERSATION.
II might have been full he said, but
| did not drink much, only two glasses Of
liquor" Warren smiled, and the judge
looked incredulous.
And that because / had Indigestion
he added, meekly.
The judge reared little iu his chair.
the story is such an old one with him.
Walter wiped from one of his blue eyes
tear, not a stage one, but n real fourteen
karat saline drop, as he said:
II begged and plea ded with the officer to
let me draw m pay at the Academy, where
! have been working. l almost got on my
knees to him, but he wouldn't listen to me,
a nd now it istoo late; the company's gone"
what were sou doing there?" asked the
Judge, kindly.