Evening star., 1896-11-06
PoEcE FIGHTERS.
An ExamDle.Made of One of the FIR,
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An EKamDle.Made Of One Of the Fra.
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Judge Miiie4 sayE that the courts deal
with conditioHsS as we'll as With men. Re-
move the cond3tions. says tho court, and
the number 0famen arreSted for offenses
wiz decrease. In many Of the alleys the
Judge said. crap games cause most Of the
trouble. WhileltH other places the buying of
cans and buckets Of beer seems to be the
chief evil. These remarks were made dur
Ing the trial Ola young man named Law
renee Duffy. who had been arrested in
Nortneast Washington near 13th ana ii
streets Tor disosderly conduct and assault
on policeman Curtis of the ninth precinct,
Several young men, most of them. IL ROT
aIi OF tnem, minors. gathered In a shed and
celeprated the rainy day by crushing the
sIowier When they had indulged In more
tnah they could stand there was trouble.
and one OF the men, 1t is alleged, struck
MS own mother, who had endcavored to re-
store peace
Two Of the pugilistic young men fought
eheir way from the shed into the alley.
ana when Policeman Curtis arrested them
Lawrence Duffy made a successful attempt
10 rescue them from the guardian of the
peace al the expense of his own arrest A
young lady. sister Of one Of the young men,
was promptly on hand with woman's
weapon, broom, and 1t bstng O cloudy
day, she used the other end.
w men the policeman and Lawrence finally
reached the police station the officers ap-
pearance Indicated that he might have
been member of. .Coxey's army at one
time. for a tinsmith. tailor and seamstress
were needed to put him In condition to re-
turn TO duty. His badge was very much
oish8ured. his collar had been left on the
street. while his overcoat showed signs of
recent battle, and what had become of
one OF his shirt sleeves he was unable to
tell.
on the charges stated and although not
IN the habit Of being in such a place. he
said, I'm not guilty"
The policeman told what was an amusing
story to the spectators. and even a Young
lady, sister Of the one who had welded the
broom. enjoyed listening to the policeman's
experience.
Did any other than Duffy attack you?"
the officer was asked.
"A young lady used a broom on me, but
tnen she was excited, and paid no atten-
ton to her."
The young lady took the stand and gave
evidence IN the young mans behalf. but
what she had not seen had no effect on the
positive statement Of the officer.
II made no attack on the officer" the de-
fendant said to the court. I'VE were fool
ing in the shed, and because the ladies be-
came frightened they ran out and screamed
murder"
Were you drrnk?" Judge Miller asked
him.
Il was not so very drunk" he answered,
but had a drink or two"
How old are your
Nineteen years. I'm a stonecuttcr by
trade. and would have been at work yes
terday If it had not been for the rain
The officer agreed that Duffy is a hard
working man. but he also said he had fire.
quently seen him going for buckets Of beer.
Where do you boys get your beer?' the
judge asked. In this particular part Of
the city most of the trouble results from
this miserable habit Of getting buckets Of
beer. and the young men who participate
in these rows are usually Woodworking ard
industrious. There must be some Llace
where minors can get beer out there, and
the cause of,thetevil should be removed"
The policeman confessed that he did not
know where, the beer was bought.
Resuming. the judge said he thought 1t
was about timef that this business of as
saulting policemen had stopped. This fa-
vorite pastime OF so many young men was
getting great many of them in trouble
And" said the judge to the defendant,
I'm afraid you are going to find yester-
days conduct rAther expensive. Men are
not put on the police force to be hammer
ed about in this way, and had the case
been presented on a warrant should have
held you for the grand jury. and an ex-
ample might have been made by sending
you to the lpenitentiary. For the assault
you are fined Ss@tor four months in JAIL and
for the disorderly, conduct SO or sixty
days in the workhouse."
In conclusion. the Judge said he hoped
other police ng ghrsrs would profit by nuffys
experience. 90 log. -------.