The evening times., 1896-03-23
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words"
| ''Oh, yoa mean prtfa ns words"
'LaCkiy. Easay.'' FsTaisd the wfurss.
| who said thas h.. thonght the police ar
| rested Han bsvauSs h. was a co,oreti man.
| NO. no, sam Judge KinIbalI, who secnI,d
little weary or the whole proceeding,
that Is not right. y ou people are too sen
| sitive. That officer I know well, and he Is
! very fair in all his arrests. He dd not think
| oil Hail color wben he took bim in custody.
| a man S race makes no difference with the
police or this COURT
AS FAR as your honor is concerned no, ="
| said Kicks, but am not so sure about the
| police
Judge Kimball shook his head disappruv-
| lnSiy and heard Hall MIKE a statement.
He maintained the arrest was made without
cause. and said If lie had not been a colorcd
man, the thing would never have occurred.
1ou people are too th.n-skinDed," re-
torted 1.-THE court, Are you swearing Eian?'
Deed, amt yo' 'onner ,an' da man."
pointing TO Auldridge. "ain't ncbEer heard
me use any bad language He wuZ drinkn'
wen he rested me, for smell de Ticker
on his breaf''
stop interrupted the court. "You
uon [ make your case any better by such
charges: besides, ] know the officers rep
utatlon too well.''
Hail has been a soldier In the regular
army. and his lawyer did not overlook this
Iact when he asked that his client be Te-
leased.
Your honor" said Kicks, waving his
hand in the air, ''thc mans word is Just
as good as She officers; he's a man of
reputation. Was he rot a soldier in the
service OF his country: did he not bare his
bosom TO Indian bullets, Indian toma-
hawks, and the dangers, the awful dangers.
/ repeat, OF a frontier life?" and Kicks
raised himself up on his toes, and was
about 10 sail higher in what a certain dis
tlnguishcd western Senator termed n
pee ora shun,' when Judge Kimbun
smiling said:
Really now. Mr.. Ricks: really, sir" And |
Mr. Kicks sat down. while Hall, assuming |
martyred air, tried TO look as If no one |
was staring at him. a task which no man
has ever yet succeeded in doing.
HIS honor, after speaking pretty sharply |
about the constant efforts to drag the |
race question in certain cases. accepted his |
personal bonds. Hall. wrapping his over
coat tightly across the bosom that once
yearheu Tor shot and shell. Stalked out,
followed by the eloquent and persuasive
his brother Officers. and told the next tim.
10 use Il little lemon peel as an effcaclous
destroyer of alcoholic perfumes.
WAS A CRAP SHOOTER.
William Marshall can no more keep from
Shooiiug crap than a Georgia darkey from
stealing wdtermclOns. Sunday evening
William and some other boys onScouced
Themselves under the porch OF a sLabl and
were soon busy III the mysteries OF cone
sebcn."
William, as an expert at the game won
all the money in sight. Aftcr considerable
persuasion he consented 10 lend one OF
The losers 20 cents on n very doubtful pin.
Just then one OF the boys yelled cops"
ana II was case OF save Cui pcut. Tie |
party scaled fences like monkeys and all
got away. except william. In stopping
To pick up bis money from the ground. he
dcln ycd too long. and tc was half way
over wall tie Tolicc grabbed his leg, and |
Marshall WAS again III durauCe.
\ shrewd. ComiCal lad with a witty |
tongue and ready Tepartcc. he made a star Of
himself un the witness stand.
so you were shooting craps, were your
lskei the judge.
who seed nE?'
why. the podiccman."
Muffin uf kyind. Dat man see me climb
nC or fence. an he runncd me in list fer that"
Here are the bones we found IN his
pocket, your honor" said the policeman,
a set of the ccluloid machinery |
used in the manufacture of crap.
How about that, Wiliam?'' queTiCd
Judge Kimball.
Dat amt no evidence said the de-
fendnat, disdaiDfully. Dem amt de
DnlieSt bones in dis wuril."
They are '0nlicSt' ones in your case" re-
Piled the Judge, and you are fined $40"
Which ! amt got"
But vars yer old nanny. chile: she
ray her honey boys fine said a tall
woman in the audience, waving lot or
bills in her CIcnChed fist.
"Order.' commanded Kendig. fIcrccly. |
order at once" he said. Keep quiet,
yoman.'
But Williams mother was not to be
ushed. She addressed herself to Clerk
Harper. and, relating various incidents of
Williams childhood, said she was the
mother OF SIX children, who had all at va
ious times found their way to the police
ourt. and that She MARY MarshallJ had
lways paid their fines.
We'll, pay this and get out" said Ken
liz. You are worse than 4 steam cali {
ope.'
Mary lIquidatcd and walked out with her |
'ffSprinE, still dear to the mothers eyes. S
Mary Smith lives in GeorgetOwn's tough
st section, ''Boston," where Mary Chap L
nan last Friday was inocuatud with the
crms of a jag. (
For some time pa ST the merchants in the c
-cuity have complained that at night the i