Evening star., 1896-09-21
w ERE NOT ADMITTED
White Nice Not Welcome at the Police
Court.
Do Not Agree With the Prisoners
Cases in Court Today and
the Sentences.

For a Monday morning the business In
| the Police Court today was unusually dull.
and that fact may be taken as an evidence
| that Saturday night was more peaceful and
| orderly than for a long time past. The
| Only incident out of the ordinary was the
| presence of an ambitious kitten on the
| bench. The diminutive feline, in some un-
| explained manner, gained access to the
| room and attempted to divide honors with
| the Judge in dispensing justice. The court,
| however, was not desirous of assistance.
| and the kitten was declared guilty of con-
| tempt and relegated TO the dock. 1t made
vigorous resistance, accompanied by des-
1 perate clawing and loud walls of despair,
| but a stalwart bailiff succeeded in carry
| ing out the order of the court, and the
| wheels of justice once more began to re-
! volve, while an interesting dialogue was IN
| progress in the corridor between the rotund
| guardian of the hallway, Policeman Flynn,
| and a witness in one of the cases. AS the
\ witness was about to enter the court room,
| Flynn noticed that he had in his hand two
| small white mice.
| 'kape out av there" commanded the
policeman.
I've got to go in. for I'm a Witness"
| was the reply.
| Faith, an what are yez doing with
thin varmintS?'
They are evidence in the case"
I'm onto yez little goime." next said
Flynn. with a significant nod of his head.
| ''Yez want ter give thin poor devils in the
box wuss jim-jams than they've bin in
joyinS since Saturday evening. They've
bin seeing snakes, and pollywogs and rep
tiles and alligators and sea sarpants
and the divil knows what not and
row yez want to spring white mice with
tons may be upright and honorable, but
if yez entered the court room with them
animals sensation would surely result, SO
soon as them anti-prohibitionsts and old
| wi hen m ar flSm
glimpse of yer. No, sir yeZ cannot
pass through that doorway, until these jags
are sentenced"
| Selling Papers.
Norris Duvall, a small colored boy, was
cne of perhaps hundreds who engaged in
the sale of New York newspapers yester-
day. hot box happened to one OF the
wheels of car of the train, and the ar
rival of the papers from the metropolis was
delayed nearly an hour. At precisely II 10
o'clock Duvall called his papers at the
corner of 5th and Spruce streets, and on
complaint of Howard L. Prince, who re-
| sides in that locality, Policeman Lord
| placed the boy under arrest.
! In the court this morning Duvall ex-
| planned about the delay in the arrival Of
the Papers and professed ignorance of the
law.
'As you the first boy to be brought
in on this charge" said Judge Kimball, Il
am il clined to be easy with you. You are
|
mornings from I to 1880 O'Clock The
services at my church yesterday were
greatly disturbed by newsboys 1 will take
your personal bonds, but you may tell your
friends that hereafter fines will certainly
be imposed in all similar cases that may
be brought before me-
Frank Mattingiy is a member of the
| class of citizens known as knights of the
read. For some time past Frank has been
in the habit of using a box car ON Lincoln
avenue as hotel. He has been repeatedly
warned by Policeman Pearson to dscon-
TIME the practice. but in this instance a
word to the wise or rather. unwise, proved
insufficient. Policeman Pearson arrested
Mattinsly last night, and Judge Kimball
. | sentenced him to thirty days in the work
, | house in default OF $50 bonds.
. Frank Hall, according to the testimony
presented, grew very gay Saturday night
! ! on the sidewalk in front of the Thysor
: | House. Profanity was freely indulged In
E | and Policeman Carson took Hall to the
station. II was recalled that about two
| years ago Hall used profanity in address
| ing Judge kimball in the court and was
sent down for SO doing. Today, however
| Hall promised to mend his ways, and hi:
| personal bonds We're taken.
E Was Profane.
Nelson Gilmore in the dock to an
= swer charge of profanity. Policeman
Gilmore, SO he said, believed that Gilmore
II was about to engage in an alteration, 81
l. he took him in charge Thereupon, so +
was stated, the prisoner gave expression
with much emphasis to choice assert
c ment Of words of profane nature.
k Il didn't say word until / reached th
}. | station said Gilmore, and then the po
: liceInen were in line, ready to go out. A
: l passed along one of them hit me on tn
b head with his club
:. Several policemen who were present a
/ the time declared that no blow was struck
i and the court imposed fine of SO o
n thirty days
HrtI R.1ti col -ta
for breaking glass bottle on the sidewall
and permitting the fragments to remain
there. No evidence was presented, how
ever, to show that the breaking of tn
y bottle other than accident SO tn
l. case was dismissed.
Robert Blue, colored, attended churcl
entertainment a few evenings ego am
/ made himself decidedly disa greeable. HI
e cursed and swore, said persons VIII
were present, and four.shed a revolve
:. ard engaged in other obnoxious proceed
ings.
y What have you to say about this?
= asked the court.
. 'Nothirg
e Policemen owen and Barbee early yester
ii day morning made raid on gang of al
le legged tramps in lexington freight yards
!. John Carroll, Henry Miller. George Mile
l: and James Rivers were arrested and whc
s. arraigned in court today each received
a. sentence CT sixty days.
. Minnie Thomas, colorei, saw her husban
s. enter a saloon with another woman Satur
l. day night. She called to him to please &
ID home and purchase some food for thei
Sunday meals The woman responde
with torrent of abuse, and when Mimi
made reply, so she sad Policeman Ha,
rison placed her under arrest. Betwee
e. sobs Minnie related her woes to the cour
re She had been locked up since Saturda
ii right Judge kimball released her o
: her perscr al bonds.
l. IN 4 CRITICAL CONDITION.
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