The evening times., 1896-02-27
PairoIman colbsrt's Shame Ex
posed in Police Court.
MIR. pUaH BARBEcUED HIM
The Officer's venuiity Shown by His
Own stimony-Refusedt to Return
doncd Colored womnn-His Miser-
able Plea-Judge ExcOriated Him.

morning as defendant to the charge OF
profanity, sweating under the adverse tes
| tinlony OF witnesses AMI the scathing de.
| nunciations of Prosecuting Attorney Pugh
Attorney Albert Sillers represented him
but in spite of his efforts Judge Kimball
disposed of the case by imposing q double
fine of $40.
| Colbert is u member of Lieut.. Boyle'e
| precinct, and Mamie Craven, cOlored
| woman. living at No. 623 New Hamp-
shire avenue, preferred the charges gainst
| him. The warrant that was served on
him was issued by Justice of the Peace
Hewlett Mamie Craven, Lizzie Pope. and
Bessie Means, all colored, were witnesses
| against him.
| Mamie Craven stated that on Monday
morning between 8 and 10 O'Clock Col
| bert went to her house and called to her
| TO come out. He stood in a little alley
| that separated her house from the adioin-
| ing one, and as he put his hand in his
pocket he asked:
What In - did you go to my lieuten-
ant about money / owed you for:'
TOLD ABOUT THE LOAN
Witness replied by asking where she
should go when he wouldn't pay her, and
said she would go to his lieutenant again
| If IL was necessary.
"Tell me about that money said Mr..
| Pugh.
Last August I met him on the street
and had my pocketbook in my hand. He
asked me If had any money, and when
told him yes, he said
' Lend me a dollar. I'm n little short
| this month. III pay you the LIST of Sep
| tember.'
II loaned him the dollar. and he didn't
pay me until last Monday, when he cursed
me. / asked him for 1t three or four
times. and then went to see the lieutenant
about it,"
What else did he say TO you?'
f"Weii. he handed me the dollar then, and
said:
" Il don't want any going TO
my lieutenant. The next time l see you
on the street III vag you.'"
Witness said that at the time he borrowed
the money from her she was employed by a
Mr.. Mckinney. She had relatives in
Ohio who sent her money.
Lizzie Pope then said she was in her
house, and went outside while the two were
standing In the alley. She saw the officer
there, but did not hear the profanity.
Bessie Means testified that Colbert called
at the house and asked for Minnie. Then,
after using the vile language testified TO
by the complainant, he paid the dollar and
threatened to pnt her where the dogs
wouldn't bari, at hnr.
COLBERT'S EXPLANATION.
Colbert took the stand and said he had
BEEN on the force eight months. The girl,
hfac l,ts
he told her IL she didn't stop it he would
send her TO the workhouse. He denied the
charge OF profanity In toto, and said to
her when he paid the money:
.Why didn't you come to me? wsald
have paid you the dollar"
Witness insinuated that the woman was
a vile character, and Mr.. Pugh remarked:
''She was good enough for you to bor-
row a dollar from. You never bothered
her until she tried to make you pay the
money"
II threatened to send her to the work
house if she Didn't behave herself
what did she do?"'
~ heard her use profane language"
''Then you violated your oath in not ar
resting her when you heard it. You thought
it was sufficient to threaten her. Why,
how could you send her to the workhousc?"
why didn't you pay the money back?'
asked Judge Kimban.
.She never asked me for it."
WAS that bush money for not arresting
her?'
Then The defendant explained that his
partner had been intimate With the wO-
man and he got the dollar from her, in order
to keep his partner away, by making him
believe tEat she had gone back on him.
You made him believe you bad cut
him out?" commented the Judge.
MR.. PuGH ROASTED HIM.
Mr.. Pugb began his closing remarks by
announcing that be had u duty to perform
In prosecuting the defendant, and would do
it, Notwithstanding the fact that he was an
officer.
'The idea of policeman borrowing a
dollar from prostitute,'' said he, land not
paying 1t back. lam going on the theory OF
the defense in saying that. thought, and
still think, that this woman is respectable,
and his statement that she is Il prostitute
makes it all the worse for him.
"The motive for this offensc is shown in
his paying the dollar because forced to doso
by his lieutenant. don't believe when he
tit itdSt vi
paying ii back. Nomotive is shown for this
girl to testify against him, though. OF the
two, the defendant is the most interested.
''He intimates himself very strongly that
1t was hush money. He says that he has
repeatedly seen the woman violate the law,
and had gone so far as to threaten to send
her TO the workbCuse. When did he get
the authority to send a woman to the work
house? Would he come into this court and
perjure himself to take away a woman's
liberty?'
MIR. Sillers objected TO a slight variance
between the testimony and the indict-
meDt, and made a strong plea for the de-
fendant, but il was unavailing.
"Ihave always warned policemen that in
case of a man who is sworn to uphold the
law violating 1t, 1 should impose double
sentence. shall do SO in this case.
The defendant is fined ten dollars"
Colbert asked until tomorrow morning
to pay his fine, and remarking that he was
probably wanted on his beat, the court
granted IL, and he was allowed to 60.
Blind, Girl Fatally Burned
Lancaster, Pa, Feb. 27.-A frame dwell
ing house, occupied by John Wilson,
colored, was set on fire by the explO-
sion of u limp yesterday nnd destroyed.
There were fifteen persons in the house,
and all escaped except q nine year-old