Evening journal., 1896-08-03
SHOULD Be PUNISHED
Men Who Pejure Themselves
as Witnesses In Court.
THRY FORGET FORMER STORIES

Two Gases In PoinC-A Crap joins Ratded
and It's Operator in Quod Kelley
Tackled the Wrong Man Bullock Car
Before Judge Ball.
One Of the greetest dficultins exper
lenced by the authorities In securing con
vlction In cases brou ght before the
Municipal Court, is found Ia the perjury
OF witnesses. When tho arrests are
made these witnesses Voluntarily say
things which would very much simplify
matters II they ware admissible IN
court, but under the rules OF practice
they ara not. Whom the casea are called
these witnesses either plead Ignorance
or swear direotly 6gaiust their state
ments and no matter how barsseced their
stories msy be there Is no remedy. A
case occurred this mornlng-ln fact two
Of them.
Baided Crap Rendezvous.
For long time complaints nave been
made that there has been crap shooting
/ going on In the neighborhood of Grard
and Tatnall streets, and the officers have
( been trying to get an opsn-Rnd shut casa
aeainat the devotees OF "Little joe"
Shortly after midnight Saturday night.
SerRsnnts Black and Evans, With a SQUAD,
raidsd the house, No. S22 ratual street,
occupied by Edward Garlic, colored,
known as Baltimore Bill, and gathered
him In. together with Harry Bette, Alfred
Smith, William Benson, Alfred Sadler,
Eugene Jeffsrls. William Morris, RoberU
Jones and Charles Backus, all colored, and
all OF whom we're gathered around a mat
on the hoor watching the cubes turn.
This morning they were arraigned.
Smith was Know SothIng.
All OF the crap.shooteIs were placed
on the witness stand and each one
proved a very unwilling witness. They
sgreed thai craps we're shot and that
Garlic was the head OF the game and
made a ont after two passes had b zen
made" Alfred Smith however. made a
poor fist or his story. First he claimed be
slnply saw men sitting on the a oor
talking and that he did not SEQ any
money nor hear dice rolllug Finally he
remen ,red that he did see a game
going on, hut did not know what 1t WAS.
30 transparent we're his statements
that Judge Bali remarked that II was
time for aome men to be taught lesson
for pefinry. lt was shown by Sergeant
Black that Morris aud Jones told them
that game was played and Garlic took
percentage for running 1t. Also that
Garlic confessed that ne took 8 cents
from each game for the commission.
Garlic was held In 81 600 FOR upper court.
Joke Carried Too Far.
Howard Bullock. ex ball player. etc
! was charged by Robert Anderson. driver
= for Lsngel with stealing key OF beer
p from his wagon At the Bellevue In
+. BrandJwina village
4 George Miller AZ fret Thought he had
seen no one take any keg, but when
closely Questioned by Horace Greeley
. Knowlss, acting city solicitor, said he
I saw Bullock take the kag and put it In
the stable, but merely as joke
4 Bullock claimed he took the
beer as Joke, and did not know he was
stealing It, but when John Price, pro
. prietor OF the hotel, testifed that he had
) searched che stable and could not ind the
keg. and Sergeant Black told how he and
, Officer Ralston found the empty keg In
the cellar OF Bullook's house, the joke did
not seem 30 plain, and Bullock WAS held
, In 5000 bail for upper court.
ut Was Good wo X. Omcer."
officer Gum was standing at Front
Y and Union Saturday night In citizsn's
clothes when Henry Kelley, colored. sp
B proSched and 81 ked the road to Newport
de VAS told and then offered TO sell Gum
e q vest for fifteen cents whereupon Gum
I nt once erc0rted the Jap to the patrol
. box and cent him Ia On being searched
. a silver watch was found In tho man o
I shos.
!, Later on, George NJ Broud6ent. Of No.
D 1il6 Pleasant street. discovered that his
= coat. vest. and watch had been stolen
}. and reported the loss to the police sta
. tioD, when he learned that the vest and
+ watch hsd been found.
This morning Kelley WAS held in $500
ball for upper court. Judge Ball re
marked 70 Officer Gum: "lt vas good
. work, officer"
u John Stewart, colored, Wac charged
e with larceny of a watch from Charles
:. Lewis, Of Centrevills. Oncer Lucas
4 found It In front street shop John
was hold until to morrow, bail being
IT at 5000.
Charged with Assault.
. George Adams and Edward Boyle, tive
!. young men, we're charged by Frank To
= boski, OF No 1922 East Fourth street, with
y assault. He says that the men and a
y companion visited the shop OF Tobosk
and curosd, then assaulted him They
!. denied it, and ss there was a diffarenci
III Luo lcatlul0HJ buo case WAS c1utluutl
until tomorrow, bsll being fixed at $1OC
ssch
is jacob Panskey, charged With dIsor
70 derly conduct by nls wife was discharged
~ as she Old not want to press the charge
ls They have eight children and he has
70 always been good husbSnd.
10 Good Name Worth Much.
q Matthew Kennedy, boy, was arrested
Al by OAscr kslston on q cnarga OF carry
IN lag concealed deadly weapon. It wai
"a shown that the boy had been given III,
4 revolver by another boy. and he has
"a taken It to the BrAndywine to shoot Of
= cartridge II held.
The mother Of Kennedy. as we'll a
Agent Stout and several police officers
ed testified that he was one OF the best boy
ht in the city, worked bard and supported
y. his mother Judge Ball said: Kennedy
y. you SEQ what 1t Is to have q good name
OF You san go, only do not allow yourself 4
st get Ia company with bad boys"
N Joseph II. Smsliwood colored, charge,
Vffb drawing a rszar IN R,bart /, An