The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-18
POLICE COURT CASES
Judge Turner Faces an Army Of 81
Crooks of ALI Kinds.
TRIAL OF THE DUSKY WOMEN
Callahan the Bum Is Found In the
Bunch and Fined for a Common
Vag. NotwlthstandingH His Re-
cent Solemn Pledge.

Judge Turner disposed of 81 cases
yesterday and the police court records
show the biggest days business that
has been transacted in a long time.
Twenty-eight of the prisoners who an
sWered roll call from inside of the rail-
ing at o'clock were arraigned on city
charges and 26 of them pleaded guilty
so that their cases were easily disposed
| OF. Judge Turner said ten dollars and
costs" so fast and often that IL got to
be second nature to him, and Police
| Clerk Harry Wales was kept hard at
work for two hours recording sentences
and writing out commitments.
The preliminary examination of EN-
ma Teal and Clyde Quay for assault in
the first degree on Pauline Foster, was
concluded after the big batch OF city
| cases had been disposed of. Emma
Teal swore that she did all of the cut
ting, and that she was compelled to do
1t in self defense. She said that Paul
Inc started the row and that as she
was twice her size she had To protect
herself with a knife. She assumed all
or the blame and claimed that Clyde
had had no hand in the rumpus. Two
fellows named Smith and Lowry also
shielded Clyde and swore that Emma
did all of the cutting. Clyde was the
last witness for the defense. She swore
on direct examination that she did not
see the cutting, but on ross-examina-
ton by Deputy County Attorney Mat
tison she admitted having seen Emma
stab Pauline in the abdomen. She said
that after that she and Emma walked
away and that Pauline walked off in
the opposition direction.
Pauline was recalled in rebuttal. and
repeated the story which she told when
she was on the stand the first time
She swore that both Emma and Clyde
did the cutting and stabbing, the form
er using knife and the latter a razor
AT the conclusion of the arguments the
judge reserved his decision until We'd
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
James McGrath, alias Jim German.
who made an unsuccessful attempt TO
hold up Peter Foley in Dublin gulch on
saturday night, was arraigned on a
charge of attempted robbery. He
waived examination and was held TO
the district court in bonds of $4,000.
McGrather drew revolver on DIR.
Tremblay an hour or so before he I'M
dertook to rob Foley at the point of a
gun, and the police give him the namd
or being an all around crook His right
name Is said to be Dougherty, and he
has been quite a familiar character in
police court during the last eight or ten
months. He was convicted OF having
stolen goods in his possession and sent
to jail for sixty days. Later on he was
suspected of being implicated with
Mike OBrien in the robbery of a room
in the Pennsylvania house. but as the
evidence against him was not strong
enough to make a conviction probable,
a charge of vagrancy was entered
against him and he was given another
60-day sentence. The police regard him
as a very dangerous character to be at
large.
Ed Stockingbury was given 30 days
and costs for stealing an axe and
Ratchet from No. 7O1 West Broadway.
G. f. King, j. Dennison, Louis Rush
ford, Smooth Face, p. c. O'Brien, Jo-
seph Hobet, Richard Roe and Ryan
were assessed $40 each for disturbing
the peace. Hendricks and Griffin were
fined a like amount for committing a
nuisance. Jessie Wingate and Edna
Wingate for street walking, Miss Pearl
for running house of i'll fame, Frank
Ross for begging money and Murphy
for using abusive language, were each
fined $40. Mrs. Cusick was taxed s. for
drunkenness and $40 for soliciting.
John Doe No. paid s. for intoxication
and $40 for resisting an officer. John
Riley and Peter Walsh, DRINKS, Will
lam Ledford, for using abusive Ian
guage. Shorty for fighting. and Gala
han the Bum for vagrancy. were let off
with 80 fines. Lilly Woods, charged
with Indecent exposure. was dismissed
Mrs. Mulligan, charged with throw
ing rocks through the windows of Mrs
Mahoney's house in Dublin Gulch. and
Murray, charged with kicking in Mrs.
Mahoney's door, pleaded not guilty and
will be trieG at o'clock this afternoon.