Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-04
AN ALLEGED BETRAYER
Young Dickinson Held for the Grand
Jury.
Cases Before the Police Court Today
Several Suspected Burglars
in the Tolls.

Thomas Eskridge, young Virginia farm
er, came to the city yesterday and wanted
to pawn his ring, as he needed little spare
change until Saturday. Instead Of going
to one Of the large pawnshops, he went In
the vicinity Of the secondhand stores along
D street, and there met Thomas o. Wright,
a young colored man. He inquired of
Wright the whereabouts Of a pawnshop,
and the latter. who was apparently very
obliging, asked what he wanted to pawn.
This ring" answered the Virginian,
showing him a plain gold band.
He handed the ring over to the colored
man to examine, and the latter returned 1t
to him, a. the circumstances did not make
it safe thing for him to steal it at that
time.
1.-The pawnbroker you want has moved"
the colored man said; but come with me
and I'll skt W you where you can pawn it,
Along D street the countryman followed
him until Cox's alley was reached, and then
he grabbed the ring and ran into a store
Eskridge had no idea of losing his ring,
and so he made an outcry that alarmed the
whole neighborhood, and a policeman, who
responded, arrested Wright and recovered
the ring. Behind the bars the well-dressed
morning he was the leader of Judge Kim
balls mixed procession
Il didn't steal the ring" he said when
arraigned. I'm innocent"
Eskridge told his story, and a fellow
countrymen gave corrobcrative evidence.
The court heard the denial of Wright and
gave him thirty days in Jail.
William H. johnson, colored man, who
works at odd Jobs about wood yards, was
arraigned for an alleged assault on another
colored man named Albert Wall
HE was about ten feet from me-" said
Wall, when he drew a razor and said he
would kill the black - -
rs that all he did?' the court asked.
That's enough" replied the man. ''He
drew a razor and said he would kill me-
Judge Kimball said there was some doubt
about the charge of assault, and directed
that a charge of concealed weapons be pre-
ferred. This was done, and four witnesses
told the court about the razor:
what have you to say about the raZor?"
the prisoner was asked.
II didn't have any razor" he answered.
1--WE did have a scrap, but as for a razor,
know I didn't have one"
''Six months in jail"
Warren Robinson, q colored man, was in
the tolls because he assaulted Sam Ander-
son, q colored boy.
HE slapped me in my mouth" said the
boy, "'cause I told lady he was in her
ROOM
.'Did he hurt you?"
"'Course he did,"
Warren said he didn't mean to hurt the
boy but he did slap him.
give dollars
One of the female attendants at the
Washington Asylum next appeared. and i'll
her arms she carried a colored infant.
The mother of the child is in delicate
one This was why Officer Wilson Of the
Humane Society petitioned that the child
be turned over to the board OF children's
guardians, in order to have the taxpayers
shoulder the responsibility OF paying for its
care.
rs it an illegitimate child?' the court
asked:
II presume it is" answered witness.
In v.af.p~ vno<I md tS,nty
the business where Judge Kimball left of.
committed the child to the board Of guardi-
The Kicker Case.
The next case was represented by a
voune man named James H. Dickinson,
who had formerly had charge Of the BIZ
cycle department of Doremus & Just. He
lived in Alexandria and went home to his
wife once a week. While here he met a
now claims that he accomplished her ruin.
This he did while visiting her at her
A week ago his wife met Miss Kicker and
the arrest followed. Miss Rfcker's father
who had made fruitless search for the
well-dressed young man, was In court as
LAWYER Hay waived an examination, and
the case was sent to the grand jury. Miss
Kicker was In court, but Judge Miller
would not put her through the ordeal Of a
public examination.
Bond in the case was fixed at $500.
Burglars Held.
Thomas Da,iels and James Winfield, the
alleged colored burglars arrested several
days ago for the numerous burglaries and
thefts were in court on several charges of
robbery.
In several Of the cases Daniels plead