The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-26
MAGISTRATES HANDS FULL
SQUIRE POOL'e IRIS BUSY SUM-
DAY IN JEFFERs0N MARKER.

Cases That spells the nair nsiiaay-Alse
q Prononess to Take . C~tvtitan's Word
when the Peiicenan's stery II Unsupported.
City Magistrate Joseph Pool had his FIRST neld
day In the Jefferson Market Police Court ycs-
terday morning. When he opened court there
were more than q hundred prisoners in the pens
awaiting a hearing and as many policemen In
the court clsmorinR to have their complaints
taken. The court was full of witnesses and
spectators. 1t was a new experience for the new
Magistrate and although he plunged in and
hustled as best az hc could II was nearly 1880
o'clock In the Afternoon before he got through.
The old court policemen didn't like waiting so
long To get away on Sunday. An old police court
lawyer who sat through the session opined
that tho Magistrate was exceedingly lenient
with the unfortunates that were arraigned
before him. Mr.. oBrien. who is also known as
Paddy the Pig" one Of who o walters escaped
an excise conviction. remarked that the Magis.
trato was dead easy" Magistrate Poo! IL
careful, and wants to know all the details of .
case before he decides 1t. Policemen. used to
having the DRINKS and petty assaults and va
grant cases rushed through. especially on Sun
day mornings. wore panied faces when he per-
sisted in hearing oil the evidence In each par
ticular case.
An instance of Magistrate POOLS method Of
procedure occurred when eight Of the members
VI II NAicy gang "eEe uhItu DCiOTo uIm u
answer charges of making q rendezvous in the
cellar OF the house at 3s7 Tenth avenue. where
they rushed the GROWER. and whence they
sailed to commit all sorts Of deprcdations. The
gang had been warned to keep out OF the cellar
by the owner, Mrs. Catherine Feeney of 500
West Thirty.third street. but did not heed tho
warning. and on Saturday afternoon q squad OF
police descended on the rendezvous and cor
ralled the eight distinguished members They
gave their names as Charles McCloy. Thomas
Mitchell. James Flynn. John Gallagher, Jack
Morgan. John Martin, John ,avanagh, and
John 0'Donnell. Policeman German Of tho
West Thirty-seventh street station made the
complaint against them. The eight were tough
looking specimens. After hearing tho police
mans complaint and tho story of Mrs. Feeney.
! Magistrate Pool questioned each member of the
cuse for his presence in the cellar as follows:
Mccoy. jes' went in there to look fer a bloke
who was goin' to tell me where tor look fer work.
MITCHELL was lookin' fer a place tor buy a
new cap.
EEi S]lTsshsi iesI vented want d ter ,sr get o. a 1 drink .Ia Of r, water:
who was goln' ter tell me where ter show up fer
work on Monday morning.
Martini was lookin' fer q bloke what WED
Cavanaeh-I went in ter get q Teller ter work
o'Donnell-wcll, ter tell der trut'. Judge. I
WIZ sookin Ter one o me friends.
The Magistrate having formed = definite idea
Of the case. started back over the limo to ques-
ton each prisoner as 70 his habits and try to
The old policemen moancd aloud as time few BY.
Finally tho Magistrate fined the prisoners 81
n.,gh, who were fneS 81 each.
II the old policemen were tored by this case.
ION made Of the next one. In this william
Bell OF 1913 West Eleventh. street appeared as
oUnp pnd GSo sss'1 II. ssatiy% Of aiEs' Vest st f fssGs
tecnth street. Bell looked as though he had bad
his head IN q stone frIsher. His nose was cut
flesh hung down uEaer his lett eye. and u pigeon.
egg bruise made a cornice tor his right eye,
how many cuts were coaeesled under his tur-
ban OF bandages. Farrell anu Brady had torn
y gsre o, Sar : s,S0' ali r!ESt. 'f Bril ,5Sa'' : PITT ant
hql t al F %o1ps 5hs ynsrs n msn {a1pins on
him lnos: 70 a Jelly; Farrell said that he and
frens' when BeIl. who WIS &c tied on a beer ies
outside Of a saloon, made an Insulting remark
e. All hey Hn5 p : hin pe n Te ,S : .bon ,hs reT q and
back, and then Brady took a hand. Bell ad.
T 1sti 4. sS S,a ss sO . e TO The firlT: ou. denied
having been drinking. Magistrate Pool there
upon turned the tables and oriered a complain,
81 Sln S Is rna HisS SR" '9ssd F ssaiSlii' and Si' brad ~ Bel Bsii
did not have the money ami had to 20 to Jail.
when the Mag .s,rats siep SS p a siniisr p Ss%o
dure IN the cas-. of Joseph Manning. q big long
shoEemsn who lives st = Leroy street, and who
SKULLS, NOT Fractured. His he'd was sWsrhscd
in bandaRes. The story told by Kelly. who is a
West street was that Manning aud two ether
ner. he boss. When sa!Mda ann rGn W s u AG the
drinks were seryed. bat he did not have tho
%;asy stree. to e1y style h' S md put qp he Of r, tue ,sl0G VIE b
q paving stone which ne buried through tbs
door aud which struck Kelly on the head.
| Manning din not lCny the aLnFy eNCart ma m a
You ray Tho boss and ,these men were
They weren't gambling. They we're just
playing cards COR drinks"
Well. that's gambling. Officer. make out a
complaint or gambling in this saloon"
The complaint was made out, and Proprietor
the bar. He said he could not understand the
charge OF gambling; NJ ~gistrate Poo. discharged
Manning and ,o!d kessner no would hold Tho
A further example OF the Magistrates Ieniont
disposition Wa apo"ren, when he fxed bail In
$50 West Twenty:sixth street. charged with
b%eSting. William Richardson. % years old. OF
Richardson wa. taken unconscious to BsllevSe
Hospital. The men had n fight in front Of 352
blow. Telling him to the sidewaik. Richardson
Died from the nose and ears. and Il was a long
able 10 appear in court yesterday morning. VII
The old policeman said it was customary
In In, such %li oH nn,, TO hold the prisoner with;
$500 800 "eo NtIl
s:sr. assa SssI :. ss6o. Which s'o Gle 1%m:
illon & Co.. and, n friend OF Magistrate Job
Hedges. furnished, Magistrate Hedges was in
court TO- see Magistrate Pool yesterday morn.
Ing, but his visit had nothing TO do with this
case.
Nellie Van Houten, who said she vas the wife
OF n Jersey cry policeman; Mattel johnson, and
Maud Smith, all OF whom are mattresses in
ChIld,s restaurant at Sixth avenue and Four.
teenth strc,t /, were In court after having pu, in
a restless night in a coil In the West Thirtieth
street station. Tney had been Rrrestel without
u warrant by u policeman In Mrs. Van Houten's
nat on tho third roor OF, 279 Eighth avenue.
Arthur r. Spraguo. who described himself as a
theatrical manager disengaged ut present, who
lives on tho same floor. accused the young
women OF making too much noise. He went 10
the West Thlrtioth street station. and Sergeant
Arnetl sen! Detective psyinc around TO lnvcsti.
gale. The detective said that he found the WON.
en- m'sSohHving. They denied the charge and
one was playing the banjo when Doyino
opened the door and wa Etd in. He tried
toGot them TO, send ont for beer. they said,
but lhcy ordered him out OF the Nat. whereupon
he arrested them. The ~janitress swore that Tho
young women wCre FpSDRtfahle M nv - ~.