The evening times., 1897-01-18
A RIVER MANS HARD LUCK
The Court Leniently Dealt With
William Reagan.
THE VETERANS OF THE PIKE
william Kline, a Prepossessing-Loo
ing Young Man, Arraigned for
yagrancy A Night Scene on
Washington's Bowery and the
Participants in the Dock.

William Rcaganisa riverman, whomakes
extensive trips down the Potomac on fish
ing bent, His stamping grounds when not
on the river is in the vicinity of the foot
of Eleventh street and the Central Union
Mission.
willis stated to the court this morning
that he was in ha rd luck, and had for some
few nights past been sleeping at the mis-.
son.
what were you doing around the river?''
working sir.''
Special Officer Thomas Millington tes-
titled that he found Willis Saturday night
on boat at the Eleventh street wharf, i'm
bued with liquor and vagrant characteris-
tics, and hauled him in.
The court was inclined to deal leniently
with Willis and dismissed the case.
John Lee and Patrick Lee hail from New
Jersey. They have, however, been stump
ing the country at large for some time, for
John and Pat are honored members of the
well-known and timehonored fraternity OF
knights of the turnpike.
In Judge kimball' S court this morning the
ahce, their faces shrinking in horror from
the sight of a glass OF water on Bailiff
Kendlg's desk, and their clothes hanging
like a cyclone-swept circus tent from their
persons.
Where are you FROM" asked his honor
New Jersey, sir, responded Patrick.
Nv here have you been living2"
I'VE was in Florida last season.
And where have you been this season.
Around mostly
You mean in the wOrkhouse."
mo, sir; we have been in the municipal
lodging houses, bat only for short time
Sixty days" remarked the court.
William Kline, a young man of prepossess-
ing appearance. was before Judge Kimball
charged with vagralcy.
Where do you live" asked the court.
mo. 33S Lawrence street. Philadelphia
I'm under the impression that the num-
bers in that vicinity do not range so high as
that?''
That's right, sir"
What your father do?''
Hes business man, sir.'
"Well, I'll find out if your story is true"
said the Judge, and he continued the case
A typical night scene on Washington S
Bowery was enacted last Saturday night
in which Hugh Digney, a cab driver, was
the heavy villain. Hugh and a choice coterie
OF Jehu contemporaries assembled at the
base of the Peace Monument and did then
and there conspire against the somnoient
peace and happiness of adjacent dweilers
in indulging III conversation OF exceeding
volume and OF surprising hilarity, in ad-
,laf T,f,
was in evidence.
Officer Newkirk emerged from the sur
rounding darkness and, laying a heavy
hand on Hugh. directed his footsteps to
the place or Incarceration. Hugh VIII not
drive his cab until the expiration OF fifteen
days.
surgie Rose, John Cochran and Bush
Constants were before Judge KimbaT this
morning. charged with obstructing Seventh
street northwest, with push carts.
"You were obstructing the street," asked
the court.
mo. sir; move allie time
Then, why were you arrested?"
1.-The officer come TO me. and he say,
You are arrest / say, What for /
arrest?' He say, 'You stand here all
night 1 say, No, sir; stay here only
couple hours. -
Two dollars" said the court.
when william II. Hazel, a clerk in a
grocery store at Fourth street and Massa-
chusetts avenue, and Thomas a. Jarvis,
plateprinter. etogether yesterday morn
ing, the ollision was so terrific that IN com
|. parison the contact of two antagOnistic fast
flyers with every thing atout their throt-
ties wide open would be matter of no con-
Germ. Officer Hayden heard the crash,
and FASTENED to the scene. Hazel was
locked up over night and Jarvis was released
on S5 collateral This morning Hazel was
fined So.
Jacob Wise and George Richardson, col
ored, about thirty years of age, were ar
rested yesterday by sergt. HARRISON and
Officer Boswell, on the complaint of Mr..
Bramwell, a resident of W street, near
Fourteenth street northwest.
The men are itinerant preachers, who
drift about the streets exhorting in the in
terest Of soul-saving and money-gathering,
with the soul-saving feature a secondary
consideration. They were apprehended on
Ninth street, having just completed an ex-
hortation in a court in the, rear OF the
| Eighth precinct station.
Judge kimball ADVISED the preachers
that such as they were not desirable ad-
juncts to any religious community, and
gave them fifteen days each.
That Thomas Brown and William Clin-
ton would have been compete mt judges at
| the poultry show was demonstrated last
| Friday in their admirable selection of a
| turkey and seven chickens that were and
are the property of Richard F. King. Tom
| and Will denied having succumbed to the
charms of the poultry, but were given
ninety and thirty days, respectively.
| Countess Castellane Is a Mother.
New York, Jan. 1S.-A report was re
ceived at Mr.. George Gould's office this
morning from Paris announcing that sor
| has been born TO Countess Casteliane, for
| nery Miss Anna Gould.