The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-05-29
JUDGE KIMBALL AROUSED
Takes Lawyer Kicks to Task for His
Style of Examining Witnesses.
The Attorney Exceedingly WrOth.
Two Women Sent TO the Work.
house for Accosting Men.

The way you examine witnesses is
enough TO make anybody angry" said
Judge Kimball To Lawyer ckstuday, when
the latter expressed surprise that Police
man Kenney should become indignant at
| a question he had asked.
Yes" continued his honor Il think
it would make even me angry. These If
| ficers are good men. trying to do their
duty as well as they know, and l won't
have them bounded when they come here
to testify"
Well said the lawyer II propose to
ask al the questions | consider neces
sary''
And propose to see that the questions
are asked properly That viii do, Mr..
Kicks; that will do, concluded tie Judge
as the lawyer tried TO ans wcr.
The case which gave rise to this incident
was that Of Ida Foulkc, charged with va
grancy.
Ida Foulke will be remembered by read
ers Of The Times as the woman who was
arrested. Oh the same charge about "A
week ago, but was dismissed principally
on account of her plea that she had five
small children.
When the case was called this morning
the attorney asked IT, in these cases, the
prisoners are not entitled to jury trials
Or being answered III the negative, the
lawyer said:
1t seems to me that is the Coustitu-
tional right of persons in danger of losing
their liberty
That question used to be raised about
five years ago, anilingly interposel the
judge, but you are the first one in that
time to rcsurrect IL.
Officers Miller nd kenney testified that
they had seen the woman aCcost man at
the corner Of Ninth and Pennsylvania ave
nue. and take him 10 disrepUtable house
They follo;5ed and arrested her. When they
entered size hid iB q closet and refused to
come out.
ANY ore who knows you men and your
methods would have done the same" in
terJected the attorney, and here 1t was
that the remarks were made that called
forth the rebuke Of the court.
The woman On the witness stand said
that she went to the house in question
last night to collect some money due her,
but the proprietress being called testified
that this was not 50, and further that
the defendant had visited her house fire.
quently.
Lawyer Kicks then arose TO make
defense, but Judge Kimhall interrupted to
say that it was useless to make a plea IF
innocence, as the evidence in the case
was conclusive, and be had fully made up
his mind.
- 10 lou ~.
claiming, angrily:
That will do. SIR" interrupted the
court, sternly.
You DO not know what / was going to
say, persistedthelawyer "AnycouTt--''
THAT will do, SIR" said the Judge
again.
We'll, l do not care to say another
word and the lawyer again sat down.
whereupon bond of $500 OF sentence
of three months was required
II note an exception to your ruling on
the jury trial. was the lawyers parting
shot. 81 will give bond for the prisoner,
and follow the case up"
Another woman of police court history
was arrested last night as a result of the
campaign inaugurated by the officers Of the
First precinct against the women who pa
troll the avenue at night. This was petite.
stylishly dressed girl of about twenty who
gave the name of Anna Johnson, but who
on a previous occasion was arraigned as
Mamie Wilkerson. On the previous occasion
the girl was arrested for breaking a win
dow in a house on F street, and the case
attracted some attention on account of the
plea made by her that she had been drugged
At that time she got the benefit of the
doubt and was dismissed upon the payment
of the fine, but this morning the testimony
was conclusive. and the pretty prisoner was
required to give 5000 real estate bond or
serve three mouths in the workhouse