The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-31


were kept very busy Saturday. The
circus and the Memorial day parade
brought thousands to the city and with
the former came a drove of pick-pock-
cts and others who are wont TO get in
to trouble with the police because OF
the nature of their occupations. Dur
ing the day 16 arrests were made by
the officers Both parades were handled
in q most satisfactory manner.
OF the 16 arrests five were for pick
pockets and one was drunk and dis
orderly" woman. The most interesting
police doing of the day was the arrest
of three suspicious characters at the
show grounds by Patrolman Iona Day
and Detective Charles J. Silverburgh
at o'clock in the evening. The men
were noticed lingering around in the
crowd near the ticket wagons and fin
ally the evident partnership of the
three decided the officers TO arrest
them. They were placed on a street
car, obiectinG all the while, and the
start made for the station house. The
car had not gone many yards when
one of the prisoners attempted to pass
a handful of bills through one of the
small spaces in the back of the car
seats. Patrolman Day grabbed the fell
lows hands and after a struggle the
money was taken from him. The in
ference was that he was either passing
the money to a friend in the next seat
or was taking this means to get rid of
1t. The money was counted
OFFERED A BRIBE.
"There's $50 here" announced Patrol
man Day.
That's all right" said the prisoner,
81 was going to give you that If you
released u.s."
They were not released, however, and
were taken before Alderman Fuller
yesterday morning each was held in
$500 bail to appear at court. The three
men were given an opportunity to pur-
chase their freedom on payment of a
fine of SIS each. This they refuse to do
and consequently they were taken to
the county Jail yesterday afternoon.
There is no direct evidence to convict
the men of pick-pocketine. Besides
the S36 other moneys amounting in all
to almost S1O0 were found upon the per-
sons of the prisoners.
The men gave their names as Henry
Johnson, aged AZ years; Henry Robin
son, aged Sc years; and Frank Norton,
| aged 20 years. Johnson stated that his
home is ir Massachusetts,. He is an ar
istocratic looking individual and might
pass as a banker or broker. His face
is bearded with a nicely kept VanDyke
| and he was well dressed. 1t was he
who did the talking and made the at
tempt to pass the money. The Others
| two men appear to be less prosperous
in life. Saturday morning they were
| observed by the police acting in a sus-
picious manner at Lackawanna and
Franklin avenues,
George Kelly and William Ryan, the
| two others arrested on suspicion OF
being pick-pockets We're discharged
| They gave their homes as New York
| State. One was a stOne-cutter the other
n harness maker. Detective Morse
and Patrolman Hawks arrested the
men on Washington avenue.
THE OTHER CASES.
Alderman Fuller disposed of the rest
of the batch as follows:
| James Boyle and James Brown, ar.
rested at 10 o'clock p. m. Saturday
| for drunkenness and street begging or
Spruce street by Patrolmen Evans ant
McMullen, were allowed to depart fol
further audience with Mayor Bailey
S. Millar was drunk on Penn avenue
in the afternoon. He resisted Patrol
man Karins and was fined So He re
fused to pay and went to Jail for thirty
days.
John Logan and Patrick Kane" al
they gave their names, were arrested
for reckless driving. Logan and Kan
are young men. They drove up Lack
awanna avenue at an easy pace, ant
at the Wyoming avenue corner raj
down a 4-year-old son of John Len
tins, of Washington avenue, The bo.
was not badly injured. although tn
horse walked over him and one of tn
carriage wheels passed over the littl
fellows legs.
Patrolman Flaherty arrested tn
young men in. the carriage and Alder
man Fuller fined each SO, which the
paid.
| Martin Flannery was badly worste
when Alderman Fuller interrogate
him. Martin, of course, was drum
Saturday and had a friend with hir
in the same condition. This frien
persisted in doing ineXcusable thing:
He assaulted one man and showed
J lady off the curb stone on South Wash
ington avenue. This was in the after
: noon and a crowd mad surrounded tn
two celebraters. Patrolman Block an
Walsh came along and arrested Flar
merry.
} WAS NOT TRUTHFUL.
His friend escaped. On the stan
= yesterday Flannery acted as If he wer
not truthful. He admitted that he ha
known his friend" for the past tw
years, but he swore that he didn
know this friends name. He was fine
S. for drunkenness and on general prir
ciples.
Charles Hawkins, colored, wanted
get into the Rescue Mission at H.;
o'clock and finally was satisfied wit
a lunch wagon. Here he made a nois
Patrolmen Duggan and Thomas al
rested Mr. Hawkins and in default
So fine he was committed.
Mabel Lloyd was arrested for NAL
. ing a disturbance on the midnigt
train from Lake Ariel. DetectiN
: Roche was on the same train and a.
rested the woman. Patrolman Slo;
escorted her to the police station. 81
paid IS to Alderman Fuller at III
. hearing yesterday after shedding mar
tears not because of the money or whit
she had done but because the office
were cruel enough to arrest her.
Charles O'Neil and John Yerkei
amused themselves at 2IO o'clock ye
terday morning by throwing ston,
at each other on South Washington a
enue. Patrolman Welsh and Bloch II
terrupted them Yerker paid his fine
s. and O'Neil was committed in d
fault.
4 Frank Shannon paid SO fine for wa