Evening star., 1897-03-20

glimpse Of a station clerks big record
book for a single day fixes upon the men
tai eye details Of Offenders and offsnses
-uch as th@s@, Concealed weapons. profan-
i-y. drunk, drunk and disordeTly drunk
di~orderly and resisting officer: va
grant. fighting. threats. destroying private
property. pickpockCt. suspicious character
demented. srorcher. obstruct!ng sidewalks.
and orce in d while. that black word,
homicide.
The night station clerks tour of duty. So
called. although he hardly ever leaves his
seat behind the big desk protected for OBJ
vioUs reasons. hy a heavy wooden railing
in fronO begins o'clock at night. and
ne is not through until o'clock the next
morning
The First Arrivals.
on this particular night when Station
Clerk Allen turned up promptly at S
o'clock. he had hardly taken his sea; he
fore two policemen came in, one on the
heels OF the other. each with his man. The
first policeman had big bluejacket of
the United States navy. raving drunk. who
had just been dumped. handcuffed, from
the patrol wagon. The second policeman,
conveyed Il shabby little man. plain
drunk The sailor. who had given three
officers all they could do 70 ge; him in the
patrol wagon. refused with the most weird,
hair-Taising forecastle remarks The Star
man ever heard, 10 give his name or any
thing else. and ne made another strong
fight OF II with his policeman when the
latter thrust his hand under the blue Jack
cts shirt Al the neck and produced a wad
Of bills big his fist. and handed il
over to the station clerk for safe keeping
The plain drunk I,urnblcd his pedigree
and both the new arrivals were taken back
and put in the same cell all of the others
having been filled with Inauguration dere-
Ii"ts- The sailors handouts were removed.
within three minutes hoWls 10 wake the
dead were heard in the office. coming from
back in the cell room. and several officers
lJlri:4 Eet W. ba
ing his ce. mate To smthereens. The men
were parted. and the sailor left in .he cell
alone.
The Man From Chicago.
Meantime the station clerk was register
ing rather unusual police station visitor
who had been brought up to the door I'm
the patroi wagon. He also had kept sew
erai policemen busy. He was finely
dressed man Of thirty. over six fee: tall
ard broad In proportion He Wore several
large diamonds. and $50 In money was
taken from his pockets. lie was savagely
Sci vigorously drunk, and seemed to need
exercise.
"Eetter pat him in with the sailor" was
suggested 10y one Of the station poll
AID. there being no room in any other OF
the cells. this was done
The Cproar that came from the cell room
very short time afterward was terrific
u "ds mingled with the sound Of thuddlug
blows When the officers Scurried back tho,
found the big man who had registered
from chicago sitting on the blUejacket's
chest. deHGht"dly banging away at the
latter : couuieHcnce with both fists. The
sailor was trying TO convince the Chicag5
ran that he had nad enough, but the Chi
ca-o man Was not open 10 conviction; SC
hc k'pt on with mis- pummcling untu tbe
officers tore him of. This story-it hap
ltnet Just as IL Is toid-shows that the law
oi compensation yet lives in the world.
4 PicLpockct.
After 10 o'clock the station Office bcyar
10 hum. The residue of the inauguration
police business still in process of dis
position. and 1t was "A residue largely com
posed Of drunken men. The station clArl
hardly looked up from his record book
Until dapper. smooth-looking little mar
O. forty. with face of foxy shrewdrlass
Was brought in He had been caught by ;
detective in the very act of picking a lady:
pocket. Before the desk his manner wa:
debonair. even graceful.
Name2' he said In reply to the clerk.
question Il have no name. Ny parent!
Neglected TO christen me. Residence? Tn,