The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-03
MANLINESS OF A HOBO.
Preferred Going to the Gang to De-
sorting His Partner.

sorting His Partner.
Judge Norwood held rush matinee in
the City Court yesterday that was a cork
er. Friday is criminal day in the City
Court and there is usually a large num-
Der of petty cases to be disposed of. Yes
terday was a record breaker, however.
There were about forty cases before the
court, and they were handled with dis
patch that must have made the eyes of
some of the victims bulged.
About dozen negroes received sen
fences for larceny from the house, and
other petty crimes varying from S. to $25
fine with The alternatives of imprisonment
of from six to twelve months. Several
were lucky enough to be discharged as
not guilty or not having been proven So
and few cases were nolle pressed.
A feature of the session was the number
of white Migrants before his honor, the
fruitage of several recent hauls by the po-
lice. They we're of all ages and grades
of observation-disclosures, and most of them
had hard luck stories TO tell. Several
claimed that they had come here to en-
list and had not been able to do so 9th
ers said that they were looking for work
Seven or eight who bore the ear marks
of the professional hobo were sentenced to
pay a fine of s. or spend three months
each on the gang. None of them had the
price
rather interesting story developed in
connection with these cases. Among the
lot charged with vagrancy were two young
fellows. who gave their names as Sam
Flukes and Gus Miller Is and 20 years of
age respectively. They said that their
homes were in Philadelphia and that they
had come TO Savannah to enlist, supposing
that it would be an easy matter to do so.
They had found that this was not the case
and were without the means to return
home Judge Norwood let the younger boy
go, but sentenced Miller the old one to pay
a fine or go to the chain-gans.
In the afternoon young Flukes secured
an audience with Judge Norwood. He told
the Judge that he was very grateful to
ham for his kindness in moi imposing a
sentence upon him, but that he could not
desert his partner.
''Gus and | were raised together, have
PLAYED together aud ate and slept together
he said and | don't want to leave him now.
If you can't let Gus loose ] would like for
YOU TO send me out to the gang, too. had
than TO leave him"
Judge Norwood appreciated the young
fellows manliness In desiring TO stick by
his chum even if he had to go to the gang
to do so and the result of the appeal was
that the sentence against Miller was sus-
pended and he was released.
Among the other cases disposed OF by
Judge Norwood were the following
Cullen Crawford, larceny from the house,
$40 or six months.
John Jones larceny from the house, $40
or six months.
Andrew Sampson, assault and battery,
$40 or three months
Dora Gaillard, escaped convict twelve
months in addition to former sentence.
Henry Bulwinkle larceny from the
house, $40 and costs or six months
Frank Baker and Willie Jackson, lar
ceny from the house, $40 and costs or
twelve months each.
James Johnson, vagrancy IS and costs
or six months.
Charlie Green, larceny from the house,
$40 or six months.
John Austin, larceny from the house, $40
and costs or twelve months.
Larceny from the house, Anderson San
ders, IS or six months; Thomas McCul-
Tough, S25 or twelve months.
Henry Walker, cheating and swindling,
$40 or six months.