The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-05-17
AFTERMATH OF
THE MANY RAIDS
Migrants Went for $25 Each in
Police Court
TOM KINGS AMUSING STORY
Assisted Mr.. Grant in Running Board
ing House, and Received 25 or
so Cents Whenever He
Asked For 1t.
ON KINGS AMUSING STORY

The genuine sporting fraternity of Biz
mingham had a hard time in the police
court yesterday morning, which only went
to prove that the gamblers must go. In
deed several OF them said that they had
already made their preparations for leav-
ing Birmingham to go to Montgomery and
other cities, as soon as the judge turned
them loose. AS stated in yesterdays Age
Herald most of the "undesiraD.es" were
arrested on the charge of vagrancy, and
those that were convicted yesterday, were
stuck each for $25 There was large
crowd of the defendants and their friends
in the court room all the morning.
One of the trials of the laughter produc-
ing variety was that of Tom King, who
was rudely aroused from his slumbers at
5 o'clock yesterday morning at house in
Second avenue between Twenty-fTst and
TWenty-second streets, and then arrested
on a charge of vagrancy. He had happen
ed to be in the way of raid which the
officers were making in the early hours of
the morning Tom is familiar character
to the police and several of them testified
that he loafed around barrooms and other
disreputable places, that he had no visible
means of support, and that he worked in
a place run by c. III. Grant, supposed to be
a gambling joint.
Claimed it Was oarding House
Grant claimed that he ran a boarding
house, and that King assisted in putting
men to bed as they came in at night.
What salary do you pay him?
Don't pay him any; just so cents or
rta 10
Afterward Grant volunteered the infor-
nation that he had prevented King from
going away week ago; that the latter had
wanted to go when the 'fpaper talk first
began. He referred to the news of the pro-
posed raids of the gambling hells. The tes-
tmony was also brought out that Grant
was selling out his establishment, prepara-
tory to leaving the city, and that he had
several tables in his place covered with
green CLOTH" though both Grant and King
denied that they were used for gambling.
kings little story didn't have the desired
effect, and he was fined $25.
The following is a list of the white men
whose cases came up for hearing yester-
day, many if not most of whom are sup
posed to be gamblers:
J. D. Ferguson, visiting lewd houses,
fined S25.
W.. H Garner, vagrancy, not guilty.
J. A. Long, vagrancy, fined SIS; appealed.
John Hall, vagrancy, fined $25
Issac Hill, living ait lewd house, fined $25.
F. B. Miller, vagrancy, fined SIS.
]. q. Masingill, vagrancy, fined $40.
In nearly every case an appeal was taken.
The following had their cases continued,
all of whom are charged with vagrancy:
G. r. Shopper, until tomorrow; Cliff Ca
hoon, G. R. Jone and ]. NJ Swan until this
morning; T. H. Martin, until May %; Tom
]. Berry, until May q; E. P. Mcdonald,
charged with residing in lewd house,
until May %.
The colored Migrants also came in for
their share of police court honors yester-
day, L. Strickland, Yves Townsend and Pat
Murphy each being fined so for that Of
tense.