Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-27
THE POLICE COURT LINEUP
Prisoners Called Upon to Answer Their Ao-
cusers This Morning.
Principal Charge is vagrancy-Robt.
Ray Leads the Procession
Boys I'm the Dock.

He's always drunk" was Policeman
Lintlers complaint against q colored man
named Robert Ray, who appeared in Judge
KiabalPs court this morning on a charge
of vagrancy.
when did you see him drunk 1ast?" the
court asked.
Last night was his answer.
How frequently does he get drunk"
about four days out of five
The officer explained that Ray "rushes
the growler'' for women and gets most of
his drinks in this way.
II don't most in general be drunk" the
prisoner said.
What do You do for lving?"
II lives with my mother in Georgetown"
What about your carrying so much beer
for women?'
II was getting a can of beer for my
mother yesterday. I'm sick with a cold in
my chest, and my mother was going 10
give me some of the beer
Ray referred the court to Policeman Sui
Ivan and this officer said he had frequently
noticed the prisoner carrying cans of beer.
ball, there is no law against such con-
duct
The penalty was IS fine or fifteen days.
Any Kind of Work.
Edward Van Buren,, who said he came
here from Syracuse, N. Y, was in the tolls
on a charge of begging.
"I'll have to admit that 1 stopped several
people on the avenue last night and asked
for the price of a nights lodging said
the prisoner.
What are you doing hereG' Judge KIM
Looking for work." was his quick re-
Spouse.
What kind of work."
ANY kind"
T,,Ir boil fall ha ic NO
necessary for man to roam all over the
country to get work when there is so great
a demand for labor.
Have you ever been here before! van
Buren, was asked.
Yes, SIR he answered. Il was here last
fall"
ION your way south?''
Il was going that way
The young man was told he must under
stand that beggars are not wanted here.
sentence of sixty days was imposed.
10th Intoxicated.
A small boy named William Grieves and a
ful-grown man, who gave his name as
Charles Cole, were in the dock as alleged
Migrants.
Il found them in a cheap lodging house
last night Policeman Newkirk said. The
man was drunk and the boy was also I'M
der the influence of liquor"
He said he had seen the man drunk about
the streets since Saturday.
The boy told Judge kimball that his home
is in Newark, n. j. His parents are dead
He was turned over to Agent Massey of
the Prisoners Aid Society. who will send
him home.
Cole was fined s., with the alternative of
spending two weeks on the farm.
Told Him to Hustle.
You leave for Alexandria as quick as
you can" Baili9 Cole told Charles Wat
kins. The latter is a one-arm man, and he
told the court he sells pies in Alexandria
He was drunk last night Policeman
Sawyer told the court. He was stagger-
ing about the streets and 1 heard him ask
a man for cigar"
Watkins admitted that he had been drink
ing, but had no recollection of having asked
for a cigar.
Il guess 1 got lost while trying to find
the boat" be said.
The policeman said he arrested Watkins
because he was afraid he would lie on the
street and suffer from the cold.
The prisoners bonds were taken, with the
understanding that he would return to
Alexandria.
Halls From the Bowery.
Lewis Kenetski. twelve years old, was
tried on charge of vagrancy.
I'm from the Bowery," he told Police
man Gibson last night when the latter
found him at AZ street and Pennsylvania
avenue He said he had been here about
two weeks, and had been sleeping in dry
goods boxes and stables.
When questioned by the court he said his
father. Herman Kenetski. lives at No 335
Monroe street. Philadelphia.
Il was in the House of Refuge at Glenn
Falls" he said.
How did you come here?"
ION a freight
He said he came here, intending to re-
main few days and then go to Florida.
The boy will be held until his father can be