The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-11
IN THE POLICE COURT
Judge Sullivan Had Very
Busy Day.
LONG DOCKET OF CASES
Young Anderson Is Indebted to the
Newspapers for Good Home.
Another Youth Was Found
Guilty of Vagrancy.

1t was Judge Sullivans busy day in po-
lice court yesterday. 1t was the first trial
day of the week and the docket embraced
an unusually long list of cases. The first
case to receive judicial attention was that
of Ephram Anderson, boy 16 or II years
old, who Is indebted to the newspapers
for a good home.
Young Anderson is an orphan who had
no home and fell to frequenting the va
riety theaters and other places of bad
repute The police did not like the idea
keep away from such places, but he paid
no heed, and 1t was finally decided to
arrest him for vagrancy
The facts were published at the time,
together with the further statement that
the boy was suffering from an attack of
pneumonia. A former friend of the boys
family saw the publication and was in
police court yesterday morning when the
boys case was called. He stepped for
ward and interceded with the court in
the boys behalf, saying he would give the
boy home If he was released. Judge
Sullivan, always warm-hearted, COM
mended the gentleman for his course and
with few words of good advice to the
boy babe him go his way
James Gillispie, another youth who was
before the court under exactly the same
auspices, was not as fortunate as young
Anderson. But he was not as fortunate
because there was no one to come to his
assistance. He is not bad-looking boy,
and he said he had been working in the
country and had come to town to get
work, but had not been successful. AS 1t
appeared he had been sleeping around
the concert halls and had been warned
by the police to keep away from such
places, Judge Sullivan found him guilty
of vagrancy and fixed this morning as
the time for passing sentence.
Some rather sensational testimony was
given by the prosecuting witness in the
case of D. L. Toomey, who was charged
with third degree assault upon young
woman named Cecilia Knott. 1t appear
ed that Toomey, who is the proprietor Of
the Lafayette house in East Park street
lost his wife last week. For the time be-
ing it was necessary to employ extra help
and the young woman was hired. She
worked about four days and was then
discharged. The young woman, in CIV
ing her testimony, said that on the even
ing she was discharged Toomey made
improper advances toward her which she
rejected, and he then paid her off and
ordered her out of the house. AS it was
late and she had no place to go. she re-
fused to leave her room until morning.
and he seized her roughly and in ejacting
her tore her clothes. --t ,.., ,..t,a a.
The defendant denied the accusation of
improper conduct attributed to him and
said he found occasion to discharge the
young woman, and that she made herself
so obnoxious that he was obliged to eject
her. He produced two other witnesses to
corroborate the latter part of his testi-
mony, and the court being undecided,
took the matter under Amusement.
Patrick Leggat, the Dublin guch sa-
loon keeper who was arrested for running
a disorderly house, was found guilty and
fined $25.
John Barinot. William Green John Ma
honey, Dan Morgan. v. S. Paulson and
Pat Dwyer, all Saturday night and Sun
day fighters, were found guilty of dis
turbance and fined SO each. They all
liquidated except Dwyer. who went be-
low to serve out his sentence.
William Stark, who surreptitiously took
possession of fine quilt his wife had de-
posted with her landlady as security for
room rent and then beat his wife, was
before the court to explain his conduct.
1t appeared he was the owner of the
quilt and his wife had pledged it without
his consent He agreed to pay the bill
and the charge of stealing the quilt was
dismissed and the wife, who had long ago
forgiven him, would not prosecute and
the charge of assault was also dismissed.
In the arrangements of Harry Smith,
James Ferguson, Charles Endicott, James
Reilly and George Moore, the five hoboes
arrested night before last for trying to
rob an old man in Park street saloon,
they pleaded not guilty to the charge of
vagraney preferred against them and will
be tried Friday. They were sent to the
county Jail to await trial.
John Lewis and AL S. Harris, charged
with malicious mischief, were fined $40
each. and John Barr a plain drunk, was
assessed IS.