The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-23
KENNEDY
GOES TO JAIL.
Both lie and His Wife Are
/, Found Guilty Of Ne
glecting Their
Children.

| The Wawaset races did not swell the
list OF prisoners before the city court this
lmorning as none of the officers who were
present at the free for oil" appeared
against tho mon who were charged at the
session Of the court with being drunk.
I Morris Finger was charged With pea,,
ding goods without license. He waived
q hearing and was held in 500 bail for
court.
i William Morgan, colored, was charged
with acting in a dis0rderly manner at the
residence OF James r.. Shockley, His par
ents are dead and he uaes very bad lan-
sguage around Shockley's house, Morgan
denied that he cursed and used bad lau-
!iguage. He has been stopping arouLd
Shock ley's place for about two years. he
has a homo iu Germantown. fine OF 80
land costs was imposed.
Walter Brown. colored, pleaded guilty
to the charge Of disorderly conduct. Abrh-
ham jenkins testified he had charge OF
concert In a hull at Fifth and DUPONT
streets. Brown left the hall and was re-
fusca admission the second time when he
refused to pay second fare" Officer
Thurman II ale the arrest. He deposed
that he was at Bavarian Park on duty
and heard Brown cIrsing ana the lun
cost Brown s. and costs.
Josephine Lewis, colored, was charged
with the larceny of So tho properly OF
Morris Grubb He has been missing
lnouey aud he took the number OF his
notes. He identified the note by the mum.
Der. Yesterday he followed the girl and
found that she had changed the bill. Miss
Casey, an employ of Crosby and Hill, tes-
titled the girl gave her the 10 bill. Captain
Kane deposed that he recovered the bill at
Crosby and Hills store yesterday. The
prisoner was present when the bill was re-
Oeived. She was held in 500 bail for
court
Patrick and Margaret Kennedy were
charged VITA neglecting their children.
They pleaded guilty. Agent Stout testi-
fed that no received complaint about tho
defendants from Officer Raiston. In com.
,peny with the officer he went to the house
at No. 606 Lord street. He found Mrs
Kennedy lying in nude condition on Il
broken down bed. One of her limbs lay
on the face of y lille, aged weeks. The
woman was drunk and the baby was in q
nude condition. The other child is six
years of age Ths children were very dirty.
The house was filthy. Kennedy was ly.
ing on a lounge and was drunk. lie haa
warned tho woman but since Kennedy
Dame out of Jail the condition of affairs is
terrible. The three boys have left home
and are boarding in this city.
ton had been called to the defendants.
A few weeks ago there was appetizer man
and woman drunk ~ the house. He found
pawn tickets for:articos that were carried
OF to pay for drink.
The courtimposed fire of 500 aud costs
in the case OF Kennedy. Owing TO q q
age o. the baby it would not BIZ advisable
to separate tho mother from the baby.
Mrs. Kennedy was fined $40 and Costs
Her sons will pay that sum and she viii
take the pledge and become good wo-
man once more.
Wesley Gordon, colored, pleaded not
guilty to the charge of assault and battery
on Denis ChamDerlaiu. His testimony
was that Gordon struck him without prov
ocaii lon and knocked him down. He de
MED that he called Gordon a foul name
Samuel Fisher. coiorad, testified thai
Chamberlain was eating clans lie calico
Gordon and he struck Chamberlain ms de
scribed. The court imposed fine OF 81
and costs.
In tho case of Kate Marko!ski it was
stated that there was no cruelty towarc
the children. Agent Stout said that thu
woman whipped the children ia nice
way The prosecuting witness sthtet
that everything was all right now and TIT
pass was dismissed.