New-York tribune., 1899-07-19
OFFENDERS IN COURT.
VARIOUS CASES OF DISTURBANCE AND ASSAULT
HEARD BY MAGISTRATES.


HEARD BY MAGISTRATES.
John Cowe. formerly policeman. was arrested
yesterday morning at Marcy-ave. and Gwinnet'-s'''
charged with creating a disturbance. He was an
moving rnotormen and conductors by shouting
"Scabr He arragned In the bee-aVe' court
and fined 81. When Cowe was on the police torce
ne was taken H. and spent some time In 81. Cath-
erine,s Hospttol One night he elrded the vigilance
OF his nurse and tried to hang himself out OF d
window on the sixth floor.
George Gerrty motorman. OF Corona LONE i5i-
and: Fred Howard OF No. 1.oA Fifty-sXth-s'',
Manhattan: George Little No. 1A Cay-st' anu
Joseph Pirgue No i2i Greene-st.. were arralghed
in the Ewen-st court yesterday. charged with as
saulting William Osborne, a motorman, OF NO l'ooo
Manhattan-ave, with a piece Of IRON The bail OF
the prisoners fixed at 5000 each; iiaif dozen
other prisoners were arraigned and held Tor exam
The Lee-ave court has lately been used for sleep
Ing purposes by many Of the policemen who were
sent over from Manhattan o,- ,.
WAS iar by Policeman sosn for
placing large cobble stone @ on the track OF h rhe
ns stones on the tracks but the warning was not
Worth in the Myrtle-ave court charged with OBJ
structon. The case was adjourned TO July Is In
Samuel Sweet eighteen years old. living at No.
702 Broadway. arrested yesterday afternoon
at Sixty-ninth-st. and New Utrecht-ave. Union
vile and locked % & up in the Fort Hamilton police
the window of a Third-ave. Sweet
rested by Policemen Wood and Larsen. of the
Seventeen Precinct, and held for malicious mis-
chief
In the Butler Street Court the following and
boys were arralgned before Magistrate Brstow on
charges growing out OF the strike:
Richard Bradshaw. fifteen years old. of No. 81
Carroll-st placing stones track; fined $40
Charles Onderdonk. fifteen years old. OF No. 225
Tenth-st.. placing tin boiler on track held.
John Reilly, twelve years old, OF No. 40 Twelfth
St and Alonzo Romano. thirteen years old Of No.
lOs Twelfth-st.. placing stones on track; held.
Patrick O'Toole thirteen years old, charged with
melting violence held in 300 bail .
John Stevens and Patrick Connolly tried TO pull
down Thlrd-ave trolley wire held in 81 900 ball.
John Keenan, OF No / 1876 Bergen-st., was brought
up on the charge Of vagrancy before Magistrate
Bristow In the Adanis-st court. Master work
man James Hayes. OF Local Assembly lO.T0 which
includes the Canarse railroad employees; John
Conkiin No. 20 Ocean Place; Lawrence McGarry;
No l6i Chester-st.. and August Meyer, No. %
Chester-st all strike sympahzers. were In the
the court room without warrant and placed In
the pen as vagrants Their cases were soon after-
ward called Ex-Assistant District Attorney isaac
NJ Kapper and Eugene Y. Brewster appeared Tor
the men w NJ Tyler. OF the District Attorney s
office desired that the prisoners be arragned on a
charge disordery conduct. Counsel for the ran
road insisted that they be held under the section
OF the penal code which makes interference with
railroad traffic n felony Counsel for the defend
ants maintained that the arrests were an outrage
They demanded that they be Informed exactly wnat
their clients were accused Of. and that the evidence
that the men guilty Of So me crime be produced
forthwith The Magistrate paroled the defendants
In the custody OF their counsel until tomorrow the
date set for the examination.