Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20
NOT GUILTY OF VAGRANCY
ANDREW sEDO.s PLEA BEFORE THE
POLICE COURT.
Court Sent Him Down for Thirty
Days Other Defendants and
Charges Against Them.

A man with bushy hair and shaggy beard
stepped to the rail in Judge SCOTS court
this morning when the name Andrew Sedo
was called
II am not guilty" was his plea, when ar
raiSned on charge of vagrancy.
He was released only two days ago." re-
marked the clerk.
That's what he told me when 1 arrested
him yesterday said Policeman Ellis. Il
found him asleep beneath the railroad
trestle near Tw:ning City and he said he
had no place where he could go and live
Step up said the judge, land make
your statement"
II don't want to say anything the pris-
oner told the court
He Was sent down for thirty days.
Said He Was Intoxicated.
A plea of not guilty was entered by an
able-bodied man, who gave his name as
George w. Thomas. He was reported for
begging.
Last night about u o'clock. said Police
man Davis, Il arrested this man on Penn
sylvania avenue for begging. 1 was sent
out in citizens clothes to look for such peo-
pie. and Thomas asked me for money
Was he drunk?" inquired the prosecut-
ing attorney.
He wasn't exactly drunk the officer
The prisoner pleaded intoxication as the
excuse for his begging, and promised he
would do better if the court would excuse
him.
ALLOW me off this time he said land
I'll quit drinking and go to work"
You should have thought of that before
you Were arrested the judge told him.
That's true SAID Thomas, but I'm
carpenter and this is the busy season.
Judge Scott told him he thought a few
days away from temptation would do him
good. The penalty was So fine or three
days at the workhouse.
jackson is Released.
Harry Jackson, a colored citizen of Alex
andria. was surprised to find that Police
man Hayden had preferred charge of va
grancy against him, when, as he claimed,
he had done nothing.
Il arrested him on Maryland avenue last
night" said the policeman. He was loiter-
ing about ihe car tracks. and when the C.
and o. train came along he tried to jump
it.
Why did you arrest him." asked the
prosecuting officer.
Because he was trying to jump on an
outgoing train.
you should have let him co.
Judge Scott dismissed the charge and Mr..
Pugh advised Jackson to go to Alexandria.
Took n Short Cut.
Joseph Hoover and Vinson Maloney, boys
who said they live in Northeast Washing
ton, were before the court as alleged va
grants.
Special Policeman Karnes arrested them
in car at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
at an early hour this morning
There was another boy with them" said
the officer. land he was as,eep the track
at the time l arrested these boys
He wasn't with u.s." said Maloney. 1--WE
were on our way home and took a short
cut through the car"
They We're fined 81 each. and will serve
six days on the farm if they fail to pay.
Others in the Dock.
Judge. your honor, / wasn't begging"
declared George Williams, but if you give
me a chance III jump the town in an hour"
Special Policeman Smith told of the pris-
oner's conduct and a penalty of so or sixty
days imposed.
Special Policeman r. H. Cook, who is on
guard about the Agricultural grounds,
made a charge against Lizzie Robinson
coiored, for trtSpassing on the grass
Il found her beneath a tree in the
grounds last night the officer told the
court.
Lizzie claimed that an unknown man had
her, but the officer denied her
statement. There was a man with her, but
he escaped 1t was s. or fifteen days in this
ease, and Lizzie stepped back.