The evening times., 1900-08-01

The twoscore prisoners in the dock OF the
lower branch of the Police Court ;ais
morning literally shivered with fright
when sentences were pronounced on the
first two of their number who were ar
raigued. The sentences were severe and
meant to the other offenders that they
could expect litsle OF no leniercy. The re
suit was that the wise ones" said little
in their defence. knowing that to delay
the disposition OF a case would initiate
against them.
The twO prisoners who received the sen
tenccs which struck terror to the hearts
Of The others in the dock were Josephine
Beverly and Daniel Newton. both colored
The charge against them was nothing more
serious than profanity and disorderIy con
duet. Policeman Martin was the complain
ant, and he alleged thai Kings Court was
In turmoil last night because OF the con-
duct OF The defendants. Judge Scott dis
posed OF the case in short order by sending
Newton to the Workhouse for ninety DAYS
and ordering the Beverly woman to the
same place for sixty days.
Lizzie Fletcher. coioreG was charged bv
Policeman Bol8nd with profanity and dis
orderly conduct II was alleged that tie
language used by the woman in O.Brien's
Alley was OF sGch character as 10 bring
forth protests from the other residents.
4 fine Of SO with the alternative Of thirty
days IN the worRhouse was imposed In
default OF payment the Fletcher woman
went down.
Rose Craig oolored, vas released from
the workhoUse yesterday after serving
thirty days. She returned to her friends
on Eleventh Street and was treated sew
eral times to beer and gin. The result was
that she became disorderIy and attracted
the attention Of Policeman Peytor. \
promise to Judge Scott that she would
never drink again did not avail and the
Craig woman went back to the wcrkhouse
for fifteen days
Foheemen Boyce Murphy. and McGrath
we're tae complainants respectiyeiy
against Waiter johnson. Edward Dorsey
and chester Woodruff, all of whom were
charged with vagrancy. Each defendant
entered Flea Of not guilty and attempted
TO substantiate il. Woodruff who vas
mere boy in knickerbockers. stated that
ne was returning from Floriia TO his horne.
ABOUT thirty miles from Grand Rapids.
Mich lie was turned over to Agent Mas
sey. Of the Prisoners Aid Society. and
VIII be given assistance to his home.
Johnson was sent to the workhouse for
thirty days, and Dorsey went down for If
teen days.
Robert Fillius, very small boy. was
the defendant TO a charge of riding a BIZ
cycle at rate OF speed in excess of that
prescribed by law. Bicycle Policeman
kersten declared the boy rode eighteen
miles an hour. In his defence FilIius said
he was not able TO ride eighteen miles an
hour, and asked Judge Scott if he looked
asrnousss ssss yss able to do so. He also
declared that at the time he was art--atAd
Kersten had no taehometer on his bicvcle.
kersten in answer to a question swore
that his tachometeT was on his wheel at
the time he arrested Fillius He also de-
clared under oath that he never removed
axe lachometer,
Later, when H. D. Shannon testified that
he saw Kersten's bicycle about an hour
after the arrest Of Fillius and the ta-
ehometet was not then or IT, the police
man reeollected that be had removed It.
II was then said By Shannon and FilIius
that Kersten's bicycle was in front of the
Court House and was minus the tachom-
eter- The policeman then recalled that
he had on another occasion removed the
instrument despite the fact that he had