The Portland daily press., 1900-06-12
He Gives Two Tramps % Days in
Jail.
An Attempted Hold Up
Saturday Night.
Narrow Escape from Fire and
Other Items Of Interest.

In the municipal court yesterday before
Judge Hartford, two tramps were made
to feel the rigor Of law and were sem
fenced to 90 days at hard labor in the
county Jail. The men, who were about
% or 80 years, old gave their names as
Charlie A. Butler and Benjamin +. Hoff-
man and said they halle d from Chicago
and Pttsburg respective.
They were charged with begging from
door to door in South Portland village,
Sunday afternoon and the testimony was
that when they got food they carelessly
crunched it into their pockets and after
wards threw 1t away. Their actions
aroused suspicion and Officer Fowler,
whose 9ttention was called to them by
MIR. Dyer, arrested them and locked
them up for the night. Hoffman, to use
''hobo" expression, gave the Judge
"long song and dance" and said that
he had recently visited Harvard college
in Cambridge and came to Portland via
Haverhill, when he met his pal" He
said both got strapped Friday night
and had been trying to get work on the
Notifications in the harbor. They ex-
planned their presence in South Port
land by saying that Sunday they had
been warned out of Portland by the may
or of that city. Their explanation was
not satisfact DRY to the court, hence their
confinement in Jail.
ANOTHER UNwELCONfE VISITOR.
About midnight, Saturday, Conductor
Littlejohn of the Cape Elizabeth railroad,
was walking down Main street, Knight
Vile, TO his home ON the corner of b
street. He heard some one walking with
hurried steps behind him and turning
around, strange looking man accosted
him saying: Are you CONDUCTOR You
have done good business today, how
much money have you got?'
The man was summarily dismissed by
the conductor, as the latter thought but
not so, for when Littlejohn walked up his
steps, the man was right at his heels.
The conductor then pulled his bell punch
from his pocket and pointed it at his
would he assailant who evidently
thought it was a shining six shooter. At
all events the BLUR worked all right
ana the fellow skipped. 1t is thought,
however. that the same man hung around
the house until or 8 o clock in the
morning, for Motorman Sweeney, who
was at the power house, said he saw some
one remain there until about that hour,
when Joined by n confederate both crossed
the bridge TO the Portland side.
Conductor Littlejohn was a witness
in Judge Harford's court yesterday and
was asked if he could identify one of
the tramps as the man who tried to hold
him up. He replied that he could not
positively do so, but thought one of them
looked as If he might be the very man.
MARROW ESCAPE.
What might have been serious fire
was narrowly averted a few days since
by the presence of mind and quick work
of Mrs. Ernest f. Elliott. She was heat
ing a curling iron at her home ON Bean
street when suddenly the lace curtain
took fire and the blaze quickly spread to
certain inilammable articles near by,
fiercely spreading to the carpet. Mrs.
Elliott was alone in the house but lost no
time in pouring on the fire a good supply
of water and succeeding in putting it
out, not however before damage to
the amount of say $50 was done.
.CHLDREN'S SUNDAY AT PEOPLES
NJ. E. CHU RICH.
Children's Sunday at the Pc ople's NJ.
L. church was very successfully OBJ
served. The programme included many
interesting features a notable one being
a professional by Is young ladies This
was followed by songs, anthems, ETC.,
taken from 1.-The Crown of the Century
and other members worthy of special
note are these:
Reading, Isabel Pierce
Duett Tuell Brothers
Recitation, Della Topper
Primary Dept. Song,
Recitation, Master Clarke
Glass Song, Miss knights class
Lulu's Complaint, Georgia Gilmore
Vocal Duet, McCusker Sisters
Glass Rec, Honoring Children
Glass Song, Four Boys
Memorial Remarks, Pastor
Jesus Knows, Primary Glass.
THE WILLIAMS CLUB.
The Williams Club gave their first an
nual dance in Armstrong hall, Friday
evening. An order of 2S dances was
disposed of during the night and the SER
vices of Mr.. Willards barge were neces-
sary to enable the people from the city to
get home at $50 a. m. Mr.. Armstrong
catered a nice lunch to the party and ev