The evening times., 1900-07-17

That the facilities OF the Police Court are
inadequate 10 meet the demand on them
was again emphasized this morning. When
Judge Scott took his seat on the bench the
dock in the lower court was crowded &c
fits utmost capacity. and a large number
Of prisoners were kept packed in the stufy
cells until room was made for them in the
dock All told there were about sixty Of
Tenders in custody and they included many
women, two OF whom were white. All were
huddied together in space that under or
binary circumstances would scarcely ac-
commodate twenty-five persons. The suf-
fering Of those in the dock was. as a couse-
quence. intense. In cool weather the crowd
ed condition OF the dock would have been
uncomfortable. and it was made more 50
today because OF the intense heat.
The first prisoners arraigned were
George Watts and Martha Atkins. both
colored. who were charged by Policeman
Carroll With assault. profanity. and disor-
derly conduct.
In their defence the prisoners made &C
cusations against Policeman Carroll whom
they claimed unnecessarily dubbed them
Carroll admitted using his club, but claim
ed he was compelled to do so TO protect
himself Judge Scott imposed fines Of s.
on each defendant for the disorderIy cen
duct and SO on each for the assault On
the policeman. In default of payment OF
the fines Watts and the Atkins woman
went down for forty-five days each.
Profanity and disorderly conduct were
also charged against benjamin Burnett
cOlOred. He was arrested on Fourteenth
Street last night by Policeman Pollock. A
fine OF S15 was imposed and paid.
A quarrel over a debt amounting to 60
cents between Eugene Boston and Sprigg
James, both colOred, resulted in a heated
argument, and. it vas alleged. the too
free use Of profanity by Boston. As con-
sequence Boston was arraigned before
Judge Scott charged with profanity and
disorderly conduct. Boston emphatically
denied that he was guilty, but was ordered
TO spend thirty days in the workhouse in
default Of payment OF fine Of SO
William Ross was released from the
workhousc yesterday morning and made
the best OF his time in the wrong direction,
according to Policeman Andrews. He al
legged that Ross was found on Pennsylvania
Avenue near Sixth Street drunk and beg
sins A~fGA- AA-AAN az 5oN a GAAAAa 4AG LONShL
drink" said Andrews. Ross claimed that
instead Of begging he was treating all
whom he met in celebration of his release
from the wOrkhOuse. Ross will have an
other opportunity to celebrate al the expi-
ration Of thirty days, that being the term
OF the sentence imposed by Judge Scott
this morning
1t was alleged against William B. Page
that he was an unlicensed gasfitter In
spector R. \. O'Brien made the allegation.
Judge Scott imposed the usual fine Of s.,
which was paid.
Frank Poland. colored, and Frank DOYLE
were complained against by Policemen
Warren and Murphy, respectively. for pro-
family and disOrderly conduct. They were
fined s. each, and went TO jail for fifteen
days in default.
Harry Neal an overgrowu colored boy
was charged with vagrancy. His mother
declared TO Judge Scott that the boy was
worthless and asked that. she be relieved of
the task Of supporting him. Judge Scott
sent Neal TO the wOrkhOuse for ninety
days.
Despite the fact that William H Smith.
a cOlored prisoner in the dock. could
neither speak nor hear, he was arraigned
on charge Of vaSrancy. and sent down
for thirty days in railroad fashion.
Smith could not plead and he was pleaded
for. He could not hear what was being
said against him and knew nothing of
what he was charged with. of course.
Smith, being mute. could have said moth
ing in his defence had he been able TO
hear the accusations against him. but he
might have made himself understood by
the use Of pencil or by signs. had he
been given the opportunity. Smith will
now have to serve a wOrkhouse sentence,
principally because he could not defend
himself