The evening times., 1900-07-18

Although there we're several offenders
before Judge Scott this morning they num-
bered not half so many as on yesterday
and Monday The dock was filed. but it
was not packed as on the previous days.
Still, the prisoners were by no means
comfortable, and they were motley
crowd as they mopped the perspiration
from their foreheads and faces.
The drsJ name called was George p.
Browning. and an eId.rly and respectable
looking man answered here as h arose
from his seat in the dock. The complain
ant against Browning was Policeman
Lynch and he alleged vagrancy. In addi-
tiOn. he said Browning Rad been repeat
edly drunk and sleeping on payemants for
two weeks past. Browning admitted that
he was drunk yesterday and that ne slept
on the sidewalk, but he claimed that he
only arrived in Washington yesterday
morning and therefore had not been drunk
IN this city for two weeks as alleged on
condition that he would return 20 his
home in Prince George county. Nd. he
was released on his personal bonds.
Charlotte Tipsico, an aged colored wo-
man Of diminutive stature, was charged
as a vagrant. Policeman StolI gave dam
aging testimony against The defendant and
she admitted the allegations. Her plea
was guilty in the hope that she might
get off with a light sentence. but she was
doomed to disappointment as Judge Scott
imposed a sentence Of ninety days.
Policeman Collins declared that Henry
Bhorter. colored. was a vagrant, a person
pf atrfI -.,
peatedly drunk on the street. Shorter en-
phatically denied the allegations. and
claimed that he was q hard-working mar
who supported a family Judge Scott was
not fayoTdbly impressed with Shorter and
sent him to the wOrkhOuse for sixty days.
NagraAcy was charged also against An
ME Groves. on whose face were still the
traces Of an earlier beauty. Policeman
Stewart was the complainant. and he testi-
fed TO finding the woman drunk on the
street That fact was admitted by the
defendant. Her contention was however
that inasmuch as she was a truck gardener
and rented and cultivated five acres of
ground she had visible means Of support
Rnd was not vagrant. Judge Scott i'm
posed fine Of s. with the alternative Of
thirty days in the workhouse.
Policeman STANCE and Hollinberger were
the complainants against James Yates. the
.
who was charged with being vagrant
Policeman STANCE declared that Yates was
h8bitually drunk. and yesterday was eject
ed from saloon on Pennsylvania Avenue
because he was n nuisance. Yates emphat-
ically denied the allegation. and said he
was not an habitual drunkard. Judge
Scott informed Yates that he was not charg-
ed with being an habitual drunkard. but as
a vagrant Yates then declared that there
was no foundation for the charge. as he
was proprietor Of a d ug store and had
visible means OF support. Judge Scott or
dered Yates to give bond in the sum Of
$50 or 90 TO the workhOuse for thirty days
Yates went down.
Louis Grady, colored boy, was charged
with throwing missiles. Park Watchman
Steele alleged that Grady threw stones at
other boys in Washington Circle Several
OF the stones, 1t was said. narrowly missed
striking children in carriages or their
nurses In default of payment of a fine Of
g Grady was sent down for nine days