The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-08

The present warm spell is evidently con-
ducive TO good behavior among the general
class Of offenders against the peace and
good order OF the city The chronic violat-
ors apparently do not relish spending
warm night in stuffy stationhouse cell
and the result is that they are disposed to
avoid those infractions OF law which gen.
orally are not seriously considered. Warm
weather, therefore, makes life easy for the
police and the result is that the docket in
/ the Police Court is not now SO crowded as
when the weather is cooler The number
of prisoners in the dock each day this
week has been small and today: was Eo
exception.
Judge Scott had a create. Snumber OF
prisoners to handle today than did judge
Kimball but disposed of them in sucs
style that beth courts adjourned at about
the same time.
The first prisoner to answer to the
query, Are you guilty, or not guilty"
was John Hurley. who answered mega
lively. He was charged with yagrancy.
and Policeman Sautmeyer was the accuser-
! Hurley could not convince Judge Scott
| that he had a visible means of support,
and will now be looked out for by the
Joseph Kemp. a misunderstanding col
ored man who presented a badly tattered
appearance, was accused by Policeman
| Zych OF disorderly conduct and assault.
Kemp, il was alleged, created q disturb
1 ance in "Bloodfeld" last night, and when
placed under arrest grew vicious and as
saulted Policeman Zyeh. II required sew
eral vigorous taps on the head wah a
baton TO subdue him. The result was that
the contour OF the head and the express
sion OF the face OF Kemp were both dis
/ turbed. Kemp was ordered to pay a fine
OF 500 for the assault, with the alternative
! Of sixty days in jail For the disorderiy
conduct a workhouse sentence Of thirty
I days was imposed, n default OF payment
of fine of $40.
When Charles Stewart, colored, a bar
Der. was accosted i the street at a late
hour last night by .'c'iec man Burlingame
he considered that ae was offended and
answered None OF your business" when
asked what he was about. A collOquy fol-
lowed with the result that Stewart was
arrested. When arraigned before Judge
Scott this morning Stewart was advised 70
answer respectfully in the future when
! questioned by a policeman who was dis
charging his duty. He was then dis
charged.
George Standard. a colored assistant OF
Poundmaster EinsteiI., and generally
known as a dog catcher was the defend
ant TO a charge Of cruelty 10 animals pre-
ferred by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Franks. -
81 New York Avenue. They alleged THAI
/ Standard captured their dogs Prince" and
Nellie" and handled Nellie 50 roughly
that she was seriously affected and in
jured about her throat. Mrs. Franks de-
clared that the canine had been outrage
ously treated. Standard denied the charge
and was c0rToborated by three witnesses.
/ Poundmaster Eirstein, in the defence OF
: his assistant. informed Judge Scott that
i vicious dogs. and. in fact any dogs capt
ured, were not handled Ike infants. He
was sure, however, that no cruelty was
ever practiced.
/ Standard, after advising Mrs. Franks -
/ the effect that if she kept her dogs muz,
! Zled there would be no occasion fo- the
I dog eatchers TO touch them
Lizzie Brooks, colored. entered a plea
/ Of guilty to a charge Of disOrdeTly conduct
/ and profanity and was sentenced 10 serve
fifteen days in the workhOuse in default OF
payment Of a fine Of s..
Thomas Mullen made lengthy but not
I convincing argument when arraigned on
charge OF vagrancy. Policemen Tracy
and Stahl alleged that he was repeatedly
/ found drunk and was a worthless charsc-
/ ter. Mullen was sentenced to serve sixty
/ days.
/ Eliza Grant. eolored. charged with dis
/ orderly conduct and profanity. entered
| plea of not guilty and was sent down for
| thirty days.
Policeman schuyler was the complain
ant against George Reed colOred. who
was charged with vagrancy and assault.
An aggregate sentence OF 100 days was
/ imposed.
Florence Brooks, Maria Jones, Mamie
( Hudson, and Annie Lucas, all colored.
were accused Of vagraney, and were sen
/ tenced to serve sixty days each in the
\ workhouse-
Augustus O. BrummelI a promoter OF
/ mining interests, was accused by W. Lee
| White, a Pension Office employee Of pro
family and disorderly conduct. BrummelI
| asked for a continuance which was grant
| ed until Tuesday nevt